Reptile Atlas of Africa

Record details

ReptileMAP:   200700
Province:   Western Bahr el Ghazal
Country:   South Sudan
Locus:   NE_007027DB
Observer:   Odile Keane
Date of record:   2013-12-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Rhombic Night Adder, Causus rhombeatus
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   8970
Species name:   Causus maculatus
Common name:   Spotted Night Adder
Family:   Viperidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:  
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-200700
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 200700 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:  
Date:   2023-02-28 14:08:59
Species name:   Causus rhombeatus -- Rhombic Night Adder
Species code:   5390
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   5 lower oblique scale rows on the flanks, suggesting C. maculatus (fide Rasmussen 2005).
Date:   2023-03-01 17:06:42
Species name:   Causus maculatus -- Spotted Night Adder
Species code:   8970
Comment number:   3
By:   Tomas Mazuch
Comment:   Agree with C. maculatus.
Date:   2023-03-04 19:10:45
Species name:   Causus maculatus -- Spotted Night Adder
Species code:   8970

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