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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3055_2540: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3055_2540 representative of the Karoo Escarpment Grassland vegetation type in Dry Highveld Grassland Bioregion. This site is near the R390 between Steynsberg and Venterstad.

Karoo Toad
Vandijkophrynus gariepensis
Senegal Kassina 1
Kassina senegalensis
African Clawed Frog 2
Xenopus laevis
Boettger's dainty frog 2
Cacosternum boettgeri
Tandy's sand frog 3
Tomopterna tandyi
Poynton's River Frog 2
Amietia poyntoni
Southern Rock Agama 4
Agama atra
Spotted Sand Lizard 2
Pedioplanis lineoocellata
Namaqua Sand Lizard 5
Pedioplanis namaquensis
Thin-tailed Legless Skink
Acontias gracilicauda
Cape Skink 2
Trachylepis capensis
Western Rock Skink 6
Trachylepis sulcata
Variegated Skink 7
Trachylepis variegata
Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 7
Chondrodactylus bibronii
Inland Rock Gecko 2
Afroedura halli
Cape Thick-toed Gecko
Pachydactylus capensis
Spotted Thick-toed Gecko 2
Pachydactylus maculatus
Red-lipped Snake 8
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
Cape Cobra 2
Naja nivea
Puff Adder 9
Bitis arietans
Common Puff Adder 10
Bitis arietans arietans
Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake 11
Rhinotyphlops lalandei
Cape House Snake 2
Boaedon capensis
Rhombic Skaapsteker 2
Psammophylax rhombeatus
Karoo Sand Snake
Psammophis notostictus
Leopard Tortoise 12
Stigmochelys pardalis
Great Spotted Cuckoo 13
Clamator glandarius
Ground Woodpecker 14
Geocolaptes olivaceus
Acacia Pied Barbet 15
Tricholaema leucomelas
Spotted Eagle-Owl 14
Bubo africanus
Common Ostrich 16
Struthio camelus
European Bee-eater 17
Merops apiaster
Ring-necked Dove 18
Streptopelia capicola
Red-eyed Dove 19
Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove 20
Streptopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon 17
Columba guinea
Rock Pigeon 21
Columba livia
Namaqua Dove 22
Oena capensis
Red-faced Mousebird 23
Urocolius indicus
White-backed Mousebird 13
Colius colius
Speckled Mousebird 24
Colius striatus
Red-knobbed Coot 25
Fulica cristata
Blue Crane 26
Anthropoides paradiseus
Namaqua Sandgrouse 20
Pterocles namaqua
Helmeted Guineafowl 16
Numida meleagris
Grey-winged Francolin 27
Scleroptila afra
Little Stint 16
Calidris minuta
Common Greenshank 28
Tringa nebularia
White-winged Tern 29
Chlidonias leucopterus
Kittlitz's Plover 14
Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover 18
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 16
Vanellus armatus
Spotted Thick-knee 30
Burhinus capensis
Black-winged Stilt 29
Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet 17
Recurvirostra avosetta
Little Grebe 31
Tachybaptus ruficollis
African Spoonbill 17
Platalea alba
Sacred Ibis 32
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadeda Ibis 33
Bostrychia hagedash
Hamerkop 17
Scopus umbretta
Grey Heron 34
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron 35
Ardea melanocephala
Cattle Egret 36
Bubulcus ibis
American Flamingo 37
Phoenicopterus ruber
Lesser Kestrel 14
Falco naumanni
Peregrine Falcon 38
Falco peregrinus
Greater Kestrel 39
Falco rupicoloides
Rock Kestrel 40
Falco rupicolus
Little Swift 41
Apus affinis
White-rumped Swift 7
Apus caffer
African Black Duck 20
Anas sparsa
Yellow-billed Duck 42
Anas undulata
South African Shelduck 41
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 43
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Secretarybird 44
Sagittarius serpentarius
Verreaux's Eagle 45
Aquila verreauxii
Booted Eagle 32
Hieraaetus pennatus
Jackal Buzzard 46
Buteo rufofuscus
Black-winged Kite 47
Elanus caeruleus
Pale Chanting-Goshawk 48
Melierax canorus
Ludwig's Bustard 49
Neotis ludwigii
Northern Black Korhaan 50
Eupodotis afraoides
Blue Bustard 51
Eupodotis caerulescens
Karoo Bustard 20
Eupodotis vigorsii
Long-tailed Cormorant 52
Microcarbo africanus
Great Cormorant 53
Phalacrocorax carbo
South African Swallow 32
Petrochelidon spilodera
White-throated Swallow 54
Hirundo albigularis
Barn Swallow 55
Hirundo rustica
Plain Martin 14
Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin 56
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Greater Striped Swallow 57
Cecropis cucullata
Southern Fiscal 16
Lanius collaris
Cape Robin-Chat 7
Cossypha caffra
Mountain Wheatear 58
Oenanthe monticola
Southern Anteater-Chat 59
Myrmecocichla formicivora
African Stonechat 32
Saxicola torquatus
Karoo Scrub-Robin 60
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Short-toed Rock-Thrush 13
Monticola brevipes
Fiscal Flycatcher 61
Melaenornis silens

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