Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   336
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2532AA
Observer:   Botha W. & Jordaan Z.
Date of record:   2005-09-14
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   3400
Species name:   Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi
Common name:   Wilhelm's Flat Lizard
Family:   Cordylidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-336
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 336 - photo: 1
VM-number: 336 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Common Flat Lizard
Date:   2005-10-06 11:13:08
Species name:   Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi -- Wilhelm's Flat Lizard
Species code:   3400
Comment number:   2
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:   The very black belly and dark uperparts make this platy look more like P. lebomboensis than P. wilhelmi. Finer phylogeographic resolution is required for this genus.
Date:   2006-07-14 10:35:36
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:  
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:   Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi -- Wilhelm's Flat Lizard
Species code:   3400
Comment number:   4
By:   Martin Whiting
Comment:   Looks like a typical P. i. wilhelmi to me.
Date:   2007-11-19 11:29:06
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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