ReptileMAP: |
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184695 |
Province: |
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Southern Province |
Country: |
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Zambia |
Locus: |
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1527DD |
Observer: |
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Colleen Black |
Date of record: |
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2022-03-08 |
Number of photos: |
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1 |
Notes: |
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Rinkhals, hitch hiker, found 2 weeks after unpacking house hold goods from South Africa. Released before ID. |
Last updated: |
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2023-09-27 17:37:27 |
Sp. code: |
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5300 |
Species name: |
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Naja mossambica |
Common name: |
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Mozambique Spitting Cobra |
Family: |
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Elapidae |
Record status: |
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ACCEPTED |
Collector's species id: |
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Institution: |
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Record URL: |
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https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-184695 |
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• Locus: Summary | Records • Species: Records | Distribution map |
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:
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Comment number: |
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1 |
By: |
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Darren Pietersen |
Comment: |
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Hemachatus haemachatus has a black ventrum with pale bands, not a pale ventrum with black bands. The throat is also dark in that species. This is an aberrant Naja mossambica, with a similarly-coloured individual also recorded from Malawi. |
Date: |
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2022-04-30 13:32:56 |
Species name: |
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Naja mossambica -- Mozambique Spitting Cobra |
Species code: |
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5300 |
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