Meroles
Encyclopedia
Meroles is a genus
of wall lizards of the family
Lacertidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of wall lizards of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Lacertidae
Lacertidae
Lacertidae is the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The group includes the genus Lacerta, which contains some of the most commonly seen lizard species in Europe...
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Species
- Meroles anchietae
- Meroles ctenodactylus
- Meroles cuneirostris
- Meroles knoxii
- Meroles micropholidotus
- Meroles reticulatus
- Meroles suborbitalis