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Basic information
Dasypeltis fasciata
Central African Egg-eating Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusEgg-eating Snakes
- Czech name
- Vejcožrout pruhovaný
- English name
- Central African Egg-eating Snake
- Alternative names
- Gestreifte Eierschlange, Wald-Eierschlange, Westafrikanische Eierschlange, Western Forest Egg Eater, Western Forest Eggeater
- Synonyms
- Dasypeltis macrops, Dasypeltis palmarum, Dipsas carinatus, Rachiodon scaber var. subfasciatus, Rachiodon subfasciatus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,150 mm
- SVL
- ~735 mm
- Body mass
- max 167.2 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 7 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 17.9 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 5–9 individuals
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 349DJ · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13227 · dryad-v5