Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   168645
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528CB
Observer:   Barrett Norman; Avid Carlos Chanshi
Date of record:   2018-12-13
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4400
Species name:   Lycophidion capense capense
Common name:   Cape Wolf Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-168645
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 168645 - photo: 1
VM-number: 168645 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Head shape suggests Lycophidion c. capense.
Date:   2019-03-27 12:29:51
Species name:   Lycophidion capense capense -- Cape Wolf Snake
Species code:   4400
Comment number:   2
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Agree on Lycophidion capense. Head shape and faint white dots are characteristic and excludes Atractaspis, Amblyodipsas and L. multimaculatum
Date:   2019-03-27 16:48:42
Species name:   Lycophidion capense capense -- Cape Wolf Snake
Species code:   4400

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