Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   604
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318BC
Observer:   Grundlingh F.
Date of record:   2004-05-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   4540
Species name:   Pseudaspis cana
Common name:   Mole Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-604
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 604 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Harrison
Comment:   Considered Many-spotted Snake, juvenile Mole Snake, Spotted Skaapsteker, and Spotted House Snake, but none of these appears to fit. I'm stumped!
Date:   2005-11-26 12:27:00
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:   Juvenile Mole Snake.
Date:   2005-12-01 22:50:41
Species name:   Pseudaspis cana -- Mole Snake
Species code:   4540
Comment number:   3
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Juvenile Mole Snake
Date:   2006-05-31 09:59:03
Species name:   Pseudaspis cana -- Mole Snake
Species code:   4540

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