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Western Natal Green Snake

Philothamnus natalensis occidentalis

Key Features: uniform green body with small blue flecks, yellow-treen sides and pale underside
Comments: Occurs in the highveld region, absent from the middleveld, lowveld and Lubombo regions. One specimen from the lowveld region is considered an intergrade between natalensis and occidentalis by Broadley (1983).

Habitats:
Dams (man-made)
Larger rivers

2 records, from 1992/10/06 to 2017/02/22

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