Biology:Dasypeltis atra
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dasypeltis |
| Species: | D. atra
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| Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912
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Dasypeltis atra, commonly known as the montane egg-eating snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.
Geographic range
D. atra is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Species Dasypeltis atra at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Bates, Michael F.; Broadley, Donald G. (2018). "A revision of the egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae) in north-eastern Africa and south-western Arabia, with descriptions of three new species". Indago 34: 1-95.
- Sternfeld R (1912). "'Reptilia". pp. 197–280. In: Schubotz H (editor) (1912). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907–1908 unter Führing Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV. Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 485 pp. (Dasypeltis scabra var. atra, new variety, p. 272). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q976393 entry
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