Gans' Egg Eater

About

Gans' Egg Eater (Dasypeltis gansi) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad and 12 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 13 more. Recorded in 8 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Mali
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Togo

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

• Tropical Rainforest
• Tropical Moist Forest
• Tropical Lowland Forest
• Evergreen Forest
• Dry Woodland
• Open Woodland
• Scrub Forest
• Thorn Forest
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Dry Savanna
• Semi-Desert
• Abandoned Buildings
• Congo Basin Rainforest
• Guinean Rainforest
• Sudanian Savanna
• Sahel Shrubland

Related snakes

• Dasypeltis congolensis
• Confusing Egg Eater Dasypeltis confusa
• Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
• Palm Egg Eater Dasypeltis palmarum
• Central African Egg-eating Snake Dasypeltis fasciata
• Sahel Egg Eater Dasypeltis sahelensis
• East African Egg Eater Dasypeltis medici
• Montane Egg-eater Dasypeltis atra
• Southern Brown Egg Eater Dasypeltis inornata
• Senegalese Egg Eater Dasypeltis latericia
• Ethiopian Egg Eater Dasypeltis abyssina
• Dasypeltis parascabra