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Blanford's Short-nosed Desert Lizard
Lacertidae

Blanford's Short-nosed Desert Lizard

Mesalina brevirostris Blanford, 1874

Blanford's short-nosed desert lizard is a sand-dwelling lacertid lizard found across parts of the Middle East and Iran.

Mount Sinai Lizard
Lacertidae

Mount Sinai Lizard

Mesalina bahaeldini Segoli, Cohen & Werner, 2002

Mesalina bahaeldini is an oviparous Lacertidae lizard found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia that lives in rocky habitats.

Shovel-snouted Lizard
Lacertidae

Shovel-snouted Lizard

Meroles anchietae (Bocage, 1867)

Meroles anchietae is an oviparous species found in Angola and Namibia that lives in desert sand dune habitats.

Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard
Lacertidae

Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard

Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867)

Meroles cuneirostris is a sand-dwelling lacertid lizard found in the Namib Desert of Namibia and South Africa.

Knox's Ocellated Sand Lizard
Lacertidae

Knox's Ocellated Sand Lizard

Meroles knoxii (Milne-Edwards, 1829)

Meroles knoxii is an oviparous lizard found in Namibia and South Africa that lives in shrubland habitat.

Spotted Desert Lizard
Lacertidae

Spotted Desert Lizard

Meroles suborbitalis (Peters, 1869)

The spotted sand lizard, Meroles suborbitalis, is a lizard species found in South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana.

Common Rough-scaled Lizard
Lacertidae

Common Rough-scaled Lizard

Meroles squamulosus (Peters, 1854)

Meroles squamulosus, the common rough-scaled lizard, is a medium-sized African lizard found in semi-arid shrub savannas.

Common Long-tailed Lizard
Lacertidae

Common Long-tailed Lizard

Latastia longicaudata (Reuss, 1834)

Latastia longicaudata is an oviparous Lacertidae lizard native to northern sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen, with four recognized subspecies.

Cape Rough-scaled Lizard
Lacertidae

Cape Rough-scaled Lizard

Ichnotropis capensis (Smith, 1838)

Ichnotropis capensis is a medium-sized African lizard found across multiple southern African countries in semi-arid shrub savannas.

Speke’s sand lizard
Lacertidae

Speke’s sand lizard

Heliobolus spekii (Günther, 1872)

Speke's sand lizard (Heliobolus spekii) is an oviparous lacertid lizard native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa.

Bushveld Lizard
Lacertidae

Bushveld Lizard

Heliobolus lugubris (Smith, 1838)

Heliobolus lugubris is a Lacertidae lizard species found across multiple regions of Southern Africa.

Rapid Racerunner
Lacertidae

Rapid Racerunner

Eremias velox (Pallas, 1771)

Eremias velox is a lizard species found across multiple regions of Central and Western Asia and China, with common names including the rapid racerunner.

Steppe Runner
Lacertidae

Steppe Runner

Eremias arguta (Pallas, 1773)

Eremias arguta, the steppe-runner, is a lizard species found across multiple countries in Asia and Eastern Europe.

Reticulate Racerunner
Lacertidae

Reticulate Racerunner

Eremias grammica (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Eremias grammica, the reticulate racerunner, is a lizard species found across eight Eurasian regions.

Ordos Racerunner
Lacertidae

Ordos Racerunner

Eremias brenchleyi Günther, 1872

Eremias brenchleyi (Ordos racerunner) is an oviparous lizard species endemic to China, living in forests, grasslands, and rocky areas.

Mongolia Racerunner
Lacertidae

Mongolia Racerunner

Eremias argus Peters, 1869

Eremias argus, the Mongolia racerunner, is an endemic Asian oviparous lacertid lizard with two recognized subspecies.

Strauch's Racerunner
Lacertidae

Strauch's Racerunner

Eremias strauchi Kessler, 1878

Strauch's racerunner (Eremias strauchi) is an oviparous lacertid lizard native to Western Asia.

Spiny-tailed Lizard
Lacertidae

Spiny-tailed Lizard

Darevskia rudis (Bedriaga, 1886)

Darevskia rudis is a common Lacertidae lizard species found across parts of the Caucasus and northern coastal Turkey.

Meadow Lizard
Lacertidae

Meadow Lizard

Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834)

Darevskia praticola, the meadow lizard, is a Darevskia species found across parts of Europe and Western Asia.

River Kura Lizard
Lacertidae

River Kura Lizard

Darevskia portschinskii (Kessler, 1878)

Darevskia portschinskii is an oviparous South Caucasus endemic lizard in the family Lacertidae with two recognized subspecies.

Derjugin's Lizard
Lacertidae

Derjugin's Lizard

Darevskia derjugini (Nikolsky, 1898)

Darevskia derjugini is an oviparous Lacertidae lizard native to Southeast Europe and Western Asia.

Armenian Lizard
Lacertidae

Armenian Lizard

Darevskia armeniaca (Méhely, 1909)

Darevskia armeniaca, the Armenian rock lizard, is a parthenogenetic wall lizard species native to the Armenian Highland.

Crimean Rock Lizard
Lacertidae

Crimean Rock Lizard

Darevskia lindholmi (Szczerbak, 1962)

The Crimean rock lizard (Darevskia lindholmi) is an endemic Ukrainian lizard species in the genus Darevskia.

Brauner's Rock Lizard
Lacertidae

Brauner's Rock Lizard

Darevskia brauneri (Méhely, 1909)

Brauner's rock lizard (Darevskia brauneri) is a Darevskia lizard species found in Georgia and Russia.

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