The conservation status of the Saldanha-Langebaan lizard fauna

Koedoe

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-83

  Cordes, I G ^a   Mouton, P L F N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cool adapted relics; Langebaan; Melanistic lizards; Refuge; Saldanha; Urban development

Indexed keywords

ACONTIAS MELEAGRIS; CORDYLUS CORDYLUS; CORDYLUS NIGER; CORDYLUS POLYZONUS; INVERTEBRATA; MELEAGRIS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

CAPE LEGLESS SKINK; CONSERVATION STATUS; GIRDLED LIZARD; LIZARD FAUNA; MELANISM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, LANGEBAAN; SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, SALDANHA;

EID: 0030423315     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v39i1.283     Document Type: Article

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