Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   4597
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2817AA
Observer:   Harvey J.
Date of record:   2007-00-21
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Uploaded from submission_4551-4600.txt: entry no. 47
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   6890
Species name:   Platysaurus attenboroughi
Common name:   Attenborough’s Flat Lizard
Family:   Cordylidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-4597
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4597 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4597 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:  
Date:   2008-05-25 21:25:34
Species name:   Platysaurus capensis -- Namaqua Flat Lizard
Species code:   3280
Comment number:   2
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:  
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:   Platysaurus capensis -- Namaqua Flat Lizard
Species code:   3280
Comment number:   3
By:   Edward Stanley
Comment:   This population has recently been described as a new species, Platysaurus attenboroughi. (Whiting et al. 2015).
Date:   2015-08-27 19:12:11
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Werner Conradie
Comment:   Add new name Platysaurus attenboroughi.
Date:   2015-12-13 19:06:34
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   5
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   New name.
Date:   2016-06-17 22:06:38
Species name:   Platysaurus attenboroughi -- Attenborough’s Flat Lizard
Species code:   6890

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