ReptileMAP: |
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156844 |
Province: |
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Central |
Country: |
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Kenya |
Locus: |
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0036DC |
Observer: |
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Barry Zeph; Nathan Daubenmier, 6th per PE class, national gaurds |
Date of record: |
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2016-03-01 |
Number of photos: |
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3 |
Notes: |
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exiting week, eggeater found up here, caught two one green one black black one was half dead by the local gaurds, both had rough keeled scales like a dogs fur when brushed back, 4 small scales on nose one rostral, one frontal between two supraocular. behind that two parietal scales (a colubrid) the green one had a slight yellowy patch on right cheeck they were found around the same area same day, out of the 12 boomslang i have seen this is the first to be black, huge eyes although it does look verry much like a jacksons tree snake |
Last updated: |
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2020-12-03 13:24:52 |
Sp. code: |
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8870 |
Species name: |
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Dasypeltis atra |
Common name: |
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Montane Egg-eater |
Family: |
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Colubridae |
Record status: |
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ACCEPTED |
Collector's species id: |
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boomslang |
Institution: |
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ADU-UCT |
Record URL: |
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https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-156844 |
Links: |
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• Locus: Summary | Records • Species: Records | Distribution map |
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