Meroles ctenodactylus   (SMITH, 1838)

Meroles ctenodactylus   (SMITH, 1838)


          
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  • Branch, W.R. (2013) -  Geographical distributions: Meroles ctenodactylus (Smith 1838) – Smith’s Desert Lizard. -  African Herp News, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 59: 54-56.   

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  • Cunningham, P. (2013) -  Meroles ctenodactylus (Smith, 1838) Smith’s Desert Lizard. -  African Herp News, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 60: 22-23.  

  • Edwards, S. (2013) -  Patterns and processes of adaptation in lacertid lizards to environments in southern Africa.  -  Dissertation presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Zoology) in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University, 2013. 186 S.     

  • Edwards, S. & Herrel, A. & Vanhooydonck, B. & Measey, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. (2016) -  Diving in head first: trade-offs between phenotypic traits and sand-diving predator escape strategy in Meroles desert lizards.  -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119 (4): 919-931.    

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  • Harris, D.J. & Arnold, E.N. & Thomas, R.H. (1998) -  Relationships of lacertid lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology. -  Proceedings of the Royal Society, 265: 1939-1948.    

  • Harris, D.J. & Arnold, E.N. & Arnold, E.N. (1998) -  Rapid speciation, morphological evolution and adaptation to extreme environments in Sand lizards (Meroles) as revealed by mitochondrial gene sequences. -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 10: 37-48.  

  • Herrmann, H.-W. & Branch, W.R. (2013) -  Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. -  Journal of Arid Environments, 93: 94-115.    

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  • Lamb, T. & Bauer A.M. (2003) -  Meroles revisited: complementary systematic inference from additional mitochondrial genes and complete taxon sampling of southern Africa`s desert lizards. -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 29 (2): 360-364.  

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  • McBrayer, L.D. (2004) -  The relationship between skull morphology, biting performance and foraging mode in Kalahari lacertid lizards. -  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 140 (3): 403-416.    

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  • Pérez i de Lanuza, G. & Font, E. (2014) -  Ultraviolet vision in lacertid lizards: evidence from retinal structure, eye transmittance, SWS1 visual pigment genes, and behaviour. -  The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (16): 2899-2909.    

  • Pérez i de Lanuza, G. & Font, E. (2016) -  The evolution of colour pattern complexity: selection for conspicuousness favours contrasting within-body colour combinations in lizards -  Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29 (5): 942-951.    

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  • Sclater, W.L. (1898) -  List of the Reptiles and Batrachians of South Africa, with descriptions of New Species. -  Annals of the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, 1 : 95-111.  

  • Smith, A. (1838) -  Contributions to the Natural History of Southern Africa. Art. VIII. -  Magazine of natural history, London, 2 (14): 92-94.  

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  • Szczerbak, N.N. (1989) -  Catalogue of the African Sand Lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles). -  Herpetozoa, Wien, 1 (3/4): 119-132.    

  • Turner, A.A. (2014) -  Meroles ctenodactylus (A. Smith, 1838) Giant Desert Lizard; Smith’s Desert Lizard.  -  In: Bates, F.M., Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M., Burger, M., Marais, J., Alexander, G.J. & M.S. de Villiers (Eds): Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. - Sanbi, Pretoria. p. 162.