Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   8798
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Steen L.
Date of record:   2013-08-29
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-03-10 16:42:13
Sp. code:   490
Species name:   Pachydactylus capensis
Common name:   Cape Gecko
Family:   Gekkonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Transvaal Gecko
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-8798
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8798 - photo: 1
VM-number: 8798 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Pachydactylus, probably capensis not affinis.
Date:   2013-10-14 21:39:26
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Tubercles irregularly spaced, not in regular rows (contra P. capensis).
Date:   2014-02-22 23:14:59
Species name:   Pachydactylus affinis -- Transvaal Gecko
Species code:   450
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   The enlarged tubercles are evenly spaced, and situated in a matrix of small granules. Pachydactylus affinis has varying-sized tubercles, and the tubercles on the flanks are frequently in contact.
Date:   2021-03-10 16:42:13
Species name:   Pachydactylus capensis -- Cape Gecko
Species code:   490

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