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A class of terrestrial vertebrates, characterized by the lack of hair, feathers, and mammary glands; the skin is covered with scales, they have a three chambered heart and the pleural and peritoneal cavities are continuous. (Source: MGH)

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Burrage BR 1973. Comparative ecology and behaviour of Chamaeleo pumilus pumilus (Gmelin) and C.namaquensis A. Smith (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Annals of the South African Museum (61) 1-158

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Comparative ecology and behaviour of Chamaeleo pumilus pumilus and C_namaquensis.pdf	72.61 MB

2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. (1)

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Reptile_Atlas_2014.pdf	46.65 MB

African Snakebite Institute.

Website link:https://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/

2020. Mit zwei Schildkröten verhaftet.

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NAM_2020-04_Mit zwei Schildkroeten verhaftet_Allgemeine Zeitung.pdf	316.44 KB
NAM_2020-04_Arrested with two tortoises_Allgemeine Zeitung_Eng.pdf	214.99 KB

Childers JL, Eifler DA 2013. Meroles cuneirostris (wedge-snouted sand lizard) cannibalism. Herpetological Review (44) 675-676

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Meroles cuneirostris cannibalism.pdf	1.15 MB

Childers JL, Eifler DA 2015. Intraspecific behavioural variation in the lacertid lizard Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867) (Sauria:Lacertidae). African Journal of Herpetology (64) 54-66

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21564574.2014.998725?needAccess=true

Strauch A 1867. Bemerkungen über die Eidechsengattung Scapteira Fitz. Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg (6) 403-426

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Bemerkungen ueber die Eidechsengattung Scapteira Fitz.pdf	8.52 MB

Peters WKH 1869. Über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (1869) 57-66

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Ueber neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen.pdf	4.08 MB

Peters WKH 1869. Enumeratio amphibiorum, quae beat. J. Wahlberg anno 1854 ad 1855 in Africa occidentali (Damara) collegit. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar (1869) 657-662

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Enumeratio amphibiorum_1869.pdf	3.68 MB

Pianka ER 1971. Lizard species density in the Kalahari Desert. Ecology (52) 1024-1029

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Lizard species density in the Kalahari Desert.pdf	2.41 MB

Fitzsimons VFM, Brain CK 1958. A Short account of the Reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe (1) 99-104

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A Short account of the Reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park.pdf	772.6 KB

Szczerbak NN 1989. Catalogue of the African Sand lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles). Herpetozoa (1) 119-132

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Catalogue of the African Sand lizards.pdf	870.4 KB

Sternfeld R 1911. Zur Herpetologie Südwestafrikas.. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin (5) 393-411

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Zur Herpetologie Suedwestafrikas.pdf	4.93 MB

Goldberg SR 2006. Reproductive cycle of the spotted sand lizard, Pedioplanis lineoocellata (Squamata: Lacertidae) from southern Africa. Texas Journal of Science (58) 65

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Reproductive cycle of the spotted sand lizard.pdf	4.34 MB

Edwards S, Branch WR, Vanhooydonck B, Herrel A, Measey GJ, Tolley KA 2013. Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae). Zootaxa (3669) 101–114

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Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards.pdf	1002.46 KB

Peters WKH 1867. Über eine Sammlung von Flederthieren und Amphibien aus Otjimbingue in Südwestafrica. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (1867) 234-237

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Ueber eine Sammlung von Flederthieren und Amphibien aus Otjimbingue in Suedwestafrica.pdf	1.64 MB

Roux J 1907. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. VII. Lacertilia (Eidechsen). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (25) 403-444

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Beitraege zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Sued_Afrika_1907.pdf	8.94 MB

Mayer W, Böhme W 2000. Case 3085: Lacerta undata A. Smith, 1838 (Currently Pedioplanis undata; Reptilia, Sauria): proposed conservation of the specific name by the designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (57) 100-102

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Lacerta undata.pdf	516.09 KB

Billawer WH, Heideman NJL 1996. A comparative analysis of diurnal behavioural activities in males of Agama aculeata aculeata and A. planiceps planiceps (Reptilia: Agamidae) in Windhoek, Namibia. African Journal of Herpetology (45) 68-73

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.1996.9649967

Mertens R 1971. Die Herpetofauna Südwest-Afrikas. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 529 6-110

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Die Herpetofauna Suedwest_Afrikas.pdf	4.37 MB

Haacke WD 2013. Description of a new Tiger Snake (Colubridae, Telescopus) from south-western Africa. Zootaxa 3737 (3) 280-288

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Description of a new Tiger Snake from south_western Africa.pdf	145.71 KB

Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR 2006. A Revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi Groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the Description of Eight New Species. Proceedings of the California Acadamy of Sciences 57 (23) 595-709

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A Revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P_weberi Groups of Southern Africa.pdf	2.35 MB

Ceriaco LMP, Branch WR, Bauer AM 2018. A new species of African snake-eyed skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from central and northern Namibia. Zootaxa 4527 (1) 140-150

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A new species of African snake-eyed skink_central and northern namibia.pdf	741.63 KB

Bauer AM, Lamb T 2003. A new species of the Pachydactylus weberi-group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Waterberg Plateau, Namibia. Cimbebasia 19 1-12

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283569060_A_new_species_of_the_Pachydactylus_weberi_group_Reptilia_Squamata_Gekkonidae_from_the_Waterberg_Plateau_Namibia

Mertens R 1955. Die Amphibien und Reptilien Südwestafrikas, aus den Ergebnissen einer im Jahre 1952 ausgeführten Reise. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 490 1-172

Website link:https://lib.ugent.be/catalog/rug01:001982256

Lewin A, Feldman A, Bauer AM, Belmaker J, Broadley DG, Chirio L, Itescu Y, LeBreton M, Maza E, Meirte D, Nagy ZT, Novosolov M, Roll U, Tallowin O, Trape J, Vidan E, Meiri S 2016. Patterns of species richness, endemism and environmental gradients of African reptiles. Journal of Biogeography 43 (12) 2380-2390

Website link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jbi.12848

Broadley DG 1998. A review of the African Elapsoidea semiannulata complex (Serpentes: Elapidae). African Journal of Herpetology 47 (1) 13-23

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.1998.9649995

Broadley DG 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of Latitude 12° S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51 (2) 83-119

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.2002.9635466?src=recsys

Edwards S 2013. Patterns and processes of adaptation in lacertid lizards to environments in southern Africa.

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Patterns and processes of adaptation in lacertid lizards to environments in southern Africa.pdf	24.33 MB

Iiyambo N, Eifler D, Marais E, Kirchhof S 2016. Meroles anchietae: Size, growth and longevity. 12-15

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Ceriaco LMP, dos Anjos Carlos de Sá S, Bandeira S, Valerio H, Stanley EL, Kuhn AL, Marques MP, Vindum JV, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM 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 4 (63) 15-61

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Herpetological survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park.pdf	3.64 MB

Buiswalelo B, Eiseb S, Goedhals J, Verdú‐Ricoy J, Heideman N 2019. Reproduction, predation, sexual dimorphism and diet in Agama anchietae (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Namibia. African Journal of Ecology 58 (2) 227-235

Website link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aje.12693

Clarke BC 1992. Water and energy balance in the Namib sand-dune lizard, Angolosaurus skoogi.

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Polakow DA 1997. Communication and sexual selection in the barking gecko (Ptenopus kochi).

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Communication and sexual selection in the barking gecko_1997.pdf	10.33 MB

Leite FA 1997. Flora and fauna of the Okavango River Basin (Angolan sector).

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Flora and fauna of the Okavango River Basin_Angolan sector.pdf	243.98 KB

Houniet D 2007. The effects of environment and niche on the distributions of dwarf chameleons, present and future.

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The effects of environment and niche on the distributions of dwarf chameleons_present and future.pdf	3.66 MB

Goldberg SR, Robinson MD 1979. Reproduction in Two Namib Desert Lacertid Lizards (Aporosaura anchietae and Meroles cuneirostris). Herpetologica 35 (2) 169-175

Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3891784

Hedman HD, Alvarez HM, Hanghome GPK, Eifler M, Eifler D 2014. Reptiles of the Gobabeb Research and Training Centre. IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians 21 (2) 73-79

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Reptiles of the Gobabeb Research and Training Centre_2014.pdf	5.84 MB

Goldberg SR, Robinson MD 1979. Reproduction in two Namib Desert lacterid lizards (Aporosaura anchietae and Meroles cuneirostris). Herpetologica 35 (2) 169-175

Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3891784

Shine R 1998. Reproductive biology and food habits of Horned Adders, Bitis caudalis (Viperidae), from southern Africa. Copeia 1998 (2) 391-401

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Reproductive biology and food habits of Horned Adders.pdf	3.24 MB

Eifler MA, Marchand R, Eifler DA, Malela K 2017. Habitat use and activity patterns in the nocturnal gecko, Chondrodactylus turneri. Herpetologica 73 (1) 43-47

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-14-00053

African Herp News.

Website link:https://africanherpetology.org/african-herp-news/

Berger-Dell'mour HE 1985. Lizard communities of the Central Namib Desert and the Khomas Hochland (South West Africa): A comparison. 7

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Lizard communities of the Central Namib Desert and the Khomas Hochland_1985.pdf	9.26 MB

Berger-Dell'mour HE 1987. A suggested coding system for southern African Reptilian and Amphibian Taxa. 4-6

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A suggested coding system for southern African Reptilian and Amphibian Taxa.pdf	4.45 MB

Gordon DH 1989. Biochemical systematics and population genetics of desert lizard, Genus Meroles. 12-13

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Biochemical systematics and population genetics of desert lizard_Genus Meroles.pdf	2.11 MB

1990. Analysis of a Python anchietae faecal sample. 30-32

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Analysis of a Python anchietae faecal sample.pdf	2.8 MB

Griffin M 1990. Current herpetological research and related activities in Namibia. 8-10

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Current herpetological research and related activities in Namibia.pdf	2.64 MB

Haagner GV 1991. Notes on a Herpetological collecting trip to Namibia (24 October to 3 November 1990). 36-39

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Notes on a Herpetological collecting trip to Namibia_24 October to 3 November 1990.pdf	2.05 MB

Poynton JC 1991. Exceptional contribution to African Herpetology. 10-12

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Exceptional contribution to African Herpetology.pdf	2.84 MB

Haacke WD 1995. Viperidae: Bitis caudalis: Horned Adder - Size . 45

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Viperidae_Bitis caudalis_Horned Adder_Size.pdf	2.64 MB