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Common Rough Scaled Lizard

Meroles squamulosus (Peters 1854)

body length

Mesquita et al, 2015

71 mm

(female, adult, mean)

clutch/brood/litter size

Mesquita et al, 2015

0.15
Mesquita et al, 2015

4

(mean)

habitat

Mesquita et al, 2015
terrestrial habitat
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009

Definition: A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.

Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl

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Mesquita et al, 2015
temperate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206

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reproduction

Mesquita et al, 2015
oviparous
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Oviparous

Definition: Egg laying; producing eggs that are laid and hatch externally (Lincoln et al., 1998).

Attribution: Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Oviparous

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trophic guild

Mesquita et al, 2015
ambush predator
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ambush

Definition: organisms that capture or trap prey by stealth or by strategy (typically not conscious strategy), rather than by speed or by strength.

Comment: synonym: sit-and-wait predator

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