Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment

Record details

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:   4174
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318DC
Observer:   Dorse C. & van Rooyen S.
Date of record:   2007-00-24
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Uploaded from submission_4151-4202.txt: entry no. 24
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   3830
Species name:   Indotyphlops braminus
Common name:   Brahminy Blind Snake
Family:   Typhlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-4174
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Logically Leptotyphlops nigricans is the first to come to mind, but one cannot rule out Ramphotyphlops braminus.
Date:   2013-12-01 09:13:26
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2014-04-26 19:43:57
Species name:   Leptotyphlops sp.
Species code:   6028
Comment number:   3
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Small scales rule out L.nigricans
Date:   2020-04-21 14:04:19
Species name:   Indotyphlops braminus -- Brahminy Blind Snake
Species code:   3830

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