Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   9743
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530AC
Observer:   Pietersen D
Date of record:   2013-11-30
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Being attacked by, and later eaten by, a Fiscal Shrike. Probably first injured by a passing car.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4960
Species name:   Psammophylax rhombeatus
Common name:   Spotted Grass Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Psammophylax rhombeatus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-9743
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9743 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9743 - photo: 2
VM-number: 9743 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-18 21:20:39
Species name:   Psammophylax rhombeatus -- Spotted Grass Snake
Species code:   4960
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-31 20:18:38
Species name:   Psammophylax rhombeatus -- Spotted Grass Snake
Species code:   4960

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