Dasypeltis atra, commonly known as the African egg-eating snake or montane egg-eater, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Dasypeltis atra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dasypeltis
Species:
D. atra
Binomial name
Dasypeltis atra
Sternfeld, 1912
Synonyms[2]
  • Dasypelis scabra var. atra
    Sternfeld, 1912
  • Dasypeltis atra
    Gans, 1964

Geographic range

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D. atra is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[2]

Reproduction

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D. atra is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Howell, K.; Ngalason, W.; Msuya, C.A.; Malonza, P.K.; Spawls, S.; Beraduccii, J. (2021). "Dasypeltis atra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13265061A13265071. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265061A13265071.en. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Species Dasypeltis atra at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Bates, Michael F.; Broadley, Donald G. (2018). "A revision of the egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae) in north-eastern Africa and south-western Arabia, with descriptions of three new species". Indago 34: 1-95.
  • Sternfeld R (1912). "'Reptilia". pp. 197–280. In: Schubotz H (editor) (1912). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907–1908 unter Führing Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV. Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 485 pp. (Dasypeltis scabra var. atra, new variety, p. 272). (in German).