Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

   [ Record 5 of 729 ]   
:   1348
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318DD
Observer:   Witberg M. & Witberg M.C.
Date of record:   2006-05-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   3830
Species name:   Indotyphlops braminus
Common name:   Brahminy Blind Snake
Family:   Typhlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-1348
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:   Looks like a Flower-pot Snake (Rhamphotyphlops braminus), but could be a Black Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops nigricans).
Date:   2006-06-14 11:32:40
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:   You are correct Mike. Bill and I examined the two specimens. Indeed Flower-pot Snake.
Date:   2006-06-20 19:49:06
Species name:   Indotyphlops braminus -- Brahminy Blind Snake
Species code:   3830
Comment number:   3
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:  
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:   Indotyphlops braminus -- Brahminy Blind Snake
Species code:   3830

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