Short-snouted Grass Snake
Psammophis brevirostris
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Lamprophiidae
Psammophis brevirostris est une espèce de serpents de la famille des Lamprophiidae. Répartition Cette espèce se rencontre : en Afrique du Sud ; au Swaziland ; au Zimbabwe ; dans l'est de la Namibie ; au Botswana. Publication originale Peters, 1881 : Herpetologische Mittheilungen (Excrescenzen des Männchens von Rana gigas Blyth in der Paarungszeit, Psammophis biseriatus und breviceps, Dinodon cancellatum Dum.
Psammophis brevirostris, also known as the short-snouted grass snake, is a diurnal, mildly venomous snake native to southern Africa. It is oviparous and can lay up to 15 eggs in summer. The snake feeds on lizards, rodents, snakes and small birds; it is alert and considered fast.
Psammophis es un género de serpientes venenosas de la familia Lamprophiidae. Descripción De 10 a 13 dientes maxilares, 1 o 2 centrales más grandes y en forma de colmillo. Los dientes mandibulares anteriores grandes, los posterriores pequeños.
Distribution
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