Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: May 12th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Dasypeltis
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African Egg Eaters, African Egg-eating Snakes
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Afrikanische Eierschlangen
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Ægsnoge, Ægslanger, Ægædende Slanger
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1829 |  |
Anodon Smith [not Anodon Oken 1815 (Mollusca); not Anodon Swainson 1822 (Insecta); rejected/invalid name: ICZN Opinion 387] (type species: Anodon typus Smith 1829) |
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1830 | |
Dasypeltis Wagler (type species: Coluber scaber Linnaeus 1758) |
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1834 | |
Rachiodon Jourdan [substitute name for Anodon Smith 1829] |
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1841 | |
Deirodon Owen [substitute name for Anodon Smith 1829] |
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1843 | |
Gonyodipsas Fitzinger (type species: Coluber irregularis Merrem 1790) |
Contents:
18 species, of which 3 (16.7%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
Africa, Arabian Peninsula.
Reported from:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea
(Rio Muni),
Eritrea,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago
[Benguerua]),
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape),
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania
(incl.
Mafia,
Zanzibar),
Togo,
Uganda,
Western Sahara,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Dasypeltis abyssina
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Ethiopian Egg Eater
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Äthiopische Eierschlange
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Etiopisk Ægsnog
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1854 | |
Rachiodon abyssinus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril |
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Dasypeltis abyssinus Blanford 1870 |
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Dasypeltis abyssinica [lapsus] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of scabra (e.g., Largen & Rasmussen 1993).
Revalidated by Trape & Mané (2006).
Reports from Sudan refer to scabra (Bates & Broadley 2018).
Distribution:
Eritrea,
Ethiopia.
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Dasypeltis arabica
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Arabian Egg Eater
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Arabische Eierschlange
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Arabisk Ægsnog
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2018 | |
Dasypeltis arabica Bates & Broadley |
Distribution:
Saudi Arabia,
Yemen.
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Dasypeltis atra
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Forest Egg Eater, Black Forest Egg Eater, Black Montane Egg Eater, Brown Forest Egg Eater, Brown Montane Egg Eater, (Rufous Forest Egg Eater, Rufous Montane Egg Eater)
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Wald-Eierschlange
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Skov-ægsnog
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1912 | |
Dasypeltis scabra var. n. atra Sternfeld |
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Dasypeltis atra Welch 1982 |
Remarks:
The distinction between atra and scabra, of which atra was previously regarded as a subspecies, is by no means sharply defined (Largen & Rasmussen 1993, referring to pers. comm. with B. Hughes), Pitman 1974). Only a single record from Tanzania (Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002).
Distribution:
Burundi,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Rwanda,
South Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda.
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Dasypeltis bazi
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Egyptian Egg Eater
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Ägyptische Eierschlange
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Ægyptisk Ægsnog
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2016 | |
Dasypeltis bazi Saleh & Sarhan |
Remarks:
A specimen from Erkowit in north-eastern Sudan might also be this species (Spawls, Mazuch & Mohammad 2023).
Distribution:
Egypt.
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Dasypeltis confusa
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Diamondback Egg Eater, Confusing Egg Eater
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Rauten-Eierschlange
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Rude-ægsnog
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Dasypeltis confusa Trape & Mane |
Remarks:
Previously confused with scabra (Trape & Mané 2006a).
Validity confirmed by Trape, Mediannikov & Trape (2012).
A record from Ethiopia (Bates & Broadley 2018) is probably based on a misidentification (Spawls, Mazuch & Mohammad 2023).
Included for Angola on the basis of several sources
(Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012; Branch 2018; Bates & Broadley 2018), although the species was not mentioned by Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer (2018).
The status of these and other records from Central Africa is unclear.
Some may represent congolensis (Trape, Mediannikov, Chirio & Chirio 2021).
Distribution:
Angola,
Benin,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Mali,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
South Sudan,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia.
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Dasypeltis congolensis
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Congolese Egg Eater
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Kongolesische Eierschlange
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Congolesisk Ægsnog
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2021 | |
Dasypeltis congolensis Trape, Mediannikov, Chirio & Chirio |
Remarks:
Likely to be found also in Angola, Gabon, and Zambia.
Distribution:
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Dasypeltis crucifera
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Eritrean Egg Eater, Cross-marked Egg Eater
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Eritreische Eierschlange
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Eritreisk Ægsnog
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2018 | |
Dasypeltis crucifera Bates & Broadley |
Distribution:
Eritrea.
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Dasypeltis fasciata
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Central African Egg Eater, (Western Forest Egg Eater)
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Zentralafrikanische Eierschlange
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Centralafrikansk Ægsnog
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1849 | |
Dasypeltis fasciatus Smith |
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1878 | |
Rachiodon scaber subfasciatus Müller (Forcart 1964) |
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1907 | |
Dasypeltis macrops Boulenger (Loveridge 1957; Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012) |
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Dasypeltis scaber macrops Bogert 1940 |
Remarks:
Restricted to the forest zone. Records from the West African savanna zone are based on confusion with gansi (Trape & Mané 2006).
Distribution:
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Mali,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Togo,
Uganda.
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Dasypeltis gansi
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Savanna Egg Eater, (Gans' Egg Eater)
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Savannen-Eierschlange
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Savanne-ægsnog
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Dasypeltis gansi Trape & Mane |
Remarks:
Previously included latericia. Confused with fasciata or scabra in older literature (Trape & Mané 2006a; Segniagbeto, Trape, David, Ohler, Dubois & Glitho 2011). Validity confirmed by Trape, Mediannikov & Trape (2012).
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Chad,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Togo.
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Dasypeltis inornata
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Southern Brown Egg Eater
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Südliche Braune Eierschlange
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Sydlig Brun Ægsnog
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Dasypeltis inornatus Smith |
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Rhaciodon inornatus Duméril & Bibron 1854 |
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Dasypeltis scabra inornata FitzSimons 1912 |
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1853 | |
Rachiodon immaculatus Duméril (Broadley 1983) |
Distribution:
Eswatini,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga),
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Dasypeltis latericia
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Senegalese Egg Eater, Laterite Egg Eater
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Senegal-Eierschlange
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Senegalesisk Ægsnog
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2006 | |
Dasypeltis gansi latericia Trape & Mane |
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Dasypeltis latericia Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012 |
Distribution:
Guinea,
Mali,
Senegal.
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Dasypeltis loveridgei
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Namibian Egg Eater
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Namibische Eierschlange
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Namibisk Ægsnog
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Dasypeltis scabra loveridgei Mertens |
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Dasypeltis loveridgei Bates 2023 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies or synonym of scabra (e.g., Broadley 1983).
Raised to species status by Bates (2023).
Distribution:
Namibia.
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Dasypeltis medici
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East African Egg Eater, Eastern Forest Egg Eater, (Rufous Egg Eater)
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Ostafrikanische Eierschlange
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Østafrikansk Ægsnog
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1859 | |
Dipsas Medici Bianconi |
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Dasypeltis scabra medici Peters 1882 |
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Dasypeltis medici Gans 1957 |
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1868 | |
Dasypeltis scaber fasciolata Peters (Broadley 1983) |
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1888 | |
Dasypeltis elongata Mocquard (Broadley 1983) |
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1957 | |
Dasypeltis medici lamuensis Gans |
Other common names:
lamuensis: Lamu Egg Eater, (Somali Egg Eater)
Distribution:
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago
[incl.
Benguerua]),
Somalia,
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal),
Tanzania
(incl.
Mafia,
Zanzibar),
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Dasypeltis palmarum
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Angolan Egg Eater, (Forest Egg Eater, Palm Egg Eater)
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Angolische Eierschlange
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Angolansk Ægsnog
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Coluber palmarum Leach |
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Dasypeltis palmarum Laurent 1956 |
Remarks:
Records from Malawi refer to scabra (Sweeney 1961).
Distribution:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Dasypeltis parascabra
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Guinean Egg Eater, (Pararhombic Egg Eater)
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Guinea-Eierschlange
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Guinea-ægsnog
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2012 | |
Dasypeltis parascabra Trape, Mediannikov & Trape |
Distribution:
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Togo.
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Dasypeltis sahelensis
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Sahel Egg Eater
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Sahel-Eierschlange
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Sahel-ægsnog
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2006 | |
Dasypeltis sahelensis Trape & Mane |
Remarks:
Previously confused with scabra (Trape & Mané 2006a). Validity confirmed by Trape, Mediannikov & Trape (2012).
Distribution:
Burkina Faso,
Chad,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sudan,
Western Sahara.
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Dasypeltis scabra
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Common African Egg Eater, Eastern Rhombic Egg Eater, Rhombic Egg Eater, Savanna Egg Eater, African Egg Eater, Rough-keeled Snake, Rough-skinned Snake
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Gewöhnliche Eierschlange
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Almindelig Afrikansk Ægsnog
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1758 | |
Coluber scaber Linnaeus |
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Rhaciodon scaber Jourdan 1833 |
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Tropidonotus scaber Schlegel 1837 |
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Dasypeltis scaber Smith 1842 |
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1829 | |
Anodon typus Smith (Broadley 1983) |
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1864 | |
Dasypeltis scaber breviceps Peters (Broadley 1983) |
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1864 | |
Dasypeltis scaber capensis Peters (Broadley 1983) |
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1864 | |
Dasypeltis scaber mossambicus Peters (Broadley 1983) |
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1878 | |
Dasypeltis lineolatus Peters (Broadley 1983) |
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Tropidechis dunensis De Vis (Cogger 1966) |
Remarks:
Previously included loveridgei.
Formerly confused with abyssina, confusa, gansi, parascabra, and sahelensis.
Records from West Africa refer to some of these species (Trape & Mané 2006; Trape, Mediannikov & Trape 2012).
Records from Nigeria (e.g., Gans 1959; Hughes 1983; Butler & Reid 1990) refer to either confusa or parascabra (Trape & Baldé 2014).
Records from Togo (e.g., Gans 1959; Hulselmans & Verheyen 1970) are believed to refer to either confusa or gansi (Segniagbeto, Trape, David, Ohler, Dubois & Glitho 2011).
Present in eastern Sudan, but records from Geneina in western Sudan (Colley 1946) refer to sahelensis (Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toïngué & Kerah 2020).
See remarks under atra.
Distribution:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Botswana,
Burundi,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Rwanda,
Somalia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape),
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania
(incl.
Zanzibar),
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Dasypeltis scabra
© Rune Midtgaard
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Dasypeltis taylori
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Somali Egg Eater, (Taylor's Egg Eater)
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Somalische Eierschlange
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Somalisk Ægsnog
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2018 | |
Dasypeltis taylori Bates & Broadley |
Distribution:
Djibouti,
Ethiopia,
Somalia.
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