Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   5120
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3320DA
Observer:   Du Plessis R.
Date of record:   2008-00-06
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   I found this snake early; before sunrise; lying under a bush on our property between Montagu and Ladismith in the Karoo. 60km on the dirt road that runs past Sewefontein (farm); right below the Anysberge between Montagu and Ladismith. --Uploaded from submission_5101-5150.txt: entry no. 20
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   5140
Species name:   Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus
Common name:   Coral Shield Cobra
Family:   Elapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-5120
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5120 - photo: 1
VM-number: 5120 - photo: 2
VM-number: 5120 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:  
Date:   2008-08-10 10:03:14
Species name:   Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus -- Coral Shield Cobra
Species code:   5140
Comment number:   2
By:   Gavin Masterson
Comment:   Nice picture of the hood-spreading.
Date:   2008-08-24 23:03:54
Species name:   Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus -- Coral Shield Cobra
Species code:   5140

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