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Eastwood's Longtailed Seps
Tetradactylus eastwoodae
Eastwood's longtailed seps (Tetradactylus eastwoodae), also known commonly as Eastwood's whip lizard was a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species was endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It became extinct due to habitat loss.
From the article Eastwood's long-tailed seps on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
T. eastwoodae was snake-like, with very small legs. Each front leg had only three toes, and each back leg had only two toes.
In human culture
The specific name, eastwoodae, is in honor of Miss A. Eastwood who collected the holotype.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Tetradactylus eastwoodae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 34722.