Dasypeltis confusa

Dasypeltis confusa
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. confusa
Binomial name
Dasypeltis confusa Trape & Mané, 2006

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.

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. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of D. confusa is savanna at altitudes of 500–1,200 m (1,600–3,900 ft). ^[2]

Reproduction

D. confusa is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Segniagbeto, G.; Trape, J.-F. (2021). "Dasypeltis confusa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T13265085A13265090. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265085A13265090.en . Retrieved 6 May 2023.
2. 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 France119: 27–56. (Dasypeltis confusa, new species). (in French).