Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   1650
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318AA
Observer:   Koeslag A.
Date of record:   2006-09-04
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   1680
Species name:   Meroles knoxii
Common name:   Knox's Desert Lizard
Family:   Lacertidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-1650
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1650 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Harrison
Comment:  
Date:   2006-11-14 03:59:25
Species name:   Pedioplanis lineoocellata lineoocellata -- Spotted Sand Lizard
Species code:   1880
Comment number:   2
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:   Looks like M. knoxii by head shape & scalation.
Date:   2007-02-14 14:40:33
Species name:   Meroles knoxii -- Knox's Desert Lizard
Species code:   1680
Comment number:   3
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Pedioplanis pulchella or Meroles knoxii; possibly mating.
Date:   2007-03-14 11:28:28
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:  
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:   Meroles knoxii -- Knox's Desert Lizard
Species code:   1680

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