Reptile Atlas of Africa

Record details

ReptileMAP:   182783
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3022CD
Observer:   Tippett RM; Ryan Tippett
Date of record:   2021-11-25
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   A sandveld lizard of some sort. I am only aware of the Karoo Sandveld Lizard here but I have never seen one with bright red tails before.
Last updated:   2022-01-18 11:29:05
Sp. code:   1790
Species name:   Nucras tessellata
Common name:   Western Sandveld Lizard
Family:   Lacertidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-182783
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 182783 - photo: 1
VM-number: 182783 - photo: 2
VM-number: 182783 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   I seem to recall you found one of these plain forms at this site before.
Date:   2021-12-02 17:04:02
Species name:   Nucras tessellata -- Western Sandveld Lizard
Species code:   1790
Comment number:   2
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:  
Date:   2022-01-18 11:29:05
Species name:   Nucras tessellata -- Western Sandveld Lizard
Species code:   1790

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