Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   184695
Province:   Southern Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1527DD
Observer:   Colleen Black
Date of record:   2022-03-08
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Rinkhals, hitch hiker, found 2 weeks after unpacking house hold goods from South Africa. Released before ID.
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   5300
Species name:   Naja mossambica
Common name:   Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Family:   Elapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:  
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-184695
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 184695 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   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:   2022-04-30 13:32:56
Species name:   Naja mossambica -- Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Species code:   5300

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