Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details
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:   168483
Province:   Katanga Province
Country:   Congo (DRC)
Locus:   1127AC
Observer:   Stanton Mark
Date of record:   2014-12-12
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Found crossing road at 07h15 after a night of rain.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   3882
Species name:   Afrotyphlops schmidti
Common name:   Schmidt’s Giant Blind Snake
Family:   Typhlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Megatyphlops sp
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-168483
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   No horizontal keratinized edge to the snout.
Date:   2019-02-26 17:09:01
Species name:   Afrotyphlops schmidti -- Schmidt’s Giant Blind Snake
Species code:   3882

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