Thelotornis capensis Smith, 1849 is a animal in the Colubridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Thelotornis capensis Smith, 1849
Thelotornis capensis is a slender long-tailed oviparous snake found in southern Africa.
Thelotornis capensis has a slender body and a long tail. The largest known museum specimen is a male, with a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 106 cm (42 in), a tail length of 62 cm (24 in), and a total combined length of 168 cm (66 in). This species is native to southern Africa. It reproduces via oviparity, meaning it lays eggs. Its eggs are elongated and relatively small, with an average size of 36 mm (1.4 in) in length and 16 mm (0.63 in) in width.
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Urotheca lateristriga (Berthold, 1859)
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trimorphodon tau Cope, 1870
Philothamnus angolensis Bocage, 1882
Lycodon subannulatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Oxyrhopus vanidicus Lynch, 2009
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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