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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3250_2600: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3250_2600 representative of the Bedford Dry Grassland vegetation type in the Sub-Escarpment Grassland Bioregion. This Pentad is about 24 Km south of Aberdeen, west of the R350.

Raucous Toad 1
Sclerophrys capensis
Karoo Toad
Vandijkophrynus gariepensis
Senegal Kassina 2
Kassina senegalensis
African Clawed Frog 1
Xenopus laevis
Boettger's dainty frog 1
Cacosternum boettgeri
Poynton's River Frog 1
Amietia poyntoni
Southern Rock Agama 3
Agama atra
Karoo Girdled Lizard 4
Karusasaurus polyzonus
Cape Girdled Lizard 4
Cordylus cordylus
Spotted Sand Lizard 1
Pedioplanis lineoocellata
Cape Skink 1
Trachylepis capensis
Variable Skink 5
Trachylepis varia
Spotted Thick-toed Gecko 1
Pachydactylus maculatus
Rock Monitor 1
Varanus albigularis
White-throated monitor 6
Varanus albigularis albigularis
Boomslang 7
Dispholidus typus
Common Boomslang 8
Dispholidus typus typus
Cape Cobra 1
Naja nivea
Puff Adder 9
Bitis arietans
Common Puff Adder 10
Bitis arietans arietans
Black Thread Snake 1
Leptotyphlops nigricans
Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake 11
Rhinotyphlops lalandei
Rhombic Skaapsteker 1
Psammophylax rhombeatus
Cross-marked Sand Snake 1
Psammophis crucifer
Angulate Tortoise 12
Chersina angulata
Parrot-beaked Tortoise 13
Homopus areolatus
Leopard Tortoise 14
Stigmochelys pardalis
Dideric Cuckoo 15
Chrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's Cuckoo 16
Chrysococcyx klaas
Great Spotted Cuckoo 17
Clamator glandarius
Pied Cuckoo 18
Clamator jacobinus
Red-chested Cuckoo 19
Cuculus solitarius
Greater Honeyguide 20
Indicator indicator
Lesser Honeyguide 17
Indicator minor
Knysna Woodpecker 21
Campethera notata
Rufous-necked Wryneck 22
Jynx ruficollis
Cardinal Woodpecker 23
Chloropicus fuscescens
Black-collared Barbet 24
Lybius torquatus
Red-fronted Tinkerbird 25
Pogoniulus pusillus
Acacia Pied Barbet 26
Tricholaema leucomelas
Spotted Eagle-Owl 27
Bubo africanus
Brown-hooded Kingfisher 27
Halcyon albiventris
Ring-necked Dove 28
Streptopelia capicola
Red-eyed Dove 29
Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove 25
Streptopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon 30
Columba guinea
Rock Pigeon 31
Columba livia
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove 32
Turtur chalcospilos
Namaqua Dove 33
Oena capensis
Red-faced Mousebird 34
Urocolius indicus
Speckled Mousebird 35
Colius striatus
White Stork 36
Ciconia ciconia
Eurasian Moorhen 37
Gallinula chloropus
Red-knobbed Coot 38
Fulica cristata
Blue Crane 39
Anthropoides paradiseus
Namaqua Sandgrouse 25
Pterocles namaqua
Green Woodhoopoe 40
Phoeniculus purpureus
African Hoopoe 41
Upupa epops africana
Crowned Hornbill 42
Lophoceros alboterminatus
Helmeted Guineafowl 43
Numida meleagris
Common Quail 44
Coturnix coturnix
Little Stint 43
Calidris minuta
Ruff 45
Calidris pugnax
Wood Sandpiper 46
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank 47
Tringa nebularia
Caspian Tern 48
Hydroprogne caspia
White-winged Tern 49
Chlidonias leucopterus
Burchell's Courser 50
Cursorius rufus
Common Ringed Plover 51
Charadrius hiaticula
Kittlitz's Plover 27
Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover 28
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 43
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing 52
Vanellus coronatus
Spotted Thick-knee 53
Burhinus capensis
Black-winged Stilt 49
Himantopus himantopus
Little Grebe 54
Tachybaptus ruficollis
African Spoonbill 30
Platalea alba
Sacred Ibis 55
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadeda Ibis 56
Bostrychia hagedash
Hamerkop 30
Scopus umbretta
Grey Heron 57
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron 58
Ardea melanocephala
Black-crowned Night-Heron 59
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 60
Bubulcus ibis
Amur Falcon 27
Falco amurensis
Lanner Falcon 61
Falco biarmicus
Lesser Kestrel 27
Falco naumanni
Greater Kestrel 41
Falco rupicoloides
Rock Kestrel 62
Falco rupicolus
Fiery-necked Nightjar 63
Caprimulgus pectoralis
Little Swift 18
Apus affinis
African Swift 64
Apus barbatus
White-rumped Swift 65
Apus caffer
Cape Shoveler 27
Spatula smithii
Red-billed Teal 61
Anas erythrorhyncha
African Black Duck 25
Anas sparsa
Yellow-billed Duck 32
Anas undulata
South African Shelduck 18
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 66
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Spur-winged Goose 30
Plectropterus gambensis

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