Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   4327
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318DC
Observer:   Witberg M. & Smit K.
Date of record:   2008-00-11
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Uploaded from submission_4301-4450.txt: entry no. 27
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-4327
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4327 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4327 - photo: 2
VM-number: 4327 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Wulf Haacke
Comment:  
Date:   2008-05-01 23:23:34
Species name:   Psammophis leightoni -- Cape Sand Snake
Species code:   4860
Comment number:   2
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:   Hard to tell from photos but looks more like P. notostictus to me.
Date:   2008-07-01 13:16:48
Species name:   Psammophis notostictus -- Karoo Sand Snake
Species code:   4890
Comment number:   3
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:  
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:   Psammophis notostictus -- Karoo Sand Snake
Species code:   4890

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