Meroles ctenodactylus

Meroles ctenodactylus, also known as the giant desert lizard, Smith's sand lizard or Smith's desert lizard, is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. It occurs in westernmost South Africa and western Namibia.^[2][3]

Meroles ctenodactylus
Male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Meroles
Species:	M. ctenodactylus
Binomial name
Meroles ctenodactylus (Smith, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
Lacerta ctenodactylus Smith,1838 Eremias capensis Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Acanthodactylus capensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1839_ Scapteira ctenodactyla Loveridge, 1936 Scaptira ctenodactylus (Smith,1838)