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ReptileMAP:   5411
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2531BD
Observer:   Verburgt L.
Date of record:   2008-00-21
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Property owners clearing leaf litter found this snake trying to make a meal of a small Cape Wolf Snake. Released in Marloth Park. Approx size 0.4m --Uploaded from submission_5401-5500.txt: entry no. 11
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   4900
Species name:   Psammophis mossambicus
Common name:   Olive Grass Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-5411
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5411 - photo: 1
VM-number: 5411 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:   Looks more like (young) P. mossambicus than P. brevirostris but not 100% sure.
Date:   2008-12-16 22:18:05
Species name:   Psammophis mossambicus -- Olive Grass Snake
Species code:   4900
Comment number:   2
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:  
Date:   2013-08-29 20:30:55
Species name:   Psammophis mossambicus -- Olive Grass Snake
Species code:   4900

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