Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   168458
Province:   Marsabit County
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   NE_002036BD
Observer:   Stanton Mark
Date of record:   2016-03-11
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Id status:   Identification pending
Collector's species id:   Lygodactylus somalicus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-168458
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 168458 - photo: 1
VM-number: 168458 - photo: 2
VM-number: 168458 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   The caudal crest is interesting.
Date:   2019-02-21 18:25:20
Species name:   Lygodactylus somalicus -- Somali Dwarf Gecko
Species code:   8225
Comment number:   2
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:   Pristurus somalicus. Fantastic record and a first country record for Kenya.
Date:   2023-02-13 20:01:05
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Pristurus somalicus
Date:   2023-02-14 08:55:49
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Stephen Spawls
Comment:   I accept it's a Pristurus, looks like some specimens of P. somalicus, but identifying it to species level and claiming it as a first country record on the basis of a blurry photo is unjustified. A difficult genus even with a key and a specimen, and nearest somalicus records are 700 km east.
Date:   2023-02-28 23:54:53
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   5
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:   Very possibly an undescribed form (Pietersen, Spawls & Mazuch pers. comm. March 2023).
Date:   2023-03-03 09:06:39
Species name:   Pristurus sp. -- Unidentified Pristurus
Species code:   9460

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