Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   185721
Province:   Lusaka Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AD
Observer:   Marcel van Driel
Date of record:   2022-04-22
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Shaba thread snake
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   345
Species name:   Leptotyphlops kafubi
Common name:   Shaba Thread Snake -- Shaba Wurmslang
Family:   Leptotyphlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:  
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-185721
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 185721 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:  
Date:   2022-04-29 10:33:14
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Species code:   6028
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Confirmed by additional photo's that were emailed to me which clearly shows the discrete prefrontal.
Date:   2022-04-30 14:55:48
Species name:   Leptotyphlops kafubi -- Shaba Thread Snake; Shaba Wurmslang
Species code:   345

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