Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

:   163921
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2428DC
Observer:   Stander R
Date of record:   2016-10-10
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   3960
Species name:   Leptotyphlops incognitus
Common name:   Incognito Thread Snake
Family:   Leptotyphlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Leptotyphlops distanti
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-163921
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:  
Date:   2018-01-12 16:42:33
Species name:   Leptotyphlops distanti -- Distant's Thread Snake
Species code:   3940
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Prefrontal fused with rostral; Posterior supralabial reaches level of eye; Rostral barely extends past posterior border of eye and less than a third of head width at this point; Tail tip tapering to a terminal spine (Keyed out using Broadley & Broadley 1999).
Date:   2018-11-02 16:49:33
Species name:   Leptotyphlops incognitus -- Incognito Thread Snake
Species code:   3960

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