Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Bayliss, Julian & Conradie, Werner, 2020, First herpetological surveys of Mount Lico and Mount Socone, Mozambique, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 247) 14 (2), pp. 198-217 : 210-211

Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Egg Eater

Material. MOUNT LICO (surrounding area): Photograph : Fig. 4J . Identification. No specimens were collected and this record is based on one photograph that clearly shows a thin elongated body with keeled scales and numerous dark brown blotches flanked by narrow dark brown bars. Comments. This individual was killed by locals and photographed by a member of the film crew en route to Mount Lico in September 2019 .

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Fig. 4. Reptiles from Mount Lico and Mount Socone, northern Mozambique. (A) Agama kirkii; (B) A. mossambica; (C) Chamaeleo dilepis; (D) Rhampholeon tilburyi; (E) Trioceros melleri; (F) Platysaurus maculatus; (G) Lygodactylus sp.; (H) Melanoseps ater; (I) Panaspis aff. maculicollis; (J) Dasypeltis scabra; (K–L) Philothamnus macrops; (M–N) Naja subfulva; (O) Boaedon fuliginosus.