Tracheloptychus petersi
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Peters’s Keeled Cordylid
You will often see this English name misspelled as "Peters' Keeled Cordylid".
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