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.

All 311

Southern Rock Agama ¹
Agama atra

Spotted Sand Lizard ²
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard ³
Pedioplanis namaquensis

Thin-tailed Legless Skink
Acontias gracilicauda

Cape Skink ²
Trachylepis capensis

Western Rock Skink ⁴
Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink ⁵
Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko ⁵
Chondrodactylus bibronii

Inland Rock Gecko ²
Afroedura halli

Cape Thick-toed Gecko
Pachydactylus capensis

Spotted Thick-toed Gecko ²
Pachydactylus maculatus

Red-lipped Snake ⁶
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Cape Cobra ²
Naja nivea

Puff Adder ⁷
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder ⁸
Bitis arietans arietans

Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake ⁹
Rhinotyphlops lalandei

Cape House Snake ²
Boaedon capensis

Rhombic Skaapsteker ²
Psammophylax rhombeatus

Karoo Sand Snake
Psammophis notostictus

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3055_2540: Species List

Southern Rock Agama 1 Agama atra

Spotted Sand Lizard 2 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard 3 Pedioplanis namaquensis

Thin-tailed Legless Skink Acontias gracilicauda

Cape Skink 2 Trachylepis capensis

Western Rock Skink 4 Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink 5 Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 5 Chondrodactylus bibronii

Inland Rock Gecko 2 Afroedura halli

Cape Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus capensis

Spotted Thick-toed Gecko 2 Pachydactylus maculatus

Red-lipped Snake 6 Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Cape Cobra 2 Naja nivea

Puff Adder 7 Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder 8 Bitis arietans arietans

Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake 9 Rhinotyphlops lalandei

Cape House Snake 2 Boaedon capensis

Rhombic Skaapsteker 2 Psammophylax rhombeatus

Karoo Sand Snake Psammophis notostictus