Meroles   GRAY, 1838

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  • Alexander, G.J. & Horne, D. & Hanrahan, S.A. (2002) -  An evaluation of the effects of deltamethrin on two non-target lizard species in the Karoo, South Africa. -  Journal of Arid Environments, 50 (1): 121-133.  

  • Amat, F. (2008) -  Exploring female reproductive tactics: trade-offs between clutch size, egg mass and newborn size in lacertid lizards. -  The Herpetological Journal, 18 (3): 147-153.  

  • Arnold, E.N. (1986) -  Why copulatory organs provide so many useful taxonomic characters: the origin and maintenance of hemipenial differences in lacertid lizards. -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 29 (4): 263-281.    

  • Arnold, E.N. (1986) -  The hemipenis of lacertid lizards (Reptilia:Lacertidae): structure, variation and systematic implications. -  Journal of Natural History, London, 20: 1221-1257.  

  • Arnold, E.N. (1990) -  Why do Morphological Phylogenies Vary in Quality? An Investigation Based on the Comparative History of Lizard Clades. -  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 240 (1297): 135-172.  

  • Arnold, E.N. (1991) -  Relationships of the South African lizards assigned to Aporosaura, Meroles and Pedioplanis (Reptilia: Lacertidae). -  Journal of Natural History, London, 25: 783-807.  

  • Arnold, E.N. (1993) -  Phylogeny and the Lacertidae. -  In: Valakos, E.D., Böhme, W., Pérez-Mellado, V. & Maragou, P. (eds.): Lacertids of the Mediterranean region, a Biological approach, Athens: 1-16.  

  • Arnold, E.N. (1994) -  Do Ecological Analogues Assemble their Common Features in the Same Order? An Investigation of Regularities in Evolution, Using Sand-Dwelling Lizards as Examples. -  Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 344 (1309): 277-290.  

  • Arnold, E.N. (1995) -  Identifying the effects of history on adaptation: origins of different sand-diving techniques in lizards. -  Journal of Zoology, 235 (3): 351-388.  

  • Arnold, E.N. (2002) -  History and function of scale microornamentation in lacertid lizards. -  Journal of Morphology, 252 (2): 145-169.    

  • Arribas, O.J. (2012) -  The Ultraviolet Photography of Nature: Techniques, Material and (especially) Lacertini results -  Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d’Herpetologia, Barcelona, 20: 72-114.    

  • Atkins, J.D. & Franz-Odendaal, T.A. (2016) -  The sclerotic ring of squamates: an evo-devo-eco perspective. -  Journal of Anatomy, 229: 503-513.    

  • Auerbach, R.D. (1985) -  The Reptiles of Gaborone. A Guide to the Reptiles of the South-Eastern Hardveld of Botswana.  -  The Botswana Book Centre, Gaborone. 48 pp.   

  • Auerbach, R.D. (1986) -  First steps in Setswana herpetology. -  Botswana Notes and Records Volume, 18: 71-90.  

  • Auerbach, R.D. (1987) -  The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. -  Gaborone, Mokwepa Consultants: 295 p.  

  • Baeckens, S. & Edwards, S. & Huyghe, K. & Van Damme, R. (2015) -  Chemical signalling in lizards: an interspecific comparison of femoral pore numbers in Lacertidae. -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114 (1): 44-57.    

  • Baeckens, S. & Garcia-Roa, R. & Martin, J. & Damme, J. van (2017) -  The role of diet in shaping the chemical signal design of lacertid lizards. -  Journal of Chemical Ecology, 43 (9): 902-910.    

  • Baeckens, S. & Scholliers, J. & Damme, R. van (2016) -  Meroles squamulosus (Common Rough-scaled Lizard). Geographic distribution.  -  Herpetological Review, Lawrence, 47 (1): 81.   

  • Barboza du Bocage, J.V. (1867) -  Descriptions of two new Sauriens from Mossamedes (West Africa). -  Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 20: 225-228.  

  • Barton, R.A. (1969) -  The Umtali Museum Expedition to Mahenya. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5 (1): 9-13.  

  • Bates, M.F. (1991) -  New distribution records for amphibians and reptiles from the Cape Province, South Africa. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 39 : 14-18.    

  • Bates, M.F. (1992) -  The Herpetofauna of the Orange Free State: with special emphesis on Biogeographical patterning. -  MSc Thesis, University of Natal, Bloemfontein.     

  • Bates, M.F. & Branch, W.R. & Bauer, A.M. & Burger, M. & Marais, J. & Alexander, G.J. & Villiers, M.S. de (eds.) (2014) -  Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. -  Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Pretoria. 485 pp.  

  • Bates, M.F. & Swardt, D.H. de (1994) -  Mabuya variegata punctulata, Northern Variegated Skink; Mabuya striata sparsa, Kalahari Striped Skink; Meroles suborbitalis, Spotted Desert Lizard. Avian predation. -  African Herp News, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 21: 18-19.   

  • Bauer, A.M. & Branch, W.R. (2001) -  The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park and the adjacent Northern Richtersveld, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. -  Herpetological Natural History, 8 (2): 111-160.  

  • Bauer, A.M. & Günther, R. (1995) -  An annotated type catalogue of the lacertids (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. -  Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 71: 37-62.    

  • Bauer, A.M. & Kennedy, A.M. & Lewis, P.J. & Thies, M.L. & Gabadirwe, M. (2009) -  The herpetofauna of Koanaka South and adjacent regions, Ngamiland, Botswana. -  Herpetological Bulletin, 107: 16-26.    

  • Bischoff, W. (1991) -  Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae. 4. Die Gattungen Latastia, Meroles, Mesalina, Nucras, Ophisops, Pedioplanis und Philochortus. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn/Bremen, 1991 (4): 17-25.  

  • Bischoff, W. (1996) -  Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae. 4. Nachtrag. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn/Bremen, 7 (18): 25-29.    

  • Bittencourt-Silva, G.B. (2019) -  A herpetological survey of western Zambia. -  Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 13 (2) [Special Section]: 1–28 (e181).    

  • Bocage, J.V.B. du (1867) -  Descriptions of two new Sauriens from Mossamedes (West Africa). -  The Annals and magazine of natural history, (3) 20: 225-228.  

  • Boettger, O. (1893) -  Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main, I. Teil (Phynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons). -  Gebrüder Knauer, Frankfurt. 140 pp.  

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1887) -  Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III. Lacertidae. -  London, 1887: I-XII + 1-118.    

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1906) -  Revised List of South African Reptiles and Batrachians. Family Lacertidae. -  Annals of the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, 5: 473-479.  

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1908) -  On a Collection of Fresh-water Fishes, Batrachians, and Reptiles from Natal and Zululand, with descriptions of New Species. -  Annals of the Natal Government Museum, 1 (3): 219-236.  

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1921) -  Monograph of the Lacertidae. Vol. II. -  British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. London. 451 pp.  

  • Boycott, R.C. & Morgan, D.R. (1988) -  Reproductive and growth data of some South African lizards. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 35 (1): 15-18.  

  • Branch, B. (1988) -  Field guide to snakes and other reptiles of southern Africa. -  Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 328 pp.  

  • Branch, W.R. (1980) -  Recent African Herpetological Literature. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 (1): 18-22.  

  • Branch, W.R. (1981) -  An annotated checklist of the lizards of the Cape Province, South Africa. -  Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums Natural History, 13 (11): 141-165.    

  • Branch, W.R. (1989) -  Alternative life-history styles in reptiles. -  In: Alternative Life-History Styles of Animals Volume 6 of the series Perspectives in vertebrate science: 127-151.  

  • Branch, W.R. (1990) -  The herpetofauna of the cape province, South Africa: New distribution records and zoogeography. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 37 (1): 17-44 .    

  • Branch, W.R. (1993) -  A photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of southern Africa. -  Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 144 pp.  

  • Branch, W.R. (1999) -  Reptile systematic studies in southern Africa: a brief history and overview. -  Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, 54 (1): 137-156.    

  • Branch, W.R. (2006) -  Priorities for systematic studies on southern African reptiles. -  In: Branch, W.R., Tolley, K.A., Cunningham, M., Bauer, A.M., Alexander, G., Harrison, J.A., Turner, A.A. & Bates, M.F. (eds) 2006. A plan for phylogenetic studies of southern African reptiles: proceedings of a workshop held at Kirstenbosch, February 2006. Biodiversity Series 5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.  

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

  • Branch, W.R. & Baard, E.H.W. & Haacke, W.D. & Jacobsen, N. & Ponton, J.C. & Broadley, D.G. (1988) -  A provisional and annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of southern africa. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 34 (1): 1-19.  

  • Branch, W.R. & Vaz Pinto, P. & Baptista, N. & Conradie, W. (2019) -  The Reptiles of Angola: History, Diversity, Endemism and Hotspots. -  In: Huntley B., Russo V., Lages F., Ferrand N. (eds.) Biodiversity of Angola: 283-334.    

  • Broadley, D.G. (1961) -  A provisional check list of the crocodiles, chelonians and lizards of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. -  The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia, Umtali, Zimbabwe, 16: 3-8.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1962) -  On some reptile collections from the North-Western and North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-1961, with descriptions of four new lizards. -  Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum of Southern Rhodesia, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 26 (B): 787-843.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1963) -  An expedition to the Mozambique plain - November 1962. -  The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia, Umtali, Zimbabwe, 20: 14-18.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1965) -  A provisional checklist of the lizards of Rhodesia. -  The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia, Umtali, Zimbabwe, 23/24: 7-12.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1965) -  A provisional key to the lizards of Rhodesia. -  The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia, Umtali, Zimbabwe, 23/24: 12-19.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1966) -  Studies on the ecology and Ethology of African lizards. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2 (1): 6-16.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1967) -  The life cycles of two sympatric species of Ichnotropis (Sauria: Lacertidae). -  Zoologica Africana, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 (1): 1-2.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1967) -  An Expedition to the South-Western Kalahari, January-March, 1967. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 (1): 19-30.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1968) -  The Second Umtali Museum Expedition to the Gona-Re-Zhou, January, 1968. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 (1): 13-17.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1971) -  Distribution of Ichnotropis in Zambia. -  The Reptiles and Amphibians of Zambia. The Puku: 1-143.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1971) -  The National Museums of Rhodesia Expedition to Malawi, November-December, 1970. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 7 (1): 24-35.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1973) -  Marking/Recapture programs with reptiles and amphibians in Umtali, District, Rhodesia. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 (1): 7-8.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1974) -  Field studies on ‘annual lizards’ of the genus Ichnotropis. -  The Rhodesia science news, 8: 309.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1975) -  Marking/Recapture studies on lizards in Rhodesia. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 (1): 11-12.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1978) -  English names for Rhodesian reptiles and amphibians. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 (1): 25-36.  

  • Broadley, D.G. (1979) -  A field study of two sympatric “annual” lizards (genus Ichnotropis) in Rhodesia. -  South African Journal of Zoology, Cape Town, South Africa, 14 (3): 133-138.    

  • Broadley, D.G. (2004) -  Herpetofauna of the four corners area. -  In: Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (Eds.) 2004. Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapters 5-15). Occasional Publications in Biodiversity No 15, Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, Bulawayo/Zambezi Society, Harare, Zimbabwe: 313- 346.    

  • Broadley, D.G. (2013) -  List of reptiles and amphibians of Nyika National Park and Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve. -  Nyika Vwaza Trust.  

  • Broadley, D.G. & Howell, K.M. (1991) -  A check List of the reptiles of Tanzania with synoptic keys. -  Syntarsus, 1. 70 pp.  

  • Brown, R.P. (2005) -  Large Subunit Mitochondrial rRNA Secondary Structures and Site-Specific Rate Variation in Two Lizard Lineages -  Journal of Molecular Evolution, 60 (1): 45-56    

  • Burrage, B.R. (1978) -  Reptiles Collected from the West Coast of the Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. -  Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 81 (3): 265-271.  

  • Caro, T. & Evans, O. & Fitzherbert, E. & Gardner, T.A. & Howell, K. & Drewes, R. & Shaffer, H.B. (2011) -  Reptiles of Katavi National Park, western Tanzania, are from different biomes -  African Journal of Ecology, Oxford, 49 (3): 377-382.  

  • Castilla, A.M. & Van Damme, R. & Bauwens, D. (1999) -  Field body temperatures, mechanisms of thermoregulation and evolution of thermal characteristics in lacertid lizards. -  Natura Croatica, Zagreb, 8 (3): 253-274.    

  • Ceríaco, L.M.P. & Sá, D.d.A.C. de & Bandeira, S. & Valério, H. & Stanley, E.L. & Kuhn, A.L. & Marques, M.P. & Vindum, J.V. & Blackburn, D.C. & Bauer, A.M. (2016) -  Herpetological Survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a Synoptic List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola. -  Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, series 4, 63 (2): 15-61.    

  • Childers, J.L. & Eifler, D.A. (2015) -  Intraspecific behavioural variation in the lacertid lizard Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867) (Sauria: Lacertidae). -  African Journal of Herpetology, Johannesburg, South Africa, 64 (1): 54-66.    

  • Conradie, W. (2013) -  The herpetofauna of the lower Cuito and lower Cuando river. A report on a rapid biodiversity survey conducted in April 2013. -  Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld). 14 pp.  

  • Conradie, W. & Bills, R. & Branch, W.R. (2016) -  The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. -  Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, 10 (2): 6-36.    

  • Conradie, W. & Douchette-Riise, S. & Vanhooydonck, B. & Engelbrecht, H.M. & Measey, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. (2011) -  Herpetological survey of Rooipoort Nature Reserve, Northern Cape province, South Africa. -  African Herp News, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 53: 35-41.  

  • Conradie, W. & Engelbrecht, H.M. & Herrel, A. & Measey, G.J. & Nielsen, S.V. & Vanhooydonck, B. & Tolley, K.A. (2011) -  Reptile survey of Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve, Limpopo province - South Africa. -  African Herp News, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 55: 6-12.  

  • Cooper Jr., W.E. & Whiting, M.J. (1999) -  Foraging modes in lacertid lizards from southern Africa. -  Amphibia-Reptilia, 20 (3): 299-311.    

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

  • Cunningham, P.L. (2011) -  Vertebrate Fauna and Flora associated with the Desert Star South–Phases 1A-C–Area -  Environment and Wildlife Consulting Namibia  

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  • Della Rossa, A. & Putti, R. (1995) -  The endocrine pancreas of lacertids: an immunocytochemical study of the genera Pedioplanis and Meroles. -  European journal of histochemistry, 39 (1): 47-58.  

  • Dely, O.G. & Stohl, G. (1982) -  Pileusbeschilderung und phylogenetische Beziehungen innerhalb der Lacertiden. -  Vertebrata Hungarica, Budapest, 21: 85-109.    

  • Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. (1839) -  Livre quatrième: De l`ordre des lézards ou des sauriens - Seconde sous-famille. Autosaures Coelodontes. -  Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, 5: 153-317.  

  • 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. & Branch, W.R. & Vanhooydonck, B. & Herrel, A. & Measey, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. (2013) -  Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae) -  Zootaxa, 3669 (2): 101–114.    

  • 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.    

  • Edwards, S. & Tolley, K.A. (2010) -  Differences between morphological and genetic rates of change in Knox`s Lizard (Meroles knoxii). -  10th Herpetological Association of Africa Conference - Abstract book: 16.  

  • Edwards, S. & Vanhooydonck, B. & Herrel, A. & Measey, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. (2012) -  Convergent Evolution Associated with Habitat Decouples Phenotype from Phylogeny in a Clade of Lizards. -  PLoS ONE 7 (12): e51636.     

  • Eifler, D. & Eifler, M. (2014) -  Escape tactics in the lizard Meroles cuneirostris. -  Amphibia-Reptilia, 35 (4): 383-389.    

  • Eifler, D.A. & Eifler, M.A. & Liu, E.F. & Luyanda, B. & Utsumi, K.L. & Muradzikwa, T.E. & Kanyanga, M.K. & Buchana, C.A. (2020) -  Slip slidin’ away: Demographic variation in movement behavior of the dune-dwelling lizard Meroles anchietae. -  Journal of Arid Environments 183 (2020) 104286     

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  • Fitzsimons, V.F.M. (1938) -  Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937 - Reptiles and Amphibians. -  Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 19 (2): 153-209.   

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  • Goldberg, S.R. & Bursey, C.R. (2009) -  Meroles reticulatus (Bocage, 1867) Endoparasites. -  African Herp News, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 50: 36-37.  

  • Goldberg, S.R. & Robinson, M.D. (1979) -  Reproduction in two Namib Desert lacertid lizards (Aporosaura anchietae and Meroles cuneirostris). -  Herpetologica, 35 (2): 169-175.  

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  • Haacke, W.D. (1984) -  The herpetology of the southern Kalahari domain. -  Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 27 (1): 171-186.    

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