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Egbe File Snake
Mehelya egbensis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Other
- Family
- Lamprophiidae
- Genus
- Mehelya
- Continents
- Africa
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Rare
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Egbe File Snake (Mehelya egbensis) is a non-venomous snake of the family Lamprophiidae, found in Nigeria. It is known to eat other snakes. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Not worked out yet
Related snakes
- Gabou File Snake Mehelya gabouensis
- Laurent's File Snake Mehelya laurenti
- Equatorial File Snake Mehelya poensis
- Small-eyed File Snake Mehelya stenophthalmus
- Long-lined House Snake Boaedon longilineatus
- Mlanje White-bellied Water-Snake Lycodonomorphus mlanjensis
- Central-African Lined House Snake Boaedon paralineatus
- Yellow House Snake Boaedon subflavus
- Coastal House Snake (littoralis) Boaedon littoralis
- Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
- Angola File Snake Limaformosa vernayi
- Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.