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Genus: Lamprophis (house snakes)
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Squamata > Serpentes
(snakes) > Family: Colubridae > Subfamily:
Boodontinae
Fifteen species, of which seven are native to southern
Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
Lamprophis aurora
(Aurora house snake)
Most easily identified by its orange vertebral line. |
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Lamprophis capensis (Brown house snake, Common house
snake)
Most easily identified by the two light coloured lines on its head. |
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Lamprophis fiskii
(Fisk's house snake)
A rare seldom encountered snake. |
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Lamprophis fuscus (Yellow-bellied house snake)
Easily identified by its yellow lip. |
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Lamprophis guttatus (Spotted rock snake, Spotted house
snake)
Easily identified by its dark zigzag patterning. |
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Lamprophis inornatus (Olive house snake, Black house
snake)
Often confused with other uniformly coloured snakes. |
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Lamprophis swazicus (Swazi rock snake)
Easily confused with many other snake species. |
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