Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   8816
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2231AC
Observer:   van Huyssteen, Ryan
Date of record:   2013-09-09
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Snake was eating a variable skink. After it swallowed the skink it continued to hunt was not at all distressed with my presence.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4930
Species name:   Psammophis subtaeniatus
Common name:   Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Psammophis subtaeniatus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-8816
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8816 - photo: 1
VM-number: 8816 - photo: 2
VM-number: 8816 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2013-10-22 21:46:51
Species name:   Psammophis subtaeniatus -- Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake
Species code:   4930

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