| Tropidosaura | |
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| Tropidosaura gularis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Tropidosaura Fitzinger, 1826 [1] |
| Species | |
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Tropidosaura is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. [1] The genus is endemic to southern Africa. [2]
All species in the genus Tropidosaura are found in southern Africa. [3]
The following four species are recognized. [3]
Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidosaura.
The specific names, cottrelli and essexi, are in honor of South African ornithologist John Awdry Cottrell and South African herpetologist Robert Essex, respectively. [4]
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