Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   7609
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2917CC
Observer:   Todd Simon
Date of record:   2012-06-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Sorry, I uploaded the whistling rat on the previous record and not the lizard that was living down the same burrow. (Delete previous record or add to mammal map please!)
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   1680
Species name:   Meroles knoxii
Common name:   Knox's Desert Lizard
Family:   Lacertidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Spotted Desert Lizard
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-7609
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7609 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dave Maguire
Comment:  
Date:   2015-01-27 08:44:02
Species name:   Meroles suborbitalis -- Spotted Desert Lizard
Species code:   1710
Comment number:   2
By:   Adriaan Jordaan
Comment:  
Date:   2015-02-19 11:43:13
Species name:   Meroles suborbitalis -- Spotted Desert Lizard
Species code:   1710
Comment number:   3
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Pattern suggests M.knoxii. M.knoxii is also more common along the coast in Namaqualand.
Date:   2022-12-30 23:07:29
Species name:   Meroles knoxii -- Knox's Desert Lizard
Species code:   1680

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