Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   182730
Province:   North West Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1226AB
Observer:   Victor Sheldon Stephen
Date of record:   2021-11-24
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-04-28 16:04:10
Sp. code:   3912
Species name:   Afrotyphlops angolensis
Common name:   Angolan Giant Blind Snake
Family:   Typhlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Blind Snake
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-182730
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:   In future, if you can get a close-up of the side of the head please do. There's a chance that A. lineolatus could also occur in that area.
Date:   2022-04-28 16:04:10
Species name:   Afrotyphlops angolensis -- Angolan Giant Blind Snake
Species code:   3912

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