Yellow-bellied house snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Lamprophiidae |
Genus: | Lamprophis |
Species: | L. fuscus |
Binomial name | |
Lamprophis fuscus Boulenger, 1893 | |
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