Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   4415
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CD
Observer:   de Beer C.
Date of record:   2008-00-28
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Caught in a built-up area. Obviously it is not an indigenous species. An escaped pet; or offspring of an escaped pet. Most probably a Nelson`s Milksnake; Lampropeltis triangulum nelsoni --Uploaded from submission_4301-4450.txt: entry no. 115
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   9999
Species name:   Reptilia (unidentifiable)
Common name:   Unidentified reptile
Family:  
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-4415
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4415 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4415 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:   Not South African.
Date:   2008-07-01 16:17:56
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Exotic to South Africa. An American species that has been manipulated genetically.
Date:   2013-08-27 12:10:53
Species name:   Reptilia (unidentifiable) -- Unidentified reptile
Species code:   9999
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Looks like one of the King Snake Species / variants
Date:   2013-11-30 20:55:32
Species name:   Reptilia (unidentifiable) -- Unidentified reptile
Species code:   9999

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