Striped House Snake

About

Striped House Snake (Boaedon lineatus) is a non-venomous snake of the family Lamprophiidae, found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad and 15 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 13 more. Recorded in 15 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• 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

• Long-lined House Snake Boaedon longilineatus
• Central-African Lined House Snake Boaedon paralineatus
• Yellow House Snake Boaedon subflavus
• Coastal House Snake (littoralis) Boaedon littoralis
• Boaedon mendesi
• Branch’s Brown House Snake Boaedon branchi
• Dark-bellied Housesnake Boaedon variegatus
• Angolan House Snake Boaedon angolensis
• Boaedon bedriagae
• Frade’s Brown House Snake Boaedon fradei
• Bocage’s Brown House Snake Boaedon bocagei
• Dotted House Snake Boaedon maculatus