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Table 1: Reptile and Amphibian species diversity observed on or deduced to be on Portion 3 of the farm Suurwater 63 near Aggeneys, Northern Cape (2918BC). Systematic arrangement and nomenclature according to Branch (1998), Alexander and Marais (2007), Minter, et.al (2004) & Du Preez and Carruthers (2009). SCIENTIFIC NAME ENGLISH NAME CLASS: REPTILIA REPTILES Order: TESTUDINES TORTOISES & TERRAPINS Family:Testudinidae Tortoises √ Psammobates tentorius verraxii Karoo Tent Tortoise Order: SQUAMATA SCALE-BEARING REPTILES Suborder:LACERTILIA LIZARDS Family: Gekkonidae Geckos √ Chondrodactylus angulifer Giant Ground Gecko * Goggia lineate Striped Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko ? Goggia rupicola Namaqualand Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko ? Lygodactylus bradfieldi Bradfield’s Dwarf Gecko √ Chondrodactylus bibronii Bibron’s Tubercled or Thick-toed Gecko ? Pachydactylus labialis Western Cape Thick-toed or Western Cape Gecko ? Pachydactylus capensis Cape Thick-toed or Cape Gecko √ Pachydactylus mariquensis Marico Thick-toed Gecko ? Pachydactylus namaquensis Namaqua Thick-toed Gecko ? Pachydactylus rugosus Rough Thick-toed Gecko √ Ptenopus garrulus Barking Gecko Family: Agamidae Agamas ? Agama aculeata Ground Agama √ Agama anchietae Anchieta’s Agama √ Agama atra Southern Rock Agama Family:Chamaeleonidae Chameleons √ Chamaeleo namaquensis Namaqua Chameleon Family: Scincidae Skinks 122
√ Acontias lineatus Striped Legless Skink ? Acontias gracilicauda namaquensis Thin-tailed Legless Skink √ Trachylepis capensis Cape Skink √ Trachylepis occidentalis Western Three-striped Skink √ Trachylepis sulcata Western Rock Skink Family:Lacertidae Old World Lizards or Lacertids √ Meroles suborbitalis Spotted Desert Lizard ? Pedioplanis laticeps Cape Sand Lizard √ Pedioplanis lineoocellata Spotted Sand Lizard √ Pedioplanis namaquensis Namaqua Sand Lizard * Pedioplanis inornata Plain Sand Lizard * Nucras tessellata Western Sandveld Lizard Family: Gerrhosauridae Plated Lizards ? Cordylosaurus subtessellatus Dwarf Plated lizard ?Vu Gerhosaurus typicus Namaqua Plated Lizard Family: Cordyidae * Cordylus polyzonus Karoo Girdled Lizard ? Platysaurus broadleyi Augrabies or Broadley’s Flat Lizard Family: Varanidae Monitors √ Varanus albigularis Rock Monitor Suborder: SERPENTES SNAKES Family: Typhlopidae Blind Snakes * Rhinotyphlops lalandei Delalande’s Beaked Blind Snake * Rhinotyphlops schinzi Schinz’s Beaked Blind Snake Family: Leptotyphlopidae Thread Snakes * Leptotyphlops occidentalis Namaqua Worm or Western Thread Snake Family: Colubridae Typical Snakes √ Lamprophis capensis Brown House Snake ? Lamprophis guttatus Spotted House Snake ?Vu Lamprophis fiskii Fisk’s House Snake √ Pseudaspis cana Mole Snake 123
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Some of the rare or beautiful succu
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6.3.3 Field Survey ................
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12.1 Specific mitigation measures .
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Figure 25. The vegetation sensitivi
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Figure 54. An easterly view from Bo
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Vegetation Althou
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designated sensitive areas and excl
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Holdings (SHE, Pty Ltd). The main c
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2. ASSIGNMENT Eco-Agent Ecological
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3. RATIONALE It is widely recognise
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4. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUD
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Figure 3. Satellite image showing t
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Topography and drainage The topogra
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Figure 6. Close-up satellite image
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6. METHODS Prior to the field visit
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6.1.3 Sensitivity Only High and Low
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• Low probability of occurrence w
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The biodiversity significance of an
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6.4. Herpetofauna 6.4.1. Field Surv
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• Armadillo Girdled Lizard (Cordy
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7.2 Description of the plant commun
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Figure 12. Stipagrostis namaquensis
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is low, 70-110 mm per annum, mostly
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Figure 14. Grassland on sandy hummo
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This plant community with its speci
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Crassula sericea Dicoma capensis Cu
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Figure 17. A scree slope 4.2.2 Stee
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species also occur on the mountain
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Schmidtia kalahariensis d Stipagros
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5.2 Washes The drainage lines withi
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in a population going extinct elsew
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7.4 Fine Scale Biodiversity Fine sc
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The SKEP (2005) biodiversity map fo
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Page 75 and 76: 7.10 References Acocks, J.P.H. 1988
Page 78 and 79: 8. RESULTS: MAMMALS Acocks (1988),
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Page 84 and 85: √ Otocyon megalotis Bat-eared fox
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Page 90 and 91: 9. RESULTS: AVIFAUNA 9.1 General Th
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Page 102 and 103: Burchell’s Coucal Centropus burch
Page 104 and 105: Karoo Eremomela Eremomela gregalis
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Page 116 and 117: Figure 50. Man-made quarry on the w
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Page 120 and 121: Very few trees occur on the study s
Page 124 and 125: ? Prosymna bivittata Two-striped Sh
Page 126 and 127: Psammophis notostictus Karoo Whip o
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