Lobophasma redelinghuysensis
Life
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Lobophasma
Lobophasma
redelinghuysensis Klass,
Picker, Damgaard, van Noort & Tojo 2003
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Lobophasma redelinghuysensis
male (green morph from fynbos habitat) Photo
© Mike Picker |
Lobophasma redelinghuysensis
female (brown morph from Sandveld habitat near Redelinghuys) Photo
© Mike Picker |
Lobophasma redelinghuysensis
female (brown morph from Sandveld habitat near Redelinghuys) Photo
© Mike Picker |
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Lobophasma redelinghuysensis
nymph (brown morph from Fynbos, Jonkiespoort, Cederberg) Photo
© Mike Picker
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Lobophasma redelinghuysensis
nymph (green morph from Fynbos, Jonkiespoort, Cederberg) Photo
© Mike Picker
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Lobophasma redelinghuysensis
nymph (brown morph from sandveld habitat) Photo
© Simon van Noort/Iziko |
Distribution
Known from near Redelinghuys and along the Olifantsriver
and Cederberg Mountains from Rawsonville to Cardouw, Jonkiespoort and near
Algeria in the
Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Habitat
Restio dominated sandveld and Dry mountain fynbos.
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Web page development and text by Simon
van Noort (Iziko South African Museum) and Mike
Picker (University of Cape Town). |
