Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   166118
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528CB
Observer:   Barrett Norman; Vicky Veevers
Date of record:   2018-06-01
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Luke Kemp Looks like a patternless Spotted Bush Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus). Length of the head rules out Green Water (P. hoplogaster) and it's not thick-set like an Angolan Green Snake (P. angolensis)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4640
Species name:   Philothamnus semivariegatus
Common name:   Spotted Bush Snake
Family:   Colubridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Spotted Bush Snake
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-166118
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 166118 - photo: 1
VM-number: 166118 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:  
Date:   2018-06-02 22:29:38
Species name:   Philothamnus semivariegatus -- Spotted Bush Snake
Species code:   4640
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2018-06-25 10:56:33
Species name:   Philothamnus semivariegatus -- Spotted Bush Snake
Species code:   4640

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