Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   2569
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2620DC
Observer:   Scammell I.
Date of record:   2007-01-22
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   4322
Species name:   Boaedon mentalis
Common name:   Large-eyed House Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-2569
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2569 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2569 - photo: 2
VM-number: 2569 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:   Large-eyed type - probably different species (L. mentalis), but for now it is treated as L. capensis.
Date:   2007-05-10 21:23:54
Species name:   Boaedon capensis -- Brown House Snake
Species code:   4320
Comment number:   2
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:   Lamprophis mentalis
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:   Boaedon capensis -- Brown House Snake
Species code:   4320
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Werner Conradie, Darren Pietersen, Marius Burger, Graham Alexander, Josh Weeber & Krystal Tolley.
Date:   2020-07-16 11:42:51
Species name:   Boaedon mentalis -- Large-eyed House Snake
Species code:   4322

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