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ScorpionMAP:   3345
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CA
Observer:   Institute African Snakebite ; David Jordaan
Date of record:   2018-08-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Obviously a hitch hiker. Specimen came out of a bag of firewood that had been purchased in Hatfield, Pta. Apparently the fire wood originates from Namibia.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   304080
Species name:   Opisthacanthus asper
Common name:  
Family:   HORMURIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Opisthacanthus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ScorpionMAP-3345
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3345 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ian Engelbrecht
Comment:  
Date:   2018-09-05 14:40:52
Species name:   Opisthacanthus asper -- Scorpions
Species code:   304080
Comment number:   2
By:   Lorenzo Prendini
Comment:   Species does not occur in Namibia.
Date:   2020-03-19 02:07:37
Species name:   Opisthacanthus asper -- Scorpions
Species code:   304080

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