Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   154712
Province:  
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   2016DA
Observer:   Verburgt L; Ursula Verburgt
Date of record:   2014-06-24
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   four supraciliaries, flanks with strongly keeled scales; and prefrontals in broad contact
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   6950
Species name:   Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus
Common name:   Western Black-lined Plated Lizard
Family:   Gerrhosauridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-154712
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 154712 - photo: 1
VM-number: 154712 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   The strongly keeled flank scales and general colouration suggests that this is G. intermedius rather than G. nigrolineatus (sensu stricto).
Date:   2015-08-22 11:59:49
Species name:   Gerrhosaurus intermedius -- Eastern Black-lined Plated Lizard
Species code:   3520
Comment number:   2
By:   Werner Conradie
Comment:  
Date:   2015-08-22 22:04:24
Species name:   Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus -- Western Black-lined Plated Lizard
Species code:   6950

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