Chrysochloris asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:53.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, "Sibiria." Usually taken as South Africa, Cape of Good Hope .

DISTRIBUTION: W. Cape Province and Robben Isl. (South Africa); perhaps Namibia, Damaraland.

COMMENT: Includes damarensis, namaquensis, minor, bayoni, concolor, taylori, and probably visagiei; see Meester, 1974, Part 1.3:3. See Ellerman et al., 1953:40 for discussion of type locality.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403004002001001.