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Black-headed Centipede-eater

Aparallactus capensis

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Aparallactus capensis, or the Cape centipede-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family. Geographic range It is found in South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Description Yellow or pale reddish-brown dorsally, with or without a blackish vertebral line.

Distribution

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