Record details

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:   178911
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732BB
Observer:   Rautenbach C
Date of record:   2021-02-12
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   The injury on the snake was a bite mark from a Common Purple-gloss Snake before it started feeding on the Legless skink
Last updated:   2021-03-15 12:44:13
Sp. code:   2080
Species name:   Acontias plumbeus
Common name:   Giant Legless Skink
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Giant Legless Skink
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-178911
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:   2021-03-12 12:14:21
Species name:   Acontias plumbeus -- Giant Legless Skink
Species code:   2080
Comment number:   2
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:  
Date:   2021-03-15 12:44:13
Species name:   Acontias plumbeus -- Giant Legless Skink
Species code:   2080

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