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ReptileMAP:   172836
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2230DC
Observer:   Stander R; Willem van der Merwe; Vhutali Dangale
Date of record:   2019-12-14
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   On the following day a juvenile N. subfulva was seen very close to where the sloughed skin was found.
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:24:44
Sp. code:   8770
Species name:   Naja subfulva
Common name:   Brown Forest Cobra
Family:   Elapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Naja subfulva
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-172836
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 172836 - photo: 1
VM-number: 172836 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   7 upper labials, the 4th in contact with the eye. single Subocular. entire anal shield and paired subcaudals. Nice record.
Date:   2019-12-18 09:38:55
Species name:   Naja subfulva -- Brown Forest Cobra
Species code:   8770
Comment number:   2
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:  
Date:   2019-12-19 00:44:18
Species name:   Naja subfulva -- Brown Forest Cobra
Species code:   8770

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