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South African Slug-eater

Duberria lutrix lutrix

Key Features: a small head not very distinct from the nec, the russet to dark brown body with grey sides and the pale yellow belly
Comments: Occurs in the highveld and western middleveld regions (rare in the latter), absent from the lowveld and Lubombo regions. This form is endemic to South Africa and Swaziland.

Habitats:
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
Alien forest

25 records, from 1959/03/14 to 2016/01/18

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