Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   150917
Province:  
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   0136BB
Observer:   Grooms Mim
Date of record:   2014-02-22
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   I believe this is a juvenile. Found in the grass in the garden.
Last updated:   2023-08-19 18:09:46
Sp. code:   2534
Species name:   Panaspis massaiensis
Common name:   Maasai Snake-eyed SkinkĀ 
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   striped skink
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-150917
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 150917 - photo: 1
VM-number: 150917 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   One of the members of this species complex.
Date:   2014-05-28 17:37:49
Species name:   Panaspis wahlbergii -- Wahlberg's Snake-eyed Skink
Species code:   2520
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2023-08-19 18:09:46
Species name:   Panaspis massaiensis -- Maasai Snake-eyed SkinkĀ 
Species code:   2534

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