Meroles cuneirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
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. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Meroles cuneirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 April 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard