Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   156600
Province:   Manica
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1634CC
Observer:   Kleynhans DH
Date of record:   2010-07-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4701
Species name:   Thelotornis capensis oatesii
Common name:   Oates' Twig Snake
Family:   Colubridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-156600
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 156600 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Based on the presence of a pale Y-shape on the top of the head (visible above the eye), and black-edged pink temporals (not pink with dark spots, as in T. mossambicanus).
Date:   2016-02-14 14:44:51
Species name:   Thelotornis capensis oatesii -- Oates' Twig Snake
Species code:   4701
Comment number:   2
By:   Werner Conradie
Comment:  
Date:   2017-12-15 15:50:35
Species name:   Thelotornis mossambicanus -- Eastern Twig Snake
Species code:   4710

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