About Psammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882
Psammophis subtaeniatus, commonly called the western yellow-bellied sand snake, is also known as the striped sand snake; its Afrikaans common name is westelike streeppenssandslang. This species occurs in northern Southern Africa. Its confirmed distribution includes northern KwaZulu-Natal, extending north through Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Gauteng, North West, Limpopo, and Eswatini, and also ranges across eastern and northern Botswana, northern Namibia, Angola, and Zambia. This oviparous snake lays between 4 and 10 eggs during the summer. Hatchlings measure approximately 20 cm long when they emerge. Its venom is not considered harmful, and it poses no danger to humans.
