Boaedon capensis

(Boaedon capensis)

Description

Boaedon capensis, the Cape house snake, also known as the brown house snake, is a species of colubrid from Botswana, South Africa (from KwaZulu-Natal all the way through to the Western Cape), Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. They are a non-venomous colubrid. This species was previously grouped in the genus Lamprophis but is regrouped with the genus Boaedon.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lamprophiidae
Genus:Boaedon
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