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Fauna - Vertebrates
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Common Crag Lizard

Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus

(SiSwati: chakazane)



Key Features: a flattened body with a vivid black and orange pattern and enlarged spiky tail scales
Comments: Restricted to the highveld region, this species has a limited distribution in western Swaziland. This form is endemic to South Africa and Swaziland.

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 42 records, from 1988/09/21 to 2020/02/19


  Pseudocordylus melanotus on iNaturalist
Pseudocordylus melanotus in the Reptile Database

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