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Mel wrote:Front or back foot?

This small lizard we've seen in Marakele during November along the path to the bird hide.

Thzese are the Sand lizards recorded from Marakele

Spotted Sandveld Lizard Nucras intertexta
Holub's Sandveld Lizard Nucras holubi
Spotted Sand Lizard Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Does not really look like one of these


Heliobolus lugubris is very variable, but adults look like this

http://www.google.de/imgres?sa=X&espv=2 ... ,s:0,i:122

http://www.google.de/imgres?sa=X&espv=2 ... ,s:0,i:128

And I don't trust any of the SANParks checklists

Would go for this one or ask J. Marais

Thanx Toko! Great links!

This Lizard was at the top of the mountain in Marakele during our November trip. I think it's a Southern Rock Agama, but not sure.

I would rather think Ground Agama Agama aculeata distanti

But I am not able to distinguish them properly

Bushcraft wrote:

KNP, April 2013

Nile Monitor?

Spot on

Hope you don't mind that I have added it because I thought it was quite a good shot to get all the features in one.

I hope it was a shot by BC and not by the rats or the cow

but a good one!