Photo of a Southern Brown Egg Eater (Dasypeltis inornata)
Photo: Erwin Sieben, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Southern Brown Egg Eater

Dasypeltis inornata

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dasypeltis
Continents
Africa
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 54 places on iNaturalist

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About

Southern Brown Egg Eater (Dasypeltis inornata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Eswatini, South Africa. It lives in habitats such as subtropical forest, subtropical dry forest, broadleaf forest, coastal forest and 11 more. Recorded in 54 places on iNaturalist.

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.

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