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do not mention the Cape grass lizard. However, the
Swaziland Red Data has the lizard listed as Near Threatened. The
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562:"Aseasonal reproduction and high fecundity in the Cape grass lizard, Cordylus anguinus, in a fire-prone habitat"
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525:"Swaziland's Biodiversity - Reptiles Checklist"
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274:of southern Africa. It has been reported in
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417:Tolley, K.A.; Alexander, G.J. (2021).
380:The Southern African Red Data and the
330:The Cape grass lizard has three known
1743:Reptiles of the Republic of the Congo
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599:
1675:12E329DC-7B62-4074-940C-3B67DA5F6567
474:"Chamaesaura anguina LINNAEUS, 1758"
1698:IUCN Red List least concern species
529:Swaziland National Trust Commission
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428:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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901:East African spiny-tailed lizard (
371:described this subspecies in 1964.
14:
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225:, is a species of lizard in the
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829:Western dwarf girdled lizard (
1:
1207:Orange-throated flat lizard (
1069:Blue-spotted girdled lizard (
985:African spiny-tailed lizard (
793:Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (
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325:
1361:Zoutpansberg girdled lizard
1117:Attenborough's flat lizard (
874:N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (
811:McLachlan's girdled lizard (
7:
1708:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
1018:Lawrence's girdled lizard (
1009:Campbell's girdled lizard (
865:Oelofsen's girdled lizard (
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1703:Reptiles described in 1758
1377:Mozambique girdled lizard
1243:Soutpansberg flat lizard (
1093:Armadillo girdled lizard (
919:Transvaal girdled lizard (
892:Ethiopian girdled lizard (
883:Rhodesian girdled lizard (
838:Kaokoveld girdled lizard (
784:Machado's girdled lizard (
697:Large-scale grass lizard (
579:10.1163/156853803322763936
359:described this subspecies.
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1401:Van Dam's girdled lizard
1353:Waterberg girdled lizard
1345:Barberton girdled lizard
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1312:Drakensberg crag lizard (
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976:Jordan's girdled lizard (
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766:Rooiberg girdled lizard (
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318:The Cape grass lizard is
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70:Scientific classification
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1758:Reptiles of South Africa
1409:Warren's girdled lizard
1198:Mitchell's flat lizard (
1126:Broadley's flat lizard (
1036:Peers’s girdled lizard (
1027:Namaqua girdled lizard (
802:Marungu girdled lizard (
775:Limpopo girdled lizard (
739:Angolan girdled lizard (
679:Transvaal grass lizard (
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1225:Sekukhune flat lizard (
1216:Ocellated flat lizard (
1189:Waterberg flat lizard (
1045:Herero girdled lizard (
910:Ukinga girdled lizard (
820:Mecula girdled lizard (
748:Maasai girdled lizard (
357:Albert C. L. G. GĂĽnther
1738:Reptiles of Mozambique
1321:Northern crag lizard (
1285:Highveld crag lizard (
856:Nyika girdled lizard (
847:Black girdled lizard (
706:Zambian grass lizard (
386:Transvaal grass lizard
246:This lizard has three
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1385:Regal girdled lizard
1369:Giant girdled lizard
1252:Striped flat lizard (
1180:Spotted flat lizard (
1171:Lebombo flat lizard (
1153:Emperor flat lizard (
757:Cape girdled lizard (
498:"Chamaesaura anguina"
300:Republic of the Congo
223:highland grass lizard
217:), also known as the
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1733:Reptiles of Tanzania
1718:Reptiles of Eswatini
1393:Swazi dragon lizard
1276:Lang's crag lizard (
1234:Pungwe flat lizard (
1162:Common flat lizard (
1071:N. coeruleopunctatus
952:Dwarf cliff lizard (
478:The Reptile Database
1481:Chamaesaura_anguina
1467:Chamaesaura anguina
1437:Chamaesaura anguina
1347:(S. barbertonensis)
1303:Spiny crag lizard (
1144:Dwarf flat lizard (
943:Cape cliff lizard (
715:Cape snake lizard (
688:Cape grass lizard (
421:Chamaesaura anguina
214:Chamaesaura anguina
179:Chamaesaura anguina
40:Conservation status
1748:Reptiles of Uganda
1723:Reptiles of Angola
1294:Cape crag lizard (
1135:Cape flat lizard (
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24:Cape grass lizard
1753:Lizards of Africa
1728:Reptiles of Kenya
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1593:Open Tree of Life
1429:Taxon identifiers
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1323:P. transvaalensis
1296:P. microlepidotus
903:C. tropidosternum
566:Amphibia-Reptilia
364:C. a. oligopholis
256:C. a. oligopholis
219:Cape snake lizard
209:Cape grass lizard
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