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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Dasypeltis (egg eaters)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata > Serpentes (snakes) > Family: Colubridae > Subfamily: Colubrinae

Nine species, all African, with three species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

Dasypeltis inornata (Southern brown egg-eater)

 

Dasypeltis medici (East African egg-eater)

 

 

Dasypeltis scabra (Common egg-eater, Rhombic egg-eater)