Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   160872
Province:   Otjozondjupa
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   1915CD
Observer:   Engelking Ethne; Kertsin Engelking; Francois Theart
Date of record:   2017-02-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Found dead on road.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   8880
Species name:   Dasypeltis loveridgei
Common name:   Namibian Egg-eater -- Namibiese Eiervreter
Family:   Colubridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Egg eater - Dasypeltis scabra
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-160872
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 160872 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:  
Date:   2017-02-13 14:19:37
Species name:   Dasypeltis scabra -- Rhombic Egg-eater
Species code:   4750
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2017-02-13 15:49:28
Species name:   Dasypeltis scabra -- Rhombic Egg-eater
Species code:   4750
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Details of the supraocular aren't visible, but colour pattern indicates D. loveridgei (see diescriptions and photo's in Bates & Broadley 2018 and Gans 1959).
Date:   2020-07-17 23:50:39
Species name:   Dasypeltis loveridgei -- Namibian Egg-eater; Namibiese Eiervreter
Species code:   8880

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