The distribution of Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt 1932 in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Bradfield‘s Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt 1932, has a wide but dis-junct distribution in southern Africa having been recorded from south-western Zim-babwe (Broadley 1991, 1992). In the first paper it was suggested that the taxon could occur in the north-western Transvaal as the species had been recorded in the Tuli Circle and along the Shashi River (Broadley 1991, 1992). Accordingly specimens of Lygodac-tylus capensis (A. Smith) 1849 from the former Transvaal, (now Northwest, Mpuma-langa and Limpopo Provinces) were re-examined, as well as, for comparative purposes, specimens of Lygodactylus bradfieldi from Namibia, housed in the Transvaal Museum (Northern Flagship Institute). From this re-examination of specimens it was established that L. bradfieldi is present in Limpopo Province.
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