Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   179402
Province:   Western
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1422DA
Observer:   Mwaba Shadrach
Date of record:   2018-04-15
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-05-16 23:35:06
Sp. code:   3660
Species name:   Dalophia pistillum
Common name:   Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard
Family:   Amphisbaenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Angolan Worm Lizard
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-179402
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 179402 - photo: 1
VM-number: 179402 - photo: 2
VM-number: 179402 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   No caudal autotomy site; Caudal annuli with a backward-pointing chevron pattern; 29 caudal annuli.
Date:   2021-05-16 23:35:06
Species name:   Dalophia pistillum -- Blunt-tailed Worm Lizard
Species code:   3660

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