Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

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:   184333
Province:   Copperbelt Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1228CC
Observer:   Vigneshwaran Senthil Kumaran
Date of record:   2022-01-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Long-tailed Thread Snake (Myriopholis longicauda)
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   345
Species name:   Leptotyphlops kafubi
Common name:   Shaba Thread Snake -- Shaba Wurmslang
Family:   Leptotyphlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:  
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-184333
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ruan Stander
Comment:  
Date:   2022-03-28 21:20:10
Species name:   Myriopholis longicauda -- Long-tailed Thread Snake
Species code:   3980
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   The colouration pattern of fading from light brown anteriorly to dark posteriorly appears to be quite common in L. kafubi.
Date:   2022-04-30 13:03:31
Species name:   Leptotyphlops kafubi -- Shaba Thread Snake; Shaba Wurmslang
Species code:   345

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