Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   1324
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CA
Observer:   Dorse C. & Van Rooyen S.
Date of record:   2006-00-27
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Uploaded from submission_001301-1350.txt: entry no. 24
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   6028
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Leptotyphlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-1324
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   A thread snake, geographically it is probably Leptotyphlops conjunctus, L. incognitus or L. scutifrons, but could be L. distanti or even L. sylvicolus (although the latter is a forest-dweller).
Date:   2006-06-14 10:33:37
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:   Not able to make a positive identification.
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:  
Date:   2013-09-18 10:04:01
Species name:   Reptilia (unidentifiable) -- Unidentified reptile
Species code:   9999
Comment number:   4
By:   Rene Navarro
Comment:  
Date:   2013-10-30 14:23:29
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Species code:   6028

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