Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   175852
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929BC
Observer:   Van Zyl Willem
Date of record:   2020-06-02
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Live specimen, weird colouration.
Last updated:   2020-08-11 12:37:52
Sp. code:   4340
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus inornatus
Common name:   Olive House Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Lycodonomorphus rufulus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-175852
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 175852 - photo: 1
VM-number: 175852 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   classic behaviour of L.inornatus. Bulk and colour rule out L.rufulus
Date:   2020-08-04 14:26:09
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus inornatus -- Olive House Snake
Species code:   4340
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2020-08-11 12:37:52
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus inornatus -- Olive House Snake
Species code:   4340

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