Kruger Park Times | 台北市立動物園資訊網
TwofamiliesoccurinAfricawithonlytheAMPHISBAENIDAEreachingsouthernAfrica.Thisisbyfarthelargestfamilywith15generacontainingabout130 ...
© Ornate Sandveld LizardIt is necessary to view our lizards in the context of all the species of reptiles that inhabit the world.The worlds 6550 species of reptiles are divided into four orders - CROCODYLIA - (crocodiles and alligators) - CHELONII - (tortoises, terrapins and turtles) - SQUAMATA - (snakes, lizards and amphisbaenians) - and RHYNCHOCEPHALIA - (tuatara).
These four orders are divided - through sub-orders - into 48 Families, which are again divided into 900 genera. Of the worlds 6550 species, Southern Africa has around 400 Species recorded so far, which is nearly a third of all reptile species occurring in Africa.
For comparison, the USA has 273 Species and Europe and south-west Asia has 380 species in areas much larger than southern Africa. Climate has much to do with distribution. The order SQUAMATA is by far the largest group of living reptiles with 6200 species - exceeding the worlds mammal species - and is divided into three sub-orders.
The sub...
List of lizards of South Africa | 台北市立動物園資訊網
List of reptiles of South Africa | 台北市立動物園資訊網
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【巨板蜥】:板蜥科;
30-70公分長,體色為黑色帶黃色斑點。牠的身體上方表面是黃棕色而腹部通常是黑褐色,下巴和喉頭為黃色或淡黃色。身體呈...