Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   153681
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2327DD
Observer:   Peacock F.; BioBlitz
Date of record:   2015-03-14
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Found in big baobab tree and later hanging from my wife's finger
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   272
Species name:   Homopholis arnoldi
Common name:   Arnold's Velvet Gecko
Family:   Gekkonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Homopholis wahlbergii (s.l.)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-153681
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 153681 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Dark post-ocular band diagnostic of H. arndoldi (see opening comments under H. wahlbergii in Broadley et al. 2014).
Date:   2015-03-25 20:07:46
Species name:   Homopholis arnoldi -- Arnold's Velvet Gecko
Species code:   272
Comment number:   2
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   I have found H. wahlbergii with dark post-ocular bands before, especially in Machadodorp, MP.
Date:   2015-03-26 08:10:48
Species name:   Homopholis arnoldi -- Arnold's Velvet Gecko
Species code:   272

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