Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   169814
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3224BA
Observer:   Collett A
Date of record:   2019-02-23
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   These two were together and only the stripes on the one and the plainness of the other separates them so I thought they might be male and female or adult and young?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   2470
Species name:   Trachylepis sulcata sulcata
Common name:   Western Rock Skink
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Lizzards
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-169814
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 169814 - photo: 1
VM-number: 169814 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Indeed. Females and youngsters are striped and males are mostly black
Date:   2019-02-25 17:34:51
Species name:   Trachylepis sulcata sulcata -- Western Rock Skink
Species code:   2470
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2019-02-26 12:50:21
Species name:   Trachylepis sulcata sulcata -- Western Rock Skink
Species code:   2470

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