Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   8466
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1535CC
Observer:   Brown Gary; Fiona Brown
Date of record:   1997-01-01
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   collected from a maize field being prepared for planting. shown eating a lawn mower killed spotted bush or eastern green snake
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4480
Species name:   Limaformosa capensis
Common name:   Common File Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   mehelya capensis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-8466
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8466 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Gonionotophis capensis (Southern file snake) eating what appears to be a Philothamnus semivariegatus (Spotted bush snake).
Date:   2013-09-11 21:12:39
Species name:   Limaformosa capensis -- Common File Snake
Species code:   4480

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