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Basic information
Dasypeltis scabra
Common Egg Eater
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusEgg-eating snakes
- Czech name
- Vejcožrout africký
- English name
- Common Egg Eater
- Alternative names
- Common egg-eater, Egg-eating Snake, Gewöhnliche afrikanische Eierschlange, Rhombic Egg Eater
- Synonyms
- Anodon typus, Coluber scaber, Dasypeltis scaber var. breviceps, Dasypeltis scaber var. capensis, Dasypeltis scaber var. mossambicus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Savanna, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,160 mm
- SVL
- max 964 mm
- Body mass
- max 170.9 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 7 g
- Offspring total length
- max 188 mm
- Offspring SVL
- max 149 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 22.1 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 6–25 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–2 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6CDR3 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13235 · dryad-v5