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.

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Taxonomy
« Back To Vertebrates Subphylum Vertebrata
- Reptiles Class Reptilia
  - 19 Snakes and Lizards Order Squamata
  - 3 Turtles and Tortoises Order Testudines

Ground Agama ¹
Agama aculeata

Southern Rock Agama ²
Agama atra

Cape Crag Lizard ³
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus

Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis ⁴

Dwarf Girdled Lizard
Cordylus minor

Burchell's Sand Lizard ³
Pedioplanis burchelli

Spotted Sand Lizard ³
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 ³
Pachydactylus kladaroderma

Marico Thick-toed Gecko ⁸
Pachydactylus mariquensis

Inland Thick-toed Gecko ³
Pachydactylus oculatus

Pachydactylus purcelli ⁸

Puff Adder ⁹
Bitis arietans

Cape House Snake ³
Boaedon capensis

Dwarf Beaked Snake
Dipsina multimaculata

Tent Tortoise ¹⁰
Psammobates tentorius

Karroo Tortoise ³
Homopus femoralis

Leopard Tortoise ¹¹
Stigmochelys pardalis

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Biogaps (s Afr) Pentad 3215_2140: Species List

Ground Agama 1 Agama aculeata

Southern Rock Agama 2 Agama atra

Cape Crag Lizard 3 Pseudocordylus microlepidotus

Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis 4

Dwarf Girdled Lizard Cordylus minor

Burchell's Sand Lizard 3 Pedioplanis burchelli

Spotted Sand Lizard 3 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 3 Pachydactylus kladaroderma

Marico Thick-toed Gecko 8 Pachydactylus mariquensis

Inland Thick-toed Gecko 3 Pachydactylus oculatus

Pachydactylus purcelli 8

Puff Adder 9 Bitis arietans

Cape House Snake 3 Boaedon capensis

Dwarf Beaked Snake Dipsina multimaculata

Tent Tortoise 10 Psammobates tentorius

Karroo Tortoise 3 Homopus femoralis

Leopard Tortoise 11 Stigmochelys pardalis