Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   153940
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2828DA
Observer:   Underhill L.G; submitted on behalf of photographer Marc Leroy
Date of record:   2015-04-12
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Marc Leroy (email to LGU dated 16 April 2015): "On a recent trip to the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, I stopped for what I thought was a snake on the road. (I thought I had run it over). I was very suprised to find out on inspection that the snake had a lizard head and two very reduced sets of legs. On looking at the red list of reptiles, I thought it may be a Breyer Seps (Tetradactylus breyeri)."
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   2820
Species name:   Chamaesaura aenea
Common name:   Coppery Grass Lizard
Family:   Cordylidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Breyer Seps
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-153940
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 153940 - photo: 1
VM-number: 153940 - photo: 2
VM-number: 153940 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:  
Date:   2015-04-16 15:19:34
Species name:   Chamaesaura aenea -- Coppery Grass Lizard
Species code:   2820
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2015-04-16 15:26:07
Species name:   Chamaesaura aenea -- Coppery Grass Lizard
Species code:   2820

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