HERPADEX
CS EN
Basic information
Boaedon capensis
Brown House Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyLamprophiids
GenusAfrican house snakes
- Czech name
- Užovka kapská
- English name
- Brown House Snake
- Alternative names
- Cape House Snake, Common House Snake
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Savanna, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Saxicolous, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,500 mm
- SVL
- max 1,185 mm
- Body mass
- max 471.8 g
- Offspring total length
- max 225 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Foraging mode
- Mixed
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 8–20 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–3 × per year
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · M7VS · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 11553 · dryad-v5