Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   1300
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3028CA
Observer:   Dorse C. & Van Rooyen S.
Date of record:   2006-04-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   5090
Species name:   Amplorhinus multimaculatus
Common name:   Many-spotted Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-1300
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:   A Rhombic Skaapsteker at first glance. But possibly a Many-spotted Snake?
Date:   2006-06-05 17:07:19
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   James Harrison
Comment:   Submitted as a Many-spotted Snake, which is probably correct, but I cannot claim to be sure from the specimen.
Date:   2006-06-05 22:04:01
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Either a Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus) or a Many-spotted Snake (Amplorhinus multimaculatus).The unmarked central band on the posterior two-thirds of the body suggest the former.
Date:   2006-06-06 10:17:29
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:  
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:   Amplorhinus multimaculatus -- Many-spotted Snake
Species code:   5090

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