Reptile Atlas of Africa

Record details

ReptileMAP:   162644
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2917DB
Observer:   Oosthuizen Deon Johann
Date of record:   2017-09-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   1790
Species name:   Nucras tessellata
Common name:   Western Sandveld Lizard
Family:   Lacertidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pedioplanis namaquensis -- Namaqua Sand Lizard
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-162644
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 162644 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Great record! ID confirmed by Aaron Bauer & Werner Conradie. See Oosthuizen, D.J. (2018). Nucras livida. AHN 69: 24-26.
Date:   2017-10-26 16:06:42
Species name:   Nucras livida -- Karoo Sandveld Lizard
Species code:   1760
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Nucras tessellata var". "T" fide Broadley (1972). After concerns subsequently raised by Werner, and after receiving a copy of Don's 1972 revision, we are of the opinion that this is assignable to Broadley's N. tessellata var". "T".
Date:   2019-02-26 10:25:10
Species name:   Nucras tessellata -- Western Sandveld Lizard
Species code:   1790

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