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156844 |
| Province: |
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Central |
| Country: |
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Kenya |
| Locus: |
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0036DC |
| Observer: |
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Barry Zeph; Nathan Daubenmier, 6th per PE class, national gaurds |
| Date of record: |
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2016-03-01 |
| Number of photos: |
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3 |
| Notes: |
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exiting week, eggeater found up here, caught two one green one black black one was half dead by the local gaurds, both had rough keeled scales like a dogs fur when brushed back, 4 small scales on nose one rostral, one frontal between two supraocular. behind that two parietal scales (a colubrid) the green one had a slight yellowy patch on right cheeck they were found around the same area same day, out of the 12 boomslang i have seen this is the first to be black, huge eyes although it does look verry much like a jacksons tree snake |
| Last updated: |
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2020-12-03 13:24:52 |
| Sp. code: |
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8870 |
| Species name: |
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Dasypeltis atra |
| Common name: |
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Montane Egg-eater |
| Family: |
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Colubridae |
| Record status: |
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ACCEPTED |
| Collector's species id: |
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boomslang |
| Institution: |
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ADU-UCT |
| Record URL: |
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https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-156844 |
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• Locus: Summary | Records • Species: Records | Distribution map |
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:
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| Comment number: |
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1 |
| By: |
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Darren Pietersen |
| Comment: |
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Dasypeltis atra -- Montane Egg-eater |
| Date: |
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2017-11-24 21:41:09 |
| Species name: |
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Dasypeltis atra -- Montane Egg-eater |
| Species code: |
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8870 |
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| Comment number: |
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2 |
| By: |
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Luke Kemp |
| Comment: |
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Dasypeltis atra - Keeled scales are not in uniform rows like Dispholidus. 2 pairs of Sublinguals touching ventral scales. Dispholidus has additional scales before ventral |
| Date: |
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2018-05-15 10:41:32 |
| Species name: |
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Dasypeltis sp. |
| Species code: |
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5972 |
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