Record details

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:   1406
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2722DD
Observer:   Wilson B.Y.
Date of record:   2006-03-28
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   1580
Species name:   Heliobolus lugubris
Common name:   Bushveld Lizard
Family:   Lacertidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-1406
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Wulf Haacke
Comment:   Juvenile with pattern that mimicks the pattern of carabid beetles which squirt formic acid as self defence.
Date:   2006-07-25 00:30:32
Species name:   Heliobolus lugubris -- Bushveld Lizard
Species code:   1580
Comment number:   2
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:  
Date:   2006-07-25 13:58:44
Species name:   Heliobolus lugubris -- Bushveld Lizard
Species code:   1580

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