Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

Record details

ReptileMAP:   74085
Province:  
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CC
Observer:  
Date of record:   0-00-00
Number of photos:   0
Notes:   Visser 1984. Lizards of South Africa. Landbou Weekblad
Last updated:   2020-07-14 14:05:07
Sp. code:   3700
Species name:   Monopeltis infuscata
Common name:   Dusky Worm Lizard
Family:   Amphisbaenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-74085
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map

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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Ex. Monopeltis capensis. Reidentified based on the map and recorded localities presented in BROADLEY, D.G. (1997). A review of the Monopeltis capensis complex in southern Africa (Reptilia: Amphisbaenidae). African Journal of Herpetology 46: 1-12.
Date:   2020-05-11 16:27:21
Species name:   Monopeltis infuscata -- Dusky Worm Lizard
Species code:   3700

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