Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   2026
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3319AA
Observer:   Deuchar A.
Date of record:   2004-12-06
Number of photos:   4
Notes:   The two agamas were found floating; partly submerged; on a cloth in a basin partly filled with water. I placed them on a window sill. They were still there the next morning. I moved them into the light. The bigger male started moving; but the smaller
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   1490
Species name:   Agama atra
Common name:   Southern Rock Agama
Family:   Agamidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-2026
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2026 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2026 - photo: 2
VM-number: 2026 - photo: 3
VM-number: 2026 - photo: 4

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Harrison
Comment:  
Date:   2007-01-16 14:12:07
Species name:   Agama atra -- Southern Rock Agama
Species code:   1490
Comment number:   2
By:   Wulf Haacke
Comment:  
Date:   2007-01-17 00:44:29
Species name:   Agama atra -- Southern Rock Agama
Species code:   1490

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