Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   1939
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2918CA
Observer:   Phelps T.
Date of record:   2004-11-25
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   4322
Species name:   Boaedon mentalis
Common name:   Large-eyed House Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-1939
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1939 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1939 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1939 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Harrison
Comment:  
Date:   2006-12-02 12:32:31
Species name:   Boaedon capensis -- Brown House Snake
Species code:   4320
Comment number:   2
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:   The large-eyed form from Namaqualand. In reality it's probably a different species from L. capensis. But for now it's treated as the latter.
Date:   2007-01-02 18:16:10
Species name:   Boaedon capensis -- Brown House Snake
Species code:   4320
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Werner, Graham, Marius, Darren
Date:   2020-09-17 15:38:11
Species name:   Boaedon mentalis -- Large-eyed House Snake
Species code:   4322

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