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Identify please

Postby Vulcanite » Mon May 27, 2013 5:32 pm

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Can someone identify this lizard for me please. The photo was taken right outside our home on a farm Rawsonville.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Identify please

Postby Westley Price » Mon May 27, 2013 5:37 pm

I dont have my field guide handy, but looks like a Short -legged Seps (Tetradactylus seps).

They are fairly common in the Western Cape. After rains like now (or I assume it has been raining) you will be seeing them about.
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Re: Identify please

Postby Vulcanite » Tue May 28, 2013 1:15 am

I googled the name you gave me and seems right. Thanks for the help
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Re: Identify please

Postby Fooble » Tue May 28, 2013 7:41 am

Wes is spot on Tetradactylus seps.
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