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161247 |
| Province: |
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Mpumalanga |
| Country: |
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South Africa |
| Locus: |
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2431CD |
| Observer: |
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Kennedy D. |
| Date of record: |
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2017-03-22 |
| Number of photos: |
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3 |
| Notes: |
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WE observed this Dark Chanting Goshawk fly into the tree with a very large snake in its talons. Best I was able to do was give an indication of the size of the snake, its colour, and some of its scales. |
| Last updated: |
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2020-12-03 13:24:52 |
| Sp. code: |
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4900 |
| Species name: |
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Psammophis mossambicus |
| Common name: |
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Olive Grass Snake |
| Family: |
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Lamprophiidae |
| Record status: |
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ACCEPTED |
| Collector's species id: |
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Unidentified large snake. |
| Institution: |
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ADU-UCT |
| Record URL: |
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https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-161247 |
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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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Luke Kemp |
| Comment: |
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Based on scales and length of the tail. Scales are wrong for mamba, boomslang and cobra and P. mossmbicus is the only other large snake in the area |
| Date: |
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2017-04-13 11:23:42 |
| Species name: |
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Psammophis mossambicus -- Olive Grass Snake |
| Species code: |
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4900 |
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