Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3215_2140: Species List

A species list of plants and animals surveyed during the Karoo BioGaps Project for Pentad 3215_2140 representative of the Gamka Karoo vegetation type in the Lower Karoo Bioregion. This Pentad is about 50 Km south of Fraserburg, east of the R353.

All 271

African Clawed Frog ¹
Xenopus laevis

Poynton's River Frog ¹
Amietia poyntoni

Ground Agama ²
Agama aculeata

Southern Rock Agama ³
Agama atra

Cape Crag Lizard ¹
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus

Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis ⁴

Dwarf Girdled Lizard
Cordylus minor

Burchell's Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis burchelli

Spotted Sand Lizard ¹
Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard ⁵
Pedioplanis namaquensis

Western Rock Skink ⁶
Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink ⁷
Trachylepis variegata

Namib Giant Ground Gecko
Chondrodactylus angulifer

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko ⁷
Chondrodactylus bibronii

Fragile Thick-toed gecko ¹
Pachydactylus kladaroderma

Marico Thick-toed Gecko ⁸
Pachydactylus mariquensis

Inland Thick-toed Gecko ¹
Pachydactylus oculatus

Pachydactylus purcelli ⁸

Puff Adder ⁹
Bitis arietans

Cape House Snake ¹
Boaedon capensis

Dwarf Beaked Snake
Dipsina multimaculata

Tent Tortoise ¹⁰
Psammobates tentorius

Karroo Tortoise ¹
Homopus femoralis

Leopard Tortoise ¹¹
Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo ¹²
Chrysococcyx caprius

Acacia Pied Barbet ¹³
Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl ¹⁴
Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater ¹⁵
Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove ¹⁶
Streptopelia capicola

Laughing Dove ¹⁷
Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon ¹⁵
Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove ¹⁸
Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird ¹⁹
Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird ²⁰
Colius colius

Red-knobbed Coot ²¹
Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse ¹⁷
Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl ²²
Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin ²³
Scleroptila afra

Three-banded Plover ¹⁶
Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing ²²
Vanellus armatus

Grey Heron ²⁴
Ardea cinerea

Rock Kestrel ²⁵
Falco rupicolus

Little Swift ²⁶
Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift ⁷
Apus caffer

Alpine Swift ¹⁵
Apus melba

Red-billed Teal ²⁷
Anas erythrorhyncha

South African Shelduck ²⁶
Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose ²⁸
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose ¹⁵
Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird ²⁹
Sagittarius serpentarius

Verreaux's Eagle ³⁰
Aquila verreauxii

Black Harrier ³¹
Circus maurus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk ³²
Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle ³³
Polemaetus bellicosus

Ludwig's Bustard ³⁴
Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard ¹⁷
Eupodotis vigorsii

Barn Swallow ³⁵
Hirundo rustica

Rock Martin ³⁶
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow ³⁷
Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal ²²
Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat ⁷
Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear ³⁸
Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat ³⁹
Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin ⁴⁰
Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher ⁴¹
Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat ⁴²
Cercomela familiaris

Cape Familiar Chat ³⁸
Cercomela familiaris familiaris

Karoo Chat ⁴³
Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat ⁴³
Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat ⁴⁴
Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher ¹⁴
Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird ⁴⁵
Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird ⁴⁶
Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird ⁴⁷
Cinnyris fuscus

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁴³
Passer diffusus

House Sparrow ²²
Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ⁴⁸
Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow ⁴⁹
Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher ⁵⁰
Stenostira scita

Cape Crombec ⁴³
Sylvietta rufescens

African Red-eyed Bulbul ⁵⁰
Pycnonotus nigricans

African Pied Starling ¹⁴
Lamprotornis bicolor

Pale-winged Starling ⁵¹
Onychognathus nabouroup

Layard's Warbler ⁴⁰
Sylvia layardi

Rufous-vented Warbler ⁵²
Sylvia subcaerulea

Olive Thrush ⁵³
Turdus olivaceus

Karoo Thrush ⁵⁴
Turdus smithi

Orange River White-eye ⁵⁵
Zosterops pallidus

Cape White-eye ²⁵
Zosterops virens

Cape Bunting ⁴³
Emberiza capensis

Lark-like Bunting ⁴³
Emberiza impetuani

Pririt Batis ⁵⁶
Batis pririt

Pin-tailed Whydah ²⁷
Vidua macroura

Bokmakierie ⁵⁷
Telophorus zeylonus

Cape Wagtail ⁵⁷
Motacilla capensis

Southern Masked-Weaver ⁴³
Ploceus velatus

Southern Red Bishop ⁵⁷
Euplectes orix

Karoo Lark ⁵⁸
Calendulauda albescens

Barlow's Lark ¹⁷
Calendulauda barlowi

Benguela Lark ⁴⁰
Certhilauda benguelensis

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3215_2140: Species List

African Clawed Frog 1 Xenopus laevis

Poynton's River Frog 1 Amietia poyntoni

Ground Agama 2 Agama aculeata

Southern Rock Agama 3 Agama atra

Cape Crag Lizard 1 Pseudocordylus microlepidotus

Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis 4

Dwarf Girdled Lizard Cordylus minor

Burchell's Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis burchelli

Spotted Sand Lizard 1 Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Namaqua Sand Lizard 5 Pedioplanis namaquensis

Western Rock Skink 6 Trachylepis sulcata

Variegated Skink 7 Trachylepis variegata

Namib Giant Ground Gecko Chondrodactylus angulifer

Bibron's Thick-toed Gecko 7 Chondrodactylus bibronii

Fragile Thick-toed gecko 1 Pachydactylus kladaroderma

Marico Thick-toed Gecko 8 Pachydactylus mariquensis

Inland Thick-toed Gecko 1 Pachydactylus oculatus

Pachydactylus purcelli 8

Puff Adder 9 Bitis arietans

Cape House Snake 1 Boaedon capensis

Dwarf Beaked Snake Dipsina multimaculata

Tent Tortoise 10 Psammobates tentorius

Karroo Tortoise 1 Homopus femoralis

Leopard Tortoise 11 Stigmochelys pardalis

Dideric Cuckoo 12 Chrysococcyx caprius

Acacia Pied Barbet 13 Tricholaema leucomelas

Spotted Eagle-Owl 14 Bubo africanus

European Bee-eater 15 Merops apiaster

Ring-necked Dove 16 Streptopelia capicola

Laughing Dove 17 Streptopelia senegalensis

Speckled Pigeon 15 Columba guinea

Namaqua Dove 18 Oena capensis

Red-faced Mousebird 19 Urocolius indicus

White-backed Mousebird 20 Colius colius

Red-knobbed Coot 21 Fulica cristata

Namaqua Sandgrouse 17 Pterocles namaqua

Helmeted Guineafowl 22 Numida meleagris

Grey-winged Francolin 23 Scleroptila afra

Three-banded Plover 16 Charadrius tricollaris

Blacksmith Lapwing 22 Vanellus armatus

Grey Heron 24 Ardea cinerea

Rock Kestrel 25 Falco rupicolus

Little Swift 26 Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift 7 Apus caffer

Alpine Swift 15 Apus melba

Red-billed Teal 27 Anas erythrorhyncha

South African Shelduck 26 Tadorna cana

Egyptian Goose 28 Alopochen aegyptiaca

Spur-winged Goose 15 Plectropterus gambensis

Secretarybird 29 Sagittarius serpentarius

Verreaux's Eagle 30 Aquila verreauxii

Black Harrier 31 Circus maurus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk 32 Melierax canorus

Martial Eagle 33 Polemaetus bellicosus

Ludwig's Bustard 34 Neotis ludwigii

Karoo Bustard 17 Eupodotis vigorsii

Barn Swallow 35 Hirundo rustica

Rock Martin 36 Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Greater Striped Swallow 37 Cecropis cucullata

Southern Fiscal 22 Lanius collaris

Cape Robin-Chat 7 Cossypha caffra

Mountain Wheatear 38 Oenanthe monticola

Southern Anteater-Chat 39 Myrmecocichla formicivora

Karoo Scrub-Robin 40 Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Fiscal Flycatcher 41 Melaenornis silens

Familiar Chat 42 Cercomela familiaris

Cape Familiar Chat 38 Cercomela familiaris familiaris

Karoo Chat 43 Cercomela schlegelii

Sickle-winged Chat 43 Cercomela sinuata

Tractrac Chat 44 Cercomela tractrac

Chat Flycatcher 14 Agricola infuscatus

Malachite Sunbird 45 Nectarinia famosa

Southern Double-collared Sunbird 46 Cinnyris chalybeus

Dusky Sunbird 47 Cinnyris fuscus

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 43 Passer diffusus

House Sparrow 22 Passer domesticus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 48 Passer griseus

Cape Sparrow 49 Passer melanurus

Fairy Flycatcher 50 Stenostira scita