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2- Chamaesaura :

 

The Chamaesaura, also known as Grass Lizards, are a genus of legless lizards from southern and eastern Africa.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

The large-scale grass lizard (Chamaesaura macrolepis), also known as the large-scaled snake lizard, Zambian grass lizard, or Zambian snake lizard,[2] is a species of lizard in the genus Chamaesaura. It lives scattered across southern Africa with two subspecies.[1]

Distributation :

The large-scale grass lizard lives in grasslands in South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

 

Subspecies :

The large-scale grass lizard has two subspecies.

  • C. m. macrolepis - This subspecies was discovered by Cope in 1862.

  • C. m. miopropus - In 1894, George Albert Boulenger discovered a second subspecies.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

The Chamaesaura, also known as Grass Lizards, are a genus of legless lizards from southern and eastern Africa. The limbs are reduced to small spikes. Chamaesaura propel themselves like snakes, pushing against contact points in the environment, such as rocks, plants and irregularities in the soil.[1] They are viviparous and eat small invertebrates, especially grasshoppers.

Chamaesaura

Chamaesaura anguina 

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Family:Cordylidae

Genus:Chamaesaura
Schneider, 1801

Classification of the genus Chamaesaura :

 

Genus Chamaesaura :

 

  • Chamaesaura aenea

  • Chamaesaura anguina

  • Chamaesaura macrolepis

For the external links , refrences  click here to read the full wikipedia article 

Species  : 

 

-  The large-scale grass lizard (Chamaesaura macrolepis) :

 

 

Large-scale grass lizard

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Family:Cordylidae

Genus:Chamaesaura

Species:C. macrolepis

Binomial name:

Chamaesaura macrolepis
Cope, 1862[1]

 

For the external links , refrences  click here to read the full wikipedia article 

Other websites :

 

-  www.cyberlizard.org.uk/cordylidae_chamaesaura.htm

 

- reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Chamaesaura&species=macrolepis

 

-  www.iucnredlist.org/details/110159014/0

 

-  animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chamaesaura_macrolepis_macrolepis/classification/

 

-  mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/name/Chamaesaura%20macrolepis

 

 

Vivarium & Terrarium Creatures .. 

        FAMILY CORDYLIDAE

 

             1- Genus Cordylus  - girdled or Armadillo lizard

             2- Genus Chamaesaura - Grass lizards

             3- Genus Platysaurus - Flat lizards

             4- Genus Pseudocordylus