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Basic information
Boaedon lineatus
Striped House Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyLamprophiids
GenusAfrican house snakes
- Czech name
- Boaedon lineatus
- English name
- Striped House Snake
- Alternative names
- Gestreifte Hausschlange
- Synonyms
- Alopecion variegatum, Boodon lineatus var. angolensis, Boodon lineatus var. plutonis
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Savanna
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,220 mm
- SVL
- max 800 mm
- Body mass
- max 195.3 g
- Offspring total length
- max 300 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 3.6 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · M7W3 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 11555 · dryad-v5