Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

   [ Record 2 of 16 ]   
:   166358
Province:   Katanga
Country:   Congo (DRC)
Locus:   1025CB
Observer:   Barrett Norman; Dylan Foonk
Date of record:   2018-06-29
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   5936
Species name:   Causus sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Viperidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-166358
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
[/166358-1.jpg
image not available]

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Can't really make it out from the photo, but general shape and apparent size suggest a Night Adder, and plain collouration suggests Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus).
Date:   2018-06-29 16:38:19
Species name:   Causus sp.
Species code:   5936
Comment number:   2
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:  
Date:   2018-07-05 18:28:59
Species name:   Causus sp.
Species code:   5936

[ Page served: July 3, 2024, 08:20 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT