Tracheloptychus petersi
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Peters’s Keeled Cordylid
You will often see this English name misspelled as "Peters' Keeled Cordylid".
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Tracheloptychus petersi is very similar to its sister species T. madagascariensis, which we had seen the previous day about 40km to the south. These have a somewhat different stripe pattern and snout shape, and are more typically found on sandy ground.
Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this 2023 trip to Madagascar.
Online references:
- Tracheloptychus petersi account on The Reptile Database
- Tracheloptychus petersi account on iNaturalist
Printed references:
- Glaw, F., Vences, M. 2007. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition