Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   151916
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2620DC
Observer:   Parker V
Date of record:   2014-09-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-02-14 17:03:48
Sp. code:   4790
Species name:   Dipsina multimaculata
Common name:   Dwarf Beaked Snake
Family:   Colubridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-151916
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 151916 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Photo is not very sharp but appears to be a Pseudaspis cana based on build, colouration and what can be seem of the head
Date:   2014-10-06 11:59:10
Species name:   Pseudaspis cana -- Mole Snake
Species code:   4540
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Head shape looks too pointed for a mole snake, and colouration looks wrong for a Mole Snake of that size.
Date:   2014-10-08 23:05:16
Species name:   Dipsina multimaculata -- Dwarf Beaked Snake
Species code:   4790
Comment number:   3
By:   Adriaan Jordaan
Comment:  
Date:   2015-02-18 14:20:09
Species name:   Dipsina multimaculata -- Dwarf Beaked Snake
Species code:   4790

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