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:   70225
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2427CA
Observer:  
Date of record:   0-00-00
Number of photos:   0
Notes:   D.G. Broadley 1990. Fitzsimon's Snakes; locus commented out as per M. Bates instructions
Last updated:   2020-09-30 15:10:05
Sp. code:   4020
Species name:   Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons
Common name:   Peters' Thread Snake
Family:   Leptotyphlopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-70225
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:   Ex Leptotyphlops jacobseni. The literature source predates the description of this taxon and no specimen from here was subsequently assigned to L. jacobseni, thus this record most probably refers to L. s. scutifrons.
Date:   2020-09-14 22:36:44
Species name:   Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons -- Peters' Thread Snake
Species code:   4020

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