Dasypeltis atra

Dasypeltis atra
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dasypeltis
Species:	D. atra
Binomial name
Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912
Synonyms [2]
Dasypelis scabra var. atra Sternfeld, 1912 Dasypeltis atra — Gans, 1964

Dasypeltis atra, commonly known as the African egg-eating snake or montane egg-eater, 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. ^[2]

Reproduction

D. atra is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Howell, K.; Ngalason, W.; Msuya, C.A.; Malonza, P.K.; Spawls, S.; Beraduccii, J. (2021). "Dasypeltis atra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T13265061A13265071. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265061A13265071.en . Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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". Indago34: 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).