Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   9542
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3226DB
Observer:   Webster K.
Date of record:   2013-12-27
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   snake had caught a gecko - the tail makes it a bush snake but not sure if it is the Spotted Bush snake.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   4620
Species name:   Philothamnus occidentalis
Common name:   Western Natal Green Snake
Family:   Colubridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Green bush snake
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-9542
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9542 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9542 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2013-12-28 23:11:49
Species name:   Philothamnus semivariegatus -- Spotted Bush Snake
Species code:   4640
Comment number:   2
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Not the best set of photos but from characteristic features P. semivariegatus
Date:   2013-12-29 10:54:16
Species name:   Philothamnus semivariegatus -- Spotted Bush Snake
Species code:   4640
Comment number:   3
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Fine white speckles and turquoise on the tail
Date:   2019-01-07 14:28:12
Species name:   Philothamnus occidentalis -- Western Natal Green Snake
Species code:   4620
Comment number:   4
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2019-01-10 11:59:12
Species name:   Philothamnus occidentalis -- Western Natal Green Snake
Species code:   4620

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