Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   1710
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418BA
Observer:   Dorse C. & van Rooyen S.
Date of record:   2006-09-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   4380
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus rufulus
Common name:   Brown Water Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-1710
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:   Lamprophis fuscus
Date:   2006-11-17 15:02:31
Species name:   Lamprophis fuscus -- Yellow-bellied House Snake
Species code:   4330
Comment number:   2
By:   James Harrison
Comment:   Marked features of this specimen are the bulgy eyes and short snout. Are these features of L. fuscus?
Date:   2006-12-02 13:43:07
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Graham Alexander
Comment:  
Date:   2007-02-22 14:10:52
Species name:   Lamprophis fuscus -- Yellow-bellied House Snake
Species code:   4330
Comment number:   4
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Temporal scale elongated. Eye colour light and two tone body is not characteristic of L. fuscus
Date:   2017-12-14 16:18:53
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus rufulus -- Brown Water Snake
Species code:   4380
Comment number:   5
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:  
Date:   2020-06-17 14:09:32
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus rufulus -- Brown Water Snake
Species code:   4380
Comment number:   6
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Werner Conradie, Marius Burger, Graham Alexander, Josh Weeber
Date:   2020-06-25 13:55:41
Species name:   Lycodonomorphus rufulus -- Brown Water Snake
Species code:   4380

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