Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   1172
Province:  
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   2632DD
Observer:   Opperman G.J.
Date of record:   2006-00-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Uploaded from submission_001151-1200.txt: entry no. 22
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   2080
Species name:   Acontias plumbeus
Common name:   Giant Legless Skink
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-1172
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1172 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Wulf Haacke
Comment:  
Date:   2006-05-08 23:26:15
Species name:   Acontias plumbeus -- Giant Legless Skink
Species code:   2080
Comment number:   2
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Probably a Giant Legless Skink (A. plumbeus), but the latter is usually black above.
Date:   2006-05-12 08:47:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:   Not able to make a positive identification.
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:  
Date:   2013-09-18 09:59:57
Species name:   Acontias plumbeus -- Giant Legless Skink
Species code:   2080

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