Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   170951
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627AD
Observer:   Viljoen I
Date of record:   2019-03-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   This individual was found when a rock was flipped over
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:24:44
Sp. code:   490
Species name:   Pachydactylus capensis
Common name:   Cape Gecko
Family:   Gekkonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Transvaal Thick-toed Gecko
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-170951
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   P. capensis and P. affinis in Gauteng are near on impossible to ID apart. Gut feel is P. capensis
Date:   2019-05-22 15:21:14
Species name:   Pachydactylus sp.
Species code:   6078
Comment number:   2
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:   Probably capensis.
Date:   2019-05-23 10:14:14
Species name:   Pachydactylus capensis -- Cape Gecko
Species code:   490
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Tubercles round and evenly spaced (irregular and often abutting, at least laterally, in P. affinis).
Date:   2019-07-18 22:53:53
Species name:   Pachydactylus capensis -- Cape Gecko
Species code:   490

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