Meroles cuneirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Meroles
Species: Meroles cuneirostris

Name

• Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867)

Holotype: unlocated.

Type locality: “Africa australi”.

Combinations

• Podarces (Scapteira) cuneirostris Strauch, 1867: 411 [original combination]
• Saurites (Eremias) cuneirostris — Peters, 1869: 60 [subsequent combination]
• Scapteira cuneirostris — Boulenger, 1887: 114 [subsequent combination]
• Meroles cuneirostris — Harris, Arnold & Thomas, 1998 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Strauch, A. 1867. Bemerkungen über die Eidechsen-Gattung Scapteira (Fitz.). Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg 4: 403–426. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Meroles cuneirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 April 2019.

Vernacular names

• English: Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard