Meroles knoxii

Meroles knoxii

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 knoxii

Name

Meroles knoxii (Milne-Edwards, 1829)

• Type material: unknown.
• Type locality: “cap de Bonne-Espérance”.

Combinations

• Lacerta knoxii Milne-Edwards, 1829: 85 [original combination]
• Meroles knoxii — Gray, 1838: 282 [subsequent combination]
• Eremias knoxii — Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 299 [subsequent combination]
• Scapteira knoxii — Boulenger, 1887: 109 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Milne-Edwards, M. 1829. Recherches zoologiques pour servir à l'histoire des lézards, extraites d'une monographie de ce genre. Annales des sciences naturelles 16: 50–89. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Meroles knoxii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 September 2019.
• Tolley, K. & Turner, A.A. 2018. IUCN: Meroles knoxii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T196984A115664614. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T196984A115664614.en. Accessed on 20 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Knox's Desert Lizard

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