• Source: Chamaesaura

The Chamaesaura, also known as grass lizards, are a genus of legless lizards from southern and eastern Africa. The limbs are reduced to small spikes. Chamaesaura propel themselves like snakes, pushing against contact points in the environment, such as rocks, plants and irregularities in the soil. They are viviparous and eat small invertebrates, especially grasshoppers.




Species


Chamaesaura aenea (Fitzinger, 1843) – coppery grass lizard, Transvaal snake lizard
Chamaesaura anguina Linnaeus, 1758 – Cape grass lizard, Cape snake lizard
Chamaesaura macrolepis (Cope, 1862) – large-scale grass lizard, large-scale snake lizard
Chamaesaura miopropus Boulenger, 1895 – Zambian snake lizard, Zambian grass lizard
Chamaesaura tenuior Günther, 1895 – Cape snake lizard




References



Branch, B., 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing, Sanibel Island, Florida, 399 p.
Spawls, S., Howell, K, Drewes, R, and Ashe, J, 2002. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa: Academic Press, San Diego, 543 p.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kadal tanpa kaki
• Chamaesaura
• Transvaal grass lizard
• Legless lizard
• Large-scale grass lizard
• Cape grass lizard
• Chamaesaura tenuior
• Cordylidae
• Zambian grass lizard
• Cape snake lizard
• Reticulated python