Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   3499
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2824DB
Observer:   Maguire D.
Date of record:   2007-11-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   X. b. bicolor found crossing the road at 21:45. Temperature was fairly cold
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   4190
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor
Common name:   Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-3499
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3499 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:   Amazing!
Date:   2007-12-19 15:07:25
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor -- Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Species code:   4190
Comment number:   2
By:   Wulf Haacke
Comment:  
Date:   2007-12-30 01:39:22
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor -- Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Species code:   4190
Comment number:   3
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Excellent - not many records in the southern part of the range!
Date:   2008-01-07 16:49:31
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor -- Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Species code:   4190

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