Reptile Atlas of Africa

Record details

ReptileMAP:   171768
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1331BB
Observer:   Barrett Norman; Ken Waterhouse
Date of record:   2019-07-13
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:24:44
Sp. code:   6028
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Leptotyphlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-171768
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 171768 - photo: 1
VM-number: 171768 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:  
Date:   2019-08-14 13:45:22
Species name:   Chilorhinophis gerardi gerardi -- Gerard's Burrowing Snake
Species code:   4170
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Probably L. incognitus or L. scutifrons based on distribution. Unfortunately for thread snakes we need clear, close-up photos of the top and side of the head and of the cloacal scale to make a positive ID.
Date:   2019-08-20 15:30:28
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Species code:   6028
Comment number:   3
By:   Adriaan Jordaan
Comment:  
Date:   2019-08-22 07:32:55
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Species code:   6028

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