Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   201777
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430BD
Observer:   Darren Pietersen
Date of record:   2022-03-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-06-11 11:47:56
Sp. code:   272
Species name:   Homopholis arnoldi
Common name:   Arnold's Velvet Gecko
Family:   Gekkonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Homopholis wahlbergii
Institution:  
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-201777
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 201777 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Homopholis wahlbergii
Date:   2023-04-14 16:30:57
Species name:   Homopholis wahlbergii -- Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko
Species code:   270
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Dark dorsolateral stripes, which are supposed to be diagnostic of H. arnoldi.
Date:   2023-06-11 11:47:56
Species name:   Homopholis arnoldi -- Arnold's Velvet Gecko
Species code:   272

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