Aparallactus capensis
species of reptile
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. Yellowish white ventrally. Neck and top of head black, with or without a yellowish crossbar behind the parietals. Sides of head yellowish, with the shields bordering the eye black.
Adults may attain a total length of 33.5 cm (13+1⁄4 in), with a tail 7 cm (2+3⁄4 in) long.
A portion of rostral visible from above 1⁄3 as long as its distance from the frontal. Frontal 1+1⁄2 to 1+2⁄3 as long as broad, much longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals. Nasal entire, in contact with the preocular.
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