Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
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Genus
Chamaesaura
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African Grass Lizards, South African Snake Lizards
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Schlangen-Gürtelechsen
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Afrikanske Slangeøgler
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1801 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Chamaesaura Schneider (type species: Lacerta anguina Linnaeus 1758) |
1820 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Monodactylus Merrem (type species: Lacerta anguina Linnaeus 1758; syn. Wermuth 1968) |
1832 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Cricochalcis Wiegmann (type species: Cricochalcis aenea Fitzinger 1843; syn. Wermuth 1968) |
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Mancus Cope (type species: Mancus macrolepis Cope 1862; syn. Wermuth 1968) |
Contents:
5 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks:
Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus (2001) regarded Chamaesaura as a synonym of
Cordylus, followed by some authors (e.g., Bourquin 2004), but this taxonomical revision has received limited support (Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton 2011).
Distribution:
Angola,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Rwanda,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
Western Cape),
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Chamaesaura aenea
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Coppery Grass Lizard, Transvaal Grass Lizard
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Transvaal-Schlangen-Gürtelechse
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Transvaalslangeøgle
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1843 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Cricochalcis aenea Fitzinger |
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Chamaesaura aenea Boulenger 1885 |
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Cordylus aeneus Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001 [by implication] |
1880 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Chamaesaura miodactyla Günther (Boulenger 1885) |
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Distribution:
Eswatini,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga).
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Chamaesaura anguina
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Southern Highland Grass Lizard, Cape Grass Lizard
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Kap-Schlangen-Gürtelechse
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Kap-slangeøgle
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1758 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Lacerta anguina Linnaeus |
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Chalcides anguina Meyer 1795 |
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Chamaesaura anguina Boulenger 1885 |
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Cordylus anguinus Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001 |
1801 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Chamaesaura anguinea Schneider [substitute name for Lacerta anguina Linnaeus 1758] (Wermuth 1968) |
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Monodactylus anguineus Merrem 1820 |
1768 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Chalcides pinnata Laurenti (Boulenger 1885) |
1802 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Seps monodactylus Daudin [substitute name for Lacerta anguina Linnaeus 1758] (Wermuth 1968) |
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Chalcides monodactylus Oppel 1811 |
1890 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Chamaesaura didactyla Boulenger (Loveridge 1944) |
1899 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Chamaesaura annectens Boulenger (Loveridge 1944) |
1964 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Chamaesaura anguina oligopholis Laurent |
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Remarks:
Previously included tenuior.
Distribution:
Angola,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
Western Cape).
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Chamaesaura macrolepis
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Large-scaled Grass Lizard
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Grossschuppige Schlangen-Gürtelechse
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Storskællet Slangeøgle
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1862 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Mancus macrolepis Cope |
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Chamaesaura macrolepis Boulenger 1885 |
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Chamaesaura macropholis [lapsus] Lawrence 1935 |
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Cordylus macrolepis Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001 [by implication] |
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Remarks:
Previously included miopropus.
Distribution:
Eswatini,
Mozambique,
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga),
Zimbabwe.
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Chamaesaura miopropus
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Zambian Grass Lizard
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Sambianische Schlangen-Gürtelechse
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Zambiansk Slangeøgle
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1894 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Chamaesaura miopropus Boulenger |
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Chamaesaura macrolepis miopropus Branch 1988 |
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Cordylus miopropus Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001 [by implication] |
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Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Haagner, Branch & Haagner (2000).
Distribution:
Angola,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Malawi,
Tanzania,
Zambia.
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Chamaesaura tenuior
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East African Highland Grass Lizard, Uganda Snake Lizard
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Ostafrikanische Schlangen-Gürtelechse
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Østafrikansk Slangeøgle
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1895 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Chamaesaura tenuior Günther |
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Chamaesaura anguina tenuior Loveridge 1944 |
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Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of anguina (e.g., Loveridge 1944).
Revalidated as a separate species by Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton (2011).
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa,
Kenya,
Rwanda,
Tanzania,
Uganda.
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