Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   166861
Province:  
Country:   Benin
Locus:   NE_006002CD
Observer:   Institute African Snakebite ; Mariano Houngbédji
Date of record:   2018-08-05
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   7010
Species name:   Hapsidophrys smaragdina
Common name:   Emerald Snake
Family:   Colubridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   File snake ?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-166861
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 166861 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Keeled scales, body proportions and colouration. Hapsidophrys lineatus excluded based on its purported absence from Benin fide Chippaux (2006).
Date:   2018-11-28 13:36:16
Species name:   Hapsidophrys smaragdina -- Emerald Snake
Species code:   7010

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