Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   174849
Province:   Lusaka Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AD
Observer:   Rajagopalan Padmanabhan? (uploaded by Norman Barrett)
Date of record:   2020-04-19
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Giant Zambezi Blind
Last updated:   2020-10-16 13:15:43
Sp. code:   3882
Species name:   Afrotyphlops schmidti
Common name:   Schmidt’s Giant Blind Snake
Family:   Typhlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-174849
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:   The rostral appears to be rounded, and colouration is consistent.
Date:   2020-10-16 13:15:43
Species name:   Afrotyphlops schmidti -- Schmidt’s Giant Blind Snake
Species code:   3882

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