Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3155_2125: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3155_2125 representative of the Western Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This site is just outside Fraserburg, to the SW.

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African Clawed Frog ¹
Xenopus laevis

Poynton's River Frog ¹
Amietia poyntoni

Southern Rock Agama ²
Agama atra

Karoo Girdled Lizard ³
Karusasaurus polyzonus

Dwarf Girdled Lizard
Cordylus minor

Spotted Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard ⁴
Pedioplanis namaquensis

Spotted Sand Lizard ⁵
Meroles suborbitalis

Western Rock Skink ⁵
Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink ⁶
Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko ⁶
Chondrodactylus bibronii

Fragile Thick-toed gecko ¹
Pachydactylus kladaroderma

Marico Thick-toed Gecko ⁷
Pachydactylus mariquensis

Inland Thick-toed Gecko ¹
Pachydactylus oculatus

Pachydactylus purcelli ⁷

Egg-eating Snake ⁸
Dasypeltis scabra

Spotted House Snake ⁹
Lamprophis guttatus

Karoo Sand Snake
Psammophis notostictus

Tent Tortoise ³
Psammobates tentorius

Northern tent tortoise ³
Psammobates tentorius verroxii

Ground Woodpecker ¹⁰
Geocolaptes olivaceus

Acacia Pied Barbet ¹¹
Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl ¹⁰
Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater ¹²
Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove ¹³
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹⁴
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹⁵
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹²
Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove ¹⁶
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁷
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ¹⁸
Colius colius

Red-knobbed Coot ¹⁹
Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹⁵
Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl ²⁰
Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin ²¹
Scleroptila afra

Little Stint ²⁰
Calidris minuta

Ruff ²²
Calidris pugnax

Wood Sandpiper ²³
Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank ²⁴
Tringa nebularia

Kittlitz's Plover ¹⁰
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ¹³
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ²⁰
Vanellus armatus

Black-winged Stilt ²⁵
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ¹²
Recurvirostra avosetta

Sacred Ibis ²⁶
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ²⁷
Bostrychia hagedash

Grey Heron ²⁸
Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron ²⁹
Ardea melanocephala

American Flamingo ³⁰
Phoenicopterus ruber

Lesser Kestrel ¹⁰
Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel ³¹
Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel ³²
Falco rupicolus

Little Swift ³³
Apus affinis

Cape Shoveler ¹⁰
Spatula smithii

Cape Teal ³⁴
Anas capensis

African Black Duck ¹⁵
Anas sparsa

South African Shelduck ³³
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ³⁵
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Verreaux's Eagle ³⁶
Aquila verreauxii

Jackal Buzzard ³⁷
Buteo rufofuscus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ³⁸
Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle ³⁹
Polemaetus bellicosus

Ludwig's Bustard ⁴⁰
Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard ¹⁵
Eupodotis vigorsii

White-throated Swallow ⁴¹
Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow ⁴²
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ¹⁰
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ⁴³
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ⁴⁴
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ²⁰
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ⁶
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ⁴⁵
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ⁴⁶
Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁴⁷
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Familiar Chat ⁴⁸
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁴⁹
Cercomela schlegelii

Tractrac Chat ⁵⁰
Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher ¹⁰
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁵¹
Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ⁴¹
Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird ⁵²
Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit ⁵³
Melaniparus afer

House Sparrow ²⁰
Passer domesticus

Cape Sparrow ⁵⁴
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ⁵⁵
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ⁴⁹
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁵⁵
Pycnonotus nigricans

European Starling ⁵⁶
Sturnus vulgaris

African Pied Starling ¹⁰
Lamprotornis bicolor

Red-winged Starling ⁶
Onychognathus morio

Pale-winged Starling ⁵⁷
Onychognathus nabouroup

Layard's Warbler ⁴⁷
Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler ⁵⁵
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ⁵⁸
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁵⁹
Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye ⁶⁰
Zosterops pallidus

Cape White-eye ³²
Zosterops virens

African Reed Warbler ⁴⁷
Acrocephalus baeticatus

Cape Bunting ⁴⁹
Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting ⁴⁹
Emberiza impetuani

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3155_2125: Species List

African Clawed Frog 1 Xenopus laevis

Poynton's River Frog 1 Amietia poyntoni

Southern Rock Agama 2 Agama atra

Karoo Girdled Lizard 3 Karusasaurus polyzonus

Dwarf Girdled Lizard Cordylus minor

Spotted Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard 4 Pedioplanis namaquensis

Spotted Sand Lizard 5 Meroles suborbitalis

Western Rock Skink 5 Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink 6 Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 6 Chondrodactylus bibronii

Fragile Thick-toed gecko 1 Pachydactylus kladaroderma

Marico Thick-toed Gecko 7 Pachydactylus mariquensis

Inland Thick-toed Gecko 1 Pachydactylus oculatus

Pachydactylus purcelli 7

Egg-eating Snake 8 Dasypeltis scabra

Spotted House Snake 9 Lamprophis guttatus

Karoo Sand Snake Psammophis notostictus

Tent Tortoise 3 Psammobates tentorius

Northern tent tortoise 3 Psammobates tentorius verroxii

Ground Woodpecker 10 Geocolaptes olivaceus

Acacia Pied Barbet 11 Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl 10 Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater 12 Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove 13 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 14 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 15 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 12 Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove 16 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 17 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 18 Colius colius

Red-knobbed Coot 19 Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse 15 Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl 20 Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin 21 Scleroptila afra

Little Stint 20 Calidris minuta

Ruff 22 Calidris pugnax

Wood Sandpiper 23 Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank 24 Tringa nebularia

Kittlitz's Plover 10 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 13 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 20 Vanellus armatus

Black-winged Stilt 25 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 12 Recurvirostra avosetta

Sacred Ibis 26 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 27 Bostrychia hagedash

Grey Heron 28 Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron 29 Ardea melanocephala

American Flamingo 30 Phoenicopterus ruber

Lesser Kestrel 10 Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel 31 Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel 32 Falco rupicolus

Little Swift 33 Apus affinis

Cape Shoveler 10 Spatula smithii

Cape Teal 34 Anas capensis

African Black Duck 15 Anas sparsa

South African Shelduck 33 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 35 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Verreaux's Eagle 36 Aquila verreauxii

Jackal Buzzard 37 Buteo rufofuscus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 38 Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle 39 Polemaetus bellicosus

Ludwig's Bustard 40 Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard 15 Eupodotis vigorsii

White-throated Swallow 41 Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow 42 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 10 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 43 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 44 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 20 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 6 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 45 Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat 46 Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin 47 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Familiar Chat 48 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 49 Cercomela schlegelii

Tractrac Chat 50 Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher 10 Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird 51 Nectarinia famosa