Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

:   168369
Province:   Southern
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1628BD
Observer:   Huchzermeyer C
Date of record:   2018-11-22
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Chickens got hold of the snake and pulled it towards a community meeting. Snake died, not collected.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4190
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor
Common name:   Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Quill snout/shovel nose snake
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-168369
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Great record! Only the third known record from Zambia.
Date:   2018-12-10 13:44:06
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor -- Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Species code:   4190
Comment number:   2
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:  
Date:   2018-12-10 13:50:56
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor -- Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Species code:   4190

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