Record details

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:   1400
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2630AB
Observer:   Theron J. & Diedericks G.
Date of record:   2006-02-09
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   3120
Species name:   Cordylus vittifer
Common name:   Common Girdled Lizard
Family:   Cordylidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-1400
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:   I agree with Ed Stanley.
Date:   2006-06-30 14:55:34
Species name:   Cordylus vittifer -- Common Girdled Lizard
Species code:   3120
Comment number:   2
By:   Wulf Haacke
Comment:  
Date:   2006-07-03 23:00:48
Species name:   Smaug barbertonensis -- Baberton Girdled Lizard
Species code:   3150
Comment number:   3
By:   Edward Stanley
Comment:   this is almost certainly Cordylus vittifer (note the fluted tail spines and rounded head.
Date:   2015-04-30 16:42:51
Species name:   Cordylus vittifer -- Common Girdled Lizard
Species code:   3120
Comment number:   4
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Originally ID'd as Smaug barbertonensis (see Bates et al. 2014). ID changed to Cordylus vittifer by Bates & Stanley (2020: 28/41).
Date:   2020-07-12 11:38:55
Species name:   Cordylus vittifer -- Common Girdled Lizard
Species code:   3120

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