Record details

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:   175447
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3118DD
Observer:   Van Zyl Willem
Date of record:   2020-06-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-07-21 10:25:29
Sp. code:   2980
Species name:   Cordylus mclachlani
Common name:   McLachlan's Girdled Lizard
Family:   Cordylidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-175447
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Edward Stanley
Comment:   Difficult to tell from lateral view but looks like it may only have two supraciliary scales. Head more depressed than C.cordylus.
Date:   2020-07-15 19:21:46
Species name:   Cordylus mclachlani -- McLachlan's Girdled Lizard
Species code:   2980
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   I agree that the body and head are much more depressed than C. cordylus.
Date:   2020-07-21 10:25:29
Species name:   Cordylus mclachlani -- McLachlan's Girdled Lizard
Species code:   2980

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