Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   9762
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2628AD
Observer:   Heyns J
Date of record:   2012-09-08
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Gecko with a regenerated tail. Normally the same as the body.
Last updated:   2022-06-30 13:49:29
Sp. code:   490
Species name:   Pachydactylus capensis
Common name:   Cape Gecko
Family:   Gekkonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cape Gecko -- Pachydactylus capensis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-9762
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9762 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9762 - photo: 2
VM-number: 9762 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Probably P. affinis but P. capensis cannot be ruled out
Date:   2014-01-20 15:07:15
Species name:   Pachydactylus sp.
Species code:   6078
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Strongly keeled tubercles
Date:   2014-02-23 00:36:02
Species name:   Pachydactylus capensis -- Cape Gecko
Species code:   490

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