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ScorpionMAP:   2507
Province:   Central Province
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2025AC
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2017-04-17
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Hyphaene petersiana Marginal Woodland. Prey on Tomopterna krugerensis.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   304290
Species name:   Opistophthalmus sp.
Common name:  
Family:   SCORPIONIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Opistophthalmus wahlbergi
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ScorpionMAP-2507
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2507 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2507 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lorenzo Prendini
Comment:   Opistophthalmus burrow; judging from location, substrate and size of entrance, O. wahlbergii is plausible
Date:   2017-09-01 02:43:28
Species name:   Opistophthalmus sp. -- Scorpions
Species code:   304290

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