Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

Record details

ReptileMAP:   174393
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431AA
Observer:   Bernitz H (&Z; Herman
Date of record:   2020-04-29
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   In kitchen. We are experiencing an invasion of ant at the moment.
Last updated:   2020-05-01 11:25:14
Sp. code:   6028
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Leptotyphlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Peter’s thread snake
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-174393
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 174393 - photo: 1
VM-number: 174393 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:  
Date:   2020-04-30 13:36:53
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Species code:   6028
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   We need really good close-up photographs of the top and side of the head to be able to tell the different species of thread snake apart.
Date:   2020-05-01 09:25:14
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Species code:   6028

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