Reptile Atlas of Africa

Record details

ReptileMAP:   332
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:   2480
Species name:   Trachylepis varia sensu lato
Common name:   Common Variable Skink Complex
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-332
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 332 - photo: 1
VM-number: 332 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:  
Date:   2005-10-15 13:54:21
Species name:   Trachylepis varia sensu lato -- Common Variable Skink Complex
Species code:   2480
Comment number:   2
By:   W.R. Branch
Comment:   Note that the presence of a cryptic species (Jacobsen 1990) within the T. varia complex remains unresolved.
Date:   2005-10-18 09:19:21
Species name:   Trachylepis varia sensu lato -- Common Variable Skink Complex
Species code:   2480

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