Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3140_2210: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3140_2210 representative of the Eastern Upper Karoo vegetation type in the Upper Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is about 80 Km SSW of Loxton, south of the R356.

All 218

African Clawed Frog ¹
Xenopus laevis

Poynton's River Frog ¹
Amietia poyntoni

Southern Rock Agama ²
Agama atra

Cape Crag Lizard ¹
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus

Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis ³

Karoo Girdled Lizard ⁴
Karusasaurus polyzonus

Dwarf Girdled Lizard
Cordylus minor

Namaqua Plated Lizard ¹
Gerrhosaurus typicus

Spotted Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Red-Sided Skink ⁵
Trachylepis homalocephala

Western Rock Skink ⁶
Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink ⁷
Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko ⁷
Chondrodactylus bibronii

Cape Thick-toed Gecko
Pachydactylus capensis

Fragile Thick-toed gecko ¹
Pachydactylus kladaroderma

Inland Thick-toed Gecko ¹
Pachydactylus oculatus

Pachydactylus purcelli ⁸

Cape Cobra ¹
Naja nivea

Karoo Sand Snake
Psammophis notostictus

Dwarf Beaked Snake
Dipsina multimaculata

Tent Tortoise ⁴
Psammobates tentorius

Ground Woodpecker ⁹
Geocolaptes olivaceus

Cardinal Woodpecker ¹⁰
Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet ¹¹
Tricholaema leucomelas

Ring-necked Dove ¹²
Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove ¹³
Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove ¹⁴
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹⁵
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 ¹⁴
Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl ²⁰
Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin ²¹
Scleroptila afra

Common Greenshank ²²
Tringa nebularia

Three-banded Plover ¹²
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ²⁰
Vanellus armatus

Black-winged Stilt ²³
Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet ¹⁵
Recurvirostra avosetta

Sacred Ibis ²⁴
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Black-headed Heron ²⁵
Ardea melanocephala

Rock Kestrel ²⁶
Falco rupicolus

Fiery-necked Nightjar ²⁷
Caprimulgus pectoralis

Little Swift ²⁸
Apus affinis

Alpine Swift ¹⁵
Apus melba

Yellow-billed Duck ²⁹
Anas undulata

South African Shelduck ²⁸
Tadorna cana

Jackal Buzzard ⁵
Buteo rufofuscus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ³⁰
Melierax canorus

Ludwig's Bustard ³¹
Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard ¹⁴
Eupodotis vigorsii

White-throated Swallow ³²
Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow ³³
Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin ⁹
Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin ³⁴
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ³⁵
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ²⁰
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ⁷
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ³⁶
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ³⁷
Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin ³⁸
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Familiar Chat ³⁹
Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁴⁰
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁴⁰
Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher ⁹
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁴¹
Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ³²
Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird ⁴²
Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit ¹⁰
Melaniparus afer

House Sparrow ²⁰
Passer domesticus

Cape Sparrow ⁴³
Passer melanurus

Cape Crombec ⁴⁰
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁴⁴
Pycnonotus nigricans

African Pied Starling ⁹
Lamprotornis bicolor

Pale-winged Starling ⁴⁵
Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling ⁴⁶
Creatophora cinerea

Layard's Warbler ³⁸
Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler ⁴⁷
Sylvia subcaerulea

Sylvia subcaerulea cinerascens ⁴⁸

Olive Thrush ⁴⁹
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁵⁰
Turdus smithi

African Reed Warbler ³⁸
Acrocephalus baeticatus

Lesser Swamp Warbler ¹⁹
Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Cape Bunting ⁴⁰
Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting ⁴⁰
Emberiza impetuani

Common Waxbill ⁵¹
Estrilda astrild

Bokmakierie ⁵²
Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail ⁵²
Motacilla capensis

African Pipit ⁵³
Anthus cinnamomeus

Yellow-tufted Pipit ⁷
Anthus crenatus

Southern Masked-Weaver ⁴⁰
Ploceus velatus

Southern Red Bishop ⁵²
Euplectes orix

Southern Penduline Tit ⁵⁴
Anthoscopus minutus

Karoo Lark ¹⁰
Calendulauda albescens

Sabota Lark
Calendulauda sabota

Benguela Lark ³⁸
Certhilauda benguelensis

Agulhas Lark ⁵⁵
Certhilauda brevirostris

Cape Lark ⁵⁶
Certhilauda curvirostris

Eastern Long-billed Lark ⁷
Certhilauda semitorquata

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3140_2210: Species List

African Clawed Frog 1 Xenopus laevis

Poynton's River Frog 1 Amietia poyntoni

Southern Rock Agama 2 Agama atra

Cape Crag Lizard 1 Pseudocordylus microlepidotus

Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis 3

Karoo Girdled Lizard 4 Karusasaurus polyzonus

Dwarf Girdled Lizard Cordylus minor

Namaqua Plated Lizard 1 Gerrhosaurus typicus

Spotted Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Red-Sided Skink 5 Trachylepis homalocephala

Western Rock Skink 6 Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink 7 Trachylepis variegata

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 7 Chondrodactylus bibronii

Cape Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus capensis

Fragile Thick-toed gecko 1 Pachydactylus kladaroderma

Inland Thick-toed Gecko 1 Pachydactylus oculatus

Pachydactylus purcelli 8

Cape Cobra 1 Naja nivea

Karoo Sand Snake Psammophis notostictus

Dwarf Beaked Snake Dipsina multimaculata

Tent Tortoise 4 Psammobates tentorius

Ground Woodpecker 9 Geocolaptes olivaceus

Cardinal Woodpecker 10 Chloropicus fuscescens

Acacia Pied Barbet 11 Tricholaema leucomelas

Ring-necked Dove 12 Streptopelia capicola

Red-eyed Dove 13 Streptopelia semitorquata

Laughing Dove 14 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 15 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 14 Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl 20 Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin 21 Scleroptila afra

Common Greenshank 22 Tringa nebularia

Three-banded Plover 12 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 20 Vanellus armatus

Black-winged Stilt 23 Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet 15 Recurvirostra avosetta

Sacred Ibis 24 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Black-headed Heron 25 Ardea melanocephala

Rock Kestrel 26 Falco rupicolus

Fiery-necked Nightjar 27 Caprimulgus pectoralis

Little Swift 28 Apus affinis

Alpine Swift 15 Apus melba

Yellow-billed Duck 29 Anas undulata

South African Shelduck 28 Tadorna cana

Jackal Buzzard 5 Buteo rufofuscus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 30 Melierax canorus

Ludwig's Bustard 31 Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard 14 Eupodotis vigorsii

White-throated Swallow 32 Hirundo albigularis

Barn Swallow 33 Hirundo rustica

Plain Martin 9 Riparia paludicola

Rock Martin 34 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 35 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 20 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 7 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 36 Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat 37 Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin 38 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Familiar Chat 39 Cercomela familiaris

Karoo Chat 40 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 40 Cercomela sinuata

Chat Flycatcher 9 Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird 41 Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird 32 Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird 42 Cinnyris fuscus

Grey Tit 10 Melaniparus afer

House Sparrow 20 Passer domesticus

Cape Sparrow 43 Passer melanurus

Cape Crombec 40 Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul 44 Pycnonotus nigricans

African Pied Starling 9 Lamprotornis bicolor

Pale-winged Starling 45 Onychognathus nabouroup

Wattled Starling 46 Creatophora cinerea

Layard's Warbler 38 Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler 47 Sylvia subcaerulea