Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   8139
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030CB
Observer:   Brouard Jean-Paul; Luke Durkan
Date of record:   2011-01-01
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   On the surface just after midday near the road leading through the gorge.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   2080
Species name:   Acontias plumbeus
Common name:   Giant Legless Skink
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Acontias poecilus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-8139
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dave Maguire
Comment:  
Date:   2013-03-17 11:02:18
Species name:   Acontias poecilus -- Variable Legless Skink
Species code:   2110
Comment number:   2
By:   Adriaan Jordaan
Comment:   Wow!
Date:   2013-03-17 12:01:45
Species name:   Acontias poecilus -- Variable Legless Skink
Species code:   2110

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