Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   3401
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2916BD
Observer:   Dorse C. & van Rooyen S.
Date of record:   2007-00-17
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Uploaded from submission_3301-3450.txt: entry no. 100
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   2050
Species name:   Acontias litoralis
Common name:   Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-3401
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3401 - photo: 1
VM-number: 3401 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:   Hard to tel from photos. Possibly a hatcling Acontias littoralis.
Date:   2007-12-19 14:33:13
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Orange phase, juvenile.
Date:   2008-12-19 14:27:50
Species name:   Acontias litoralis -- Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink
Species code:   2050
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2013-12-10 18:10:46
Species name:   Acontias litoralis -- Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink
Species code:   2050

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