Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   4951
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929CC
Observer:   Cooke D. & Cooke I.
Date of record:   2008-01-20
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Snake regularly seen near the farmhouse; pictured squeezing a frog and swallowing a frog that had somehow been stripped of its skin
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   4380
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus rufulus
Common name:   Brown Water Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-4951
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4951 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4951 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:  
Date:   2008-06-25 19:39:53
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus rufulus -- Brown Water Snake
Species code:   4380
Comment number:   2
By:   Gavin Masterson
Comment:  
Date:   2008-07-02 09:20:41
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus rufulus -- Brown Water Snake
Species code:   4380

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