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295:The scientific name of this lizard,
251:The Transvaal grass lizard inhabits
464:"Chamaesaura aenea FITZINGER, 1843"
439:Swaziland National Trust Commission
347:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
307:word meaning "bronze" or "copper."
806:East African spiny-tailed lizard (
223:It was first described in 1843 by
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974:Blue-spotted girdled lizard (
890:African spiny-tailed lizard (
698:Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (
1559:. You can help Knowledge by
1266:Zoutpansberg girdled lizard
1022:Attenborough's flat lizard (
779:N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (
716:McLachlan's girdled lizard (
923:Lawrence's girdled lizard (
914:Campbell's girdled lizard (
770:Oelofsen's girdled lizard (
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1282:Mozambique girdled lizard
1148:Soutpansberg flat lizard (
998:Armadillo girdled lizard (
824:Transvaal girdled lizard (
797:Ethiopian girdled lizard (
788:Rhodesian girdled lizard (
743:Kaokoveld girdled lizard (
689:Machado's girdled lizard (
602:Large-scale grass lizard (
410:UNEP-WCMC Species Database
381:UNEP-WCMC Species Database
1306:Van Dam's girdled lizard
1258:Waterberg girdled lizard
1250:Barberton girdled lizard
1217:Drakensberg crag lizard (
881:Jordan's girdled lizard (
671:Rooiberg girdled lizard (
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1103:Mitchell's flat lizard (
1031:Broadley's flat lizard (
941:Peers’s girdled lizard (
932:Namaqua girdled lizard (
707:Marungu girdled lizard (
680:Limpopo girdled lizard (
644:Angolan girdled lizard (
584:Transvaal grass lizard (
492:Bonn Zoological Bulletin
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1121:Ocellated flat lizard (
1094:Waterberg flat lizard (
950:Herero girdled lizard (
815:Ukinga girdled lizard (
725:Mecula girdled lizard (
653:Maasai girdled lizard (
24:Transvaal grass lizard
1226:Northern crag lizard (
1190:Highveld crag lizard (
761:Nyika girdled lizard (
752:Black girdled lizard (
611:Zambian grass lizard (
285:International Red Data
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197:Transvaal grass lizard
1290:Regal girdled lizard
1274:Giant girdled lizard
1157:Striped flat lizard (
1085:Spotted flat lizard (
1076:Lebombo flat lizard (
1058:Emperor flat lizard (
662:Cape girdled lizard (
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1621:Reptiles of Eswatini
1298:Swazi dragon lizard
1181:Lang's crag lizard (
1139:Pungwe flat lizard (
1067:Common flat lizard (
976:N. coeruleopunctatus
857:Dwarf cliff lizard (
468:The Reptile Database
435:"Reptiles Checklist"
201:coppery grass lizard
199:, also known as the
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1252:(S. barbertonensis)
1208:Spiny crag lizard (
1049:Dwarf flat lizard (
848:Cape cliff lizard (
620:Cape snake lizard (
593:Cape grass lizard (
377:"Chamaesaura aenea"
267:Habits and breeding
40:Conservation status
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1334:Taxon identifiers
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1228:P. transvaalensis
1201:P. microlepidotus
808:C. tropidosternum
486:Aaron M. Bauer, "
387:on April 16, 2013
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1051:P. guttatus
1042:P. capensis
1013:Platysaurus
925:N. lawrenci
905:Namazonurus
850:H. capensis
826:C. vittifer
691:C. machadoi
664:C. cordylus
575:Chamaesaura
317:Chamaesaura
245:Drakensberg
218:Chamaesaura
148:Chamaesaura
1600:Categories
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727:C. meculae
682:C. jonesii
622:C. tenuior
595:C. anguina
533:Cordylidae
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391:2007-12-30
323:References
137:Cordylidae
1474:110158816
989:Ouroboros
943:N. peersi
763:C. nyikae
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