Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

   [ Record 4 of 775 ]   
:   3703
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3322CD
Observer:   Meyer P.
Date of record:   2006-12-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Was eating a tail of another reptile
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   1950
Species name:   Tropidosaura gularis
Common name:   Cape Mountain Lizard
Family:   Lacertidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-3703
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Amazing photo - first time I have seen a lacertid eating a lizard's tail!
Date:   2008-02-06 10:19:48
Species name:   Tropidosaura gularis -- Cape Mountain Lizard
Species code:   1950
Comment number:   2
By:   Wulf Haacke
Comment:  
Date:   2008-02-08 23:50:19
Species name:   Tropidosaura gularis -- Cape Mountain Lizard
Species code:   1950
Comment number:   3
By:   Michael Cunningham
Comment:   The fresh tail being eaten is also from a Tropidosaura gularis - is it definitely from another individual?
Date:   2008-04-22 08:34:26
Species name:   Tropidosaura gularis -- Cape Mountain Lizard
Species code:   1950

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