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Floristic diversity at Kolomela mine on the Ghaap Plateau, Postmasburg, Northern Cape Province

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As part of a collaborative long-term biodiversity monitoring programme initiated by Kolomela mine (Kumba Iron Ore) with the National Museum (Bloemfontein) and the University of the Free State (Bloemfontein) a plant species list was compiled for Kolomela mine’s property on the Ghaap Plateau.  This is the first comprehensive plant species list for this part of the Ghaap Plateau.  Kolomela mine is situated west of Postmasburg in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.  A total of 573 plant species, representing 81 families and 311 genera, were recorded.  Four pteridophyte (ferns) taxa, 164 monocotyledons and 438 dicotyledons were collected. 

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Animal and Plant Systematics Articles

Catalogue of reptiles from Mozambique in the collection of the National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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Forty-two reptile specimens from Mozambique are preserved in the collection of the National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa.  This collection is comprised of 39 lizards referable to 10 families, 12 genera and 18 (possibly 19) species; and three snakes referable to two families, three genera and three species.  Specimens were collected at 19 localities in six provinces (Tete, Manica, Sofala, Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo) in the central and southern parts of the country, mostly south of the Zambezi River.

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Ornithology Articles

Biometrics and diet of two closely related birds: Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa) and Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha)

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Dawid H. de Swardt1, Department of Ornithology, National Museum, Bloemfontein; Alan Lee2, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town; Hennie J.B. Butler3, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein; H. Dieter Oschadleus4, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa) and Drakensberg Prinia (Prinia hypoxantha) from various localities in South Africa and Lesotho were studied.  Biometric data were obtained mainly during ringing studies.  Karoo Prinia biometrics were analysed at subspecies level (P. m. maculosa, P. m. exultans, P. m. psammophila).

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