Record details

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:   172373
Province:   Unguja Island
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0639AB
Observer:   Stanton Mark
Date of record:   2019-10-02
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   On rocks above surf line but within tidal zone hunting flies. Dozens of small skinks group on top of rocks during high tide, free-roaming ont he beach around the rocks during low tide
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:24:44
Sp. code:   2240
Species name:   Cryptoblepharus africanus
Common name:   African Coral Rag Skink
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Trachylepis varia
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-172373
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:  
Date:   2019-10-20 16:14:25
Species name:   Cryptoblepharus africanus -- African Coral Rag Skink
Species code:   2240
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2020-02-06 23:44:49
Species name:   Cryptoblepharus africanus -- African Coral Rag Skink
Species code:   2240

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