Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   3841
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430BB
Observer:   Douglas M.
Date of record:   2008-00-01
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Uploaded from submission_3801-3850.txt: entry no. 41
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   5200
Species name:   Elapsoidea boulengeri
Common name:   Boulenger's Garter Snake
Family:   Elapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-3841
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3841 - photo: 1
VM-number: 3841 - photo: 2
VM-number: 3841 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:  
Date:   2008-02-06 14:00:23
Species name:   Elapsoidea boulengeri -- Boulenger's Garter Snake
Species code:   5200
Comment number:   2
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:   Not able to make a positive identification. A species of Elapsoidea.
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Between E. boulengeri and E. sundevalli longicauda
Date:   2013-12-01 09:08:58
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Pale ventrum and outer scale row, with brown medial marks on ventral scales plus uniform dorsum indicate E. s. media (fide Broadley 1971).
Date:   2014-02-21 20:22:46
Species name:   Elapsoidea sundevallii media -- Highveld Garter Snake
Species code:   5250
Comment number:   5
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Lowveld location plus pale belly and pale specks on the upper lip suggest E.boulengeri.
Date:   2020-11-24 15:35:13
Species name:   Elapsoidea boulengeri -- Boulenger's Garter Snake
Species code:   5200
Comment number:   6
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2021-10-22 19:12:27
Species name:   Elapsoidea boulengeri -- Boulenger's Garter Snake
Species code:   5200

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