Boaedon capensis

Cape house snake
Cape house snake, Boaedon capensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Boaedon
Species:
B. capensis
Binomial name
Boaedon capensis
(Duméril & Bibron, 1854)

Boaedon capensis, the Cape house snake, also known as the brown house snake, is a species of lamprophiid from Botswana, South Africa (from KwaZulu-Natal all the way through to the Western Cape), Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] They are a non-venomous lamprophiid. This species was previously grouped in the genus Lamprophis but is regrouped with the genus Boaedon.[3]

  1. ^ Alexander, G.J.; Tolley, K.A.; Maritz, B.; Weeber, J.; Conradie, W.; Pietersen, D. (2021). "Boaedon capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T200990551A201503751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T200990551A201503751.en. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ Boaedon capensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2015.
  3. ^ Kelly, Christopher M.R.; Branch, William R.; Broadley, Donald G.; Barker, Nigel P. & Villet, Martin H. (2011). "Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae, Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis, Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya, Csiki 1903". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (3): 415–426. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010. PMID 21095234.