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ReptileMAP:
150284
Province:
Country:
Malawi
Locus:
1333DD
Observer:
Brown Gary; Fiona Brown
Date of record:
2014-03-20
Number of photos:
2
Notes:
Last updated:
2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:
3930
Species name:
Afrotyphlops obtusus
Common name:
Slender Blind Snake
Family:
Typhlopidae
Record status:
ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:
blind snake
Institution:
ADU-UCT
Record URL:
https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-150284
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:
Comment number:
1
By:
Darren Pietersen
Comment:
The only other option is A. mucruso, but this individual is too slender, the eye is below (rather than behind) the preocular-ocular suture, and colouration is different.
Date:
2014-11-05 22:42:21
Species name:
Afrotyphlops obtusus
-- Slender Blind Snake
Species code:
3930
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