Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   1868
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2824DD
Observer:   Maguire D.
Date of record:   2006-10-31
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   4190
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor
Common name:   Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Family:   Lamprophiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-1868
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1868 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Harrison
Comment:  
Date:   2006-12-02 13:39:29
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor -- Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Species code:   4190
Comment number:   2
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake. NICE record for poorly known species, only the second specimen from Kimberley area (see S. Afr. J. Zool. vol 26(2), pp. 78-81; 1991). Branch (1998) erroneously includes N Cape and Blfn as X. b. australis.
Date:   2007-01-04 12:32:18
Species name:   Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor -- Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake
Species code:   4190

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