Genus: Dasypeltis (egg eaters)
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Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
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(snakes) > Family: Colubridae > Subfamily:
Colubrinae
Nine species, all African, with three species native to southern
Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
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