Dasypeltis confusa
Dasypeltis confusa, commonly known as the confusing egg-eater or the diamond-back egg-eater, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.
| Dasypeltis confusa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dasypeltis |
| Species: | D. confusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasypeltis confusa Trape & Mané, 2006 | |
Geographic range
D. confusa is found in Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.[1]
Habitat
The preferred habitat of D. confusa is savanna at altitudes of 500–1,200 m (1,600–3,900 ft).[1]
References
- Species Dasypeltis confusa at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Trape, Jean-François; Mané, Youssouph (2006). "Le genre Dasypeltis Wagler (Serpentes : Colubridae) en Afrique de l'Ouest : description de trois espèces et d'une sous-espèce nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 119: 27–56. (Dasypeltis confusa, new species). (in French).
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