Reptile Atlas of Africa

Record details

   [ Record 20 of 979 ]   
ReptileMAP:   3195
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3218BB
Observer:   Bosman K.
Date of record:   2004-11-17
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Ek ry altyd my kamera saam en kom toe een oggend op 'n klomp vo
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   4890
Species name:   Psammophis notostictus
Common name:   Karoo Sand Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-3195
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3195 - photo: 1
VM-number: 3195 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:   I may be wrong, but I think this is the first record of bird prey for Karoo Whip Snake.
Date:   2007-10-29 18:08:47
Species name:   Psammophis notostictus -- Karoo Sand Snake
Species code:   4890
Comment number:   2
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   It does seem to be the first record of birds in their diet!
Date:   2007-11-14 14:51:56
Species name:   Psammophis notostictus -- Karoo Sand Snake
Species code:   4890

[ Page served: March 29, 2024, 02:47 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT