Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

   [ Record 29 of 797 ]   
:   7527
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2727AD
Observer:   Stokes G.
Date of record:   2012-04-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   I have been told that there are many of these snakes on the farm but have, in three years of walking all over it, never come across one. This one - about a metre in length got into the cattle feed store room!
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   5260
Species name:   Hemachatus haemachatus
Common name:   Southern Rinkhals
Family:   Elapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Rinkals
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-7527
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2012-05-09 14:35:40
Species name:   Hemachatus haemachatus -- Southern Rinkhals
Species code:   5260
Comment number:   2
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2012-05-17 09:22:24
Species name:   Hemachatus haemachatus -- Southern Rinkhals
Species code:   5260

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