Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   654
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3018AA
Observer:   Helme N.
Date of record:   2005-10-30
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   3280
Species name:   Platysaurus capensis
Common name:   Namaqua Flat Lizard
Family:   Cordylidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-654
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 654 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Harrison
Comment:  
Date:   2005-12-11 12:11:44
Species name:   Platysaurus capensis -- Namaqua Flat Lizard
Species code:   3280
Comment number:   2
By:   Wulf Haacke
Comment:  
Date:   2006-02-09 23:16:33
Species name:   Platysaurus capensis -- Namaqua Flat Lizard
Species code:   3280
Comment number:   3
By:   Edward Stanley
Comment:   Platysaurus capensis has recently been split into two species- northern populations are now Platysaurus attenboroughi (Whiting et al. 2015). This is true P.capensis
Date:   2015-08-27 19:15:41
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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