Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   9122
Province:  
Country:   Republic of the Congo
Locus:   0411DB
Observer:   Wilson M
Date of record:   2012-09-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   caught on Ngombe Island in the Kouilou River. Wet swamp forest habitat
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:   Emerald Snake
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-9122
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9122 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9122 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Hapsidophrys sp.
Date:   2014-06-03 09:55:49
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Note the single anterior temporal, which distinguishes it from H. lineatus
Date:   2015-03-17 21:19:44
Species name:   Hapsidophrys smaragdina -- Emerald Snake
Species code:   7010

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