Egg-eating Snakes
Dasypeltis
Dasypeltis is a genus of snakes, also known commonly as egg-eating snakes or egg-eaters, in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is one of only two taxonomic groups of snakes known to have adapted to feed exclusively on eggs (the other being the genus Elachistodon). Dasypeltis are non-venomous and found throughout the continent of Africa, primarily in forested or wooded habitats that are also home to numerous species of birds.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 17 known species
Egg-eating Snake
speciesDasypeltis scabra
Southern Brown Egg Eater
speciesDasypeltis inornata
East African Egg Eater
speciesDasypeltis medici
Sahel Egg Eater
speciesDasypeltis sahelensis
Central African Egg-eating Snake
speciesDasypeltis fasciata
Montane Egg-eater
speciesDasypeltis atra
Gans’ Egg Eater
speciesDasypeltis gansi
Confusing Egg Eater
speciesDasypeltis confusa
Dasypeltis congolensis
speciesDasypeltis congolensis
Dasypeltis parascabra
speciesDasypeltis parascabra
Dasypeltis arabica
speciesDasypeltis arabica
Dasypeltis palmarum
speciesDasypeltis palmarum
Dasypeltis latericia
speciesDasypeltis latericia
Dasypeltis abyssina
speciesDasypeltis abyssina
Dasypeltis crucifera
speciesDasypeltis crucifera
Dasypeltis taylori
speciesDasypeltis taylori
Egyptian Egg-eating Snake
speciesDasypeltis bazi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 26716.