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ReptileMAP:   165837
Province:   Central Province
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2025CA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2018-05-02
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Makgadikgadi Barchan Dune Bushveld (Hyphaene petersiana bush clumps). Roadkill, carcass fresh.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4850
Species name:   Psammophis jallae
Common name:   Jalla's Sand Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Psammophis subtaeniatus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-165837
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 165837 - photo: 1
VM-number: 165837 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:  
Date:   2018-05-12 16:46:39
Species name:   Psammophis brevirostris -- Short-snouted Grass Snake
Species code:   4910
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2018-05-14 09:58:48
Species name:   Psammophis brevirostris -- Short-snouted Grass Snake
Species code:   4910
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Out of range for P. brevirostris. Also, the dorsal patterning fits P. jallae better, it has 15 MSR, and the interrupted dark line either side of the ventrals also suggest P. jallae.
Date:   2020-06-20 08:00:43
Species name:   Psammophis jallae -- Jalla's Sand Snake
Species code:   4850

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