Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   156725
Province:   Muchinga
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1130CC
Observer:   Huchzermeyer Carl
Date of record:   2016-02-02
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   I think this is ornate bush snake. ca. 300mm long, juvenile. Swimming in flooded grass on floodplain among bushclumps.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4630
Species name:   Philothamnus ornatus
Common name:   Ornate Green Snake
Family:   Colubridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Philothamnus ornatus Ornate Bush Snake
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-156725
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 156725 - photo: 1
VM-number: 156725 - photo: 2
VM-number: 156725 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Very nice find!
Date:   2016-02-19 08:35:25
Species name:   Philothamnus ornatus -- Ornate Green Snake
Species code:   4630
Comment number:   2
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   What an awesome species
Date:   2016-02-24 13:10:38
Species name:   Philothamnus ornatus -- Ornate Green Snake
Species code:   4630

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