Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   5096
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3326CD
Observer:   Rebelo A.
Date of record:   2008-00-29
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Very interesting; found 7; all the same colour; on coastal dune area. Ground Agama --Uploaded from submission_5051-5100.txt: entry no. 46
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   1490
Species name:   Agama atra
Common name:   Southern Rock Agama
Family:   Agamidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-5096
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5096 - photo: 1
VM-number: 5096 - photo: 2
VM-number: 5096 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:  
Date:   2008-12-16 22:01:55
Species name:   Agama aculeata aculeata -- Common Ground Agama
Species code:   1450
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2012-01-19 10:23:26
Species name:   Agama aculeata aculeata -- Common Ground Agama
Species code:   1450
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   ?
Date:   2020-05-21 23:39:11
Species name:   Agama atra -- Southern Rock Agama
Species code:   1490
Comment number:   4
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Supported by Werner Conradie & Krystal Tolley. Scales are too small for A. aculeata, tail patterning matches A. atra better, and habitat.
Date:   2021-01-13 13:08:27
Species name:   Agama atra -- Southern Rock Agama
Species code:   1490

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