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391:The Southern African Red Data and the
341:The Cape grass lizard has three known
1754:Reptiles of the Republic of the Congo
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1686:12E329DC-7B62-4074-940C-3B67DA5F6567
485:"Chamaesaura anguina LINNAEUS, 1758"
1709:IUCN Red List least concern species
540:Swaziland National Trust Commission
439:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
912:East African spiny-tailed lizard (
382:described this subspecies in 1964.
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236:, is a species of lizard in the
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840:Western dwarf girdled lizard (
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1218:Orange-throated flat lizard (
1080:Blue-spotted girdled lizard (
996:African spiny-tailed lizard (
804:Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (
1372:Zoutpansberg girdled lizard
1128:Attenborough's flat lizard (
885:N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (
822:McLachlan's girdled lizard (
1719:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
1029:Lawrence's girdled lizard (
1020:Campbell's girdled lizard (
876:Oelofsen's girdled lizard (
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1714:Reptiles described in 1758
1388:Mozambique girdled lizard
1254:Soutpansberg flat lizard (
1104:Armadillo girdled lizard (
930:Transvaal girdled lizard (
903:Ethiopian girdled lizard (
894:Rhodesian girdled lizard (
849:Kaokoveld girdled lizard (
795:Machado's girdled lizard (
708:Large-scale grass lizard (
590:10.1163/156853803322763936
370:described this subspecies.
1412:Van Dam's girdled lizard
1364:Waterberg girdled lizard
1356:Barberton girdled lizard
1323:Drakensberg crag lizard (
987:Jordan's girdled lizard (
777:Rooiberg girdled lizard (
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1420:Warren's girdled lizard
1209:Mitchell's flat lizard (
1137:Broadley's flat lizard (
1047:Peers’s girdled lizard (
1038:Namaqua girdled lizard (
813:Marungu girdled lizard (
786:Limpopo girdled lizard (
750:Angolan girdled lizard (
690:Transvaal grass lizard (
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1227:Ocellated flat lizard (
1200:Waterberg flat lizard (
1056:Herero girdled lizard (
921:Ukinga girdled lizard (
831:Mecula girdled lizard (
759:Maasai girdled lizard (
368:Albert C. L. G. GĂĽnther
1749:Reptiles of Mozambique
1332:Northern crag lizard (
1296:Highveld crag lizard (
867:Nyika girdled lizard (
858:Black girdled lizard (
717:Zambian grass lizard (
397:Transvaal grass lizard
257:This lizard has three
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1380:Giant girdled lizard
1263:Striped flat lizard (
1191:Spotted flat lizard (
1182:Lebombo flat lizard (
1164:Emperor flat lizard (
768:Cape girdled lizard (
509:"Chamaesaura anguina"
311:Republic of the Congo
234:highland grass lizard
228:), also known as the
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1744:Reptiles of Tanzania
1729:Reptiles of Eswatini
1404:Swazi dragon lizard
1287:Lang's crag lizard (
1245:Pungwe flat lizard (
1173:Common flat lizard (
1082:N. coeruleopunctatus
963:Dwarf cliff lizard (
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1478:Chamaesaura anguina
1448:Chamaesaura anguina
1358:(S. barbertonensis)
1314:Spiny crag lizard (
1155:Dwarf flat lizard (
954:Cape cliff lizard (
726:Cape snake lizard (
699:Cape grass lizard (
432:Chamaesaura anguina
225:Chamaesaura anguina
190:Chamaesaura anguina
51:Conservation status
18:Chamaesaura anguina
1759:Reptiles of Uganda
1734:Reptiles of Angola
1305:Cape crag lizard (
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1764:Lizards of Africa
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577:Amphibia-Reptilia
375:C. a. oligopholis
267:C. a. oligopholis
230:Cape snake lizard
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