Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   174478
Province:   Luapula
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1128BB
Observer:   Huchzermeyer C; Freja Huchzermeyer
Date of record:   2020-05-11
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Found under a flower pot, bars on back quite striking. The snake was very small (there's a small goat dung pellet of ca. 6-8mm next to the snake's head for scale)
Last updated:   2020-05-13 09:50:10
Sp. code:   4420
Species name:   Lycophidion multimaculatum
Common name:   Spotted Wolf Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Juvenile wolf snake
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-174478
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:  
Date:   2020-05-12 10:13:49
Species name:   Lycophidion multimaculatum -- Spotted Wolf Snake
Species code:   4420
Comment number:   2
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:  
Date:   2020-05-13 09:50:10
Species name:   Lycophidion multimaculatum -- Spotted Wolf Snake
Species code:   4420

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