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:   159893
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3326BC
Observer:   Keates Chad; luke kemp
Date of record:   2016-10-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   found in somebdoys garden on edge of veld. Snake had its hemipenes exposed and it was bleeding leading to extremely slugish movement.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   5410
Species name:   Bitis arietans arietans
Common name:   Puff Adder
Family:   Viperidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   puff adder (bitis arietans)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-159893
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Nick Schaller
Comment:  
Date:   2016-11-24 07:40:49
Species name:   Bitis arietans arietans -- Puff Adder
Species code:   5410

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