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Gabou File Snake
Mehelya gabouensis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Other
- Family
- Lamprophiidae
- Genus
- Mehelya
- Continents
- Africa
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Rare
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Gabou File Snake (Mehelya gabouensis) is a non-venomous snake of the family Lamprophiidae, found in Senegal. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as dry woodland, open woodland, scrub forest, thorn forest and 6 more. 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.
Related snakes
- Egbe File Snake Mehelya egbensis
- 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.