Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   165961
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2621DD
Observer:   Finn Kyle; Yannick Francoli
Date of record:   2018-04-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   found on the surface in the middle of a sandy road at night.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   3750
Species name:   Monopeltis mauricei
Common name:   Maurice's Worm Lizard
Family:   Amphisbaenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Monopeltis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-165961
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 165961 - photo: 1
VM-number: 165961 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Check record 156574
Date:   2018-06-21 10:01:58
Species name:   Monopeltis sphenorhynchus -- Slender Worm Lizard
Species code:   3730
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Western 'form' of M. sphenorhynchus. Single spade, number of dorsal annuli.
Date:   2018-11-21 12:04:48
Species name:   Monopeltis mauricei -- Maurice's Worm Lizard
Species code:   3750

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