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Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867) is a animal in the Lacertidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867) (Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867))
Animalia

Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867)

Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867)

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

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Family
Genus
Meroles
Order
Class
Squamata

About Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867)

Meroles cuneirostris, commonly called the wedge-snouted sand lizard or wedge-snouted desert lizard, is a sand-dwelling lizard species that belongs to the Lacertidae family. This species is found in the Namib Desert, which spans the territories of Namibia and South Africa.

Photo: (c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tom Heijnen · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Lacertidae Meroles

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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