Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3225_2335: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3225_2335 representative of the Eastern Lower Karoo vegetation type in the Lower Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad lies about 40 Km west of Aberdeen, just north of the R61.

All 337

Pygmy Toad ¹
Poyntonophrynus vertebralis

Karoo Toad
Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

Vandijkophrynus gariepensis gariepensis ¹

Boettger's dainty frog ¹
Cacosternum boettgeri

Spotted Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Pedioplanis lineoocellata pulchella ¹

Namaqua Sand Lizard ²
Pedioplanis namaquensis

Karoo Sandveld Lizard
Nucras livida

Cape Legless Skink ¹
Acontias meleagris

Cape Skink ¹
Trachylepis capensis

Variegated Skink ³
Trachylepis variegata

Common Barking Gecko ¹
Ptenopus garrulus

Spotted Barking Gecko ⁴
Ptenopus garrulus maculatus

Cape Thick-toed Gecko
Pachydactylus capensis

Spotted Thick-toed Gecko ¹
Pachydactylus maculatus

Marico Thick-toed Gecko ⁵
Pachydactylus mariquensis

Cape Coral Snake ⁶
Aspidelaps lubricus

Cape Cobra ¹
Naja nivea

Puff Adder ⁷
Bitis arietans

Horned Adder ²
Bitis caudalis

Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake ⁵
Rhinotyphlops lalandei

Karoo Sand Snake
Psammophis notostictus

Angulate Tortoise ⁸
Chersina angulata

Tent Tortoise ⁹
Psammobates tentorius

Southern tent tortoise ¹⁰
Psammobates tentorius tentorius

Leopard Tortoise ¹¹
Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo ¹²
Chrysococcyx caprius

Great Spotted Cuckoo ¹³
Clamator glandarius

Cardinal Woodpecker ¹⁴
Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet ¹⁵
Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl ¹⁶
Bubo africanus

Barn Owl ¹⁷
Tyto alba

Common Ostrich ¹⁸
Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater ¹⁹
Merops apiaster

Malachite Kingfisher ²⁰
Corythornis cristatus

Brown-hooded Kingfisher ¹⁶
Halcyon albiventris

Pied Kingfisher ²¹
Ceryle rudis

Ring-necked Dove ²²
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ²³
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ²⁴
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹⁹
Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon ²⁵
Columba livia

Namaqua Dove ²⁶
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ²⁷
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ¹³
Colius colius

White Stork ²⁸
Ciconia ciconia

Eurasian Moorhen ²⁹
Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot ³⁰
Fulica cristata

Blue Crane ³¹
Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse ²⁴
Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe ³²
Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl ¹⁸
Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin ³³
Scleroptila afra

Common Quail ³⁴
Coturnix coturnix

Curlew Sandpiper ¹⁹
Calidris ferruginea

Little Stint ¹⁸
Calidris minuta

Wood Sandpiper ³⁵
Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank ³⁶
Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper ³⁷
Tringa stagnatilis

White-winged Tern ³⁸
Chlidonias leucopterus

Grey-hooded Gull ³⁹
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Double-banded Courser ⁴⁰
Smutsornis africanus

Kittlitz's Plover ¹⁶
Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover ²²
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ¹⁸
Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing ⁴¹
Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee ⁴²
Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt ³⁸
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ¹⁹
Recurvirostra avosetta

Eared Grebe ⁴³
Podiceps nigricollis

Little Grebe ⁴⁴
Tachybaptus ruficollis

African Spoonbill ¹⁹
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ⁴⁵
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis ⁴⁶
Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop ¹⁹
Scopus umbretta

Little Bittern ⁴⁷
Ixobrychus minutus

Grey Heron ⁴⁸
Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron ²²
Ardea goliath

Black-headed Heron ⁴⁹
Ardea melanocephala

Squacco Heron ¹³
Ardeola ralloides

Cattle Egret ⁵⁰
Bubulcus ibis

Lanner Falcon ⁵¹
Falco biarmicus

Lesser Kestrel ¹⁶
Falco naumanni

Greater Kestrel ³²
Falco rupicoloides

Rock Kestrel ⁵²
Falco rupicolus

Eurasian Nightjar ⁵³
Caprimulgus europaeus

Fiery-necked Nightjar ⁵⁴
Caprimulgus pectoralis

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar ⁵⁵
Caprimulgus rufigena

Little Swift ⁵⁶
Apus affinis

Common Swift ⁵⁷
Apus apus

African Swift ⁵⁸
Apus barbatus

White-rumped Swift ³
Apus caffer

Alpine Swift ¹⁹
Apus melba

Cape Teal ⁵⁹
Anas capensis

Red-billed Teal ⁵¹
Anas erythrorhyncha

African Black Duck ²⁴
Anas sparsa

Yellow-billed Duck ⁶⁰
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ⁵⁶
Tadorna cana

Southern Pochard ⁴⁵
Netta erythrophthalma

Egyptian Goose ⁶¹
Alopochen aegyptiaca

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3225_2335: Species List

Pygmy Toad 1 Poyntonophrynus vertebralis

Karoo Toad Vandijkophrynus gariepensis

Vandijkophrynus gariepensis gariepensis 1

Boettger's dainty frog 1 Cacosternum boettgeri

Spotted Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Pedioplanis lineoocellata pulchella 1

Namaqua Sand Lizard 2 Pedioplanis namaquensis

Karoo Sandveld Lizard Nucras livida

Cape Legless Skink 1 Acontias meleagris

Cape Skink 1 Trachylepis capensis

Variegated Skink 3 Trachylepis variegata

Common Barking Gecko 1 Ptenopus garrulus

Spotted Barking Gecko 4 Ptenopus garrulus maculatus

Cape Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus capensis

Spotted Thick-toed Gecko 1 Pachydactylus maculatus

Marico Thick-toed Gecko 5 Pachydactylus mariquensis

Cape Coral Snake 6 Aspidelaps lubricus

Cape Cobra 1 Naja nivea

Puff Adder 7 Bitis arietans

Horned Adder 2 Bitis caudalis

Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake 5 Rhinotyphlops lalandei

Karoo Sand Snake Psammophis notostictus

Angulate Tortoise 8 Chersina angulata

Tent Tortoise 9 Psammobates tentorius

Southern tent tortoise 10 Psammobates tentorius tentorius

Leopard Tortoise 11 Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo 12 Chrysococcyx caprius

Great Spotted Cuckoo 13 Clamator glandarius

Cardinal Woodpecker 14 Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet 15 Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl 16 Bubo africanus

Barn Owl 17 Tyto alba

Common Ostrich 18 Struthio camelus

European Bee-eater 19 Merops apiaster

Malachite Kingfisher 20 Corythornis cristatus

Brown-hooded Kingfisher 16 Halcyon albiventris

Pied Kingfisher 21 Ceryle rudis

Ring-necked Dove 22 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 23 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 24 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 19 Columba guinea

Rock Pigeon 25 Columba livia

Namaqua Dove 26 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 27 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 13 Colius colius

White Stork 28 Ciconia ciconia

Eurasian Moorhen 29 Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot 30 Fulica cristata

Blue Crane 31 Anthropoides paradiseus

Namaqua Sandgrouse 24 Pterocles namaqua

African Hoopoe 32 Upupa epops africana

Helmeted Guineafowl 18 Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin 33 Scleroptila afra

Common Quail 34 Coturnix coturnix

Curlew Sandpiper 19 Calidris ferruginea

Little Stint 18 Calidris minuta

Wood Sandpiper 35 Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank 36 Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper 37 Tringa stagnatilis

White-winged Tern 38 Chlidonias leucopterus

Grey-hooded Gull 39 Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Double-banded Courser 40 Smutsornis africanus

Kittlitz's Plover 16 Charadrius pecuarius

Three-banded Plover 22 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 18 Vanellus armatus

Crowned Lapwing 41 Vanellus coronatus

Spotted Thick-knee 42 Burhinus capensis

Black-winged Stilt 38 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 19 Recurvirostra avosetta

Eared Grebe 43 Podiceps nigricollis

Little Grebe 44 Tachybaptus ruficollis

African Spoonbill 19 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 45 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadeda Ibis 46 Bostrychia hagedash

Hamerkop 19 Scopus umbretta

Little Bittern 47 Ixobrychus minutus

Grey Heron 48 Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron 22 Ardea goliath

Black-headed Heron 49 Ardea melanocephala