| Mole snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pseudaspididae |
| Genus: | Pseudaspis Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Species: | P. cana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudaspis cana | |
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Distribution of the mole snake
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The mole snake (Pseudaspis cana) is a species of snake. It has been placed in the family Lamprophiidae, and more recently in the family Pseudaspididae, along with the genus Pythonodipsas. It is native to much of southern Africa, and is the only member of the genus Pseudaspis. A study showed that P. cana is caught and consumed by the honey badger, among other species. Remains of the mole snake were found in the faeces, and suggest the consumed individuals were larger specimens.[3]
- ^ Beraduccii, J., Howell, K., Msuya, C.A. & Ngalason, W. 2021. Pseudaspis cana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44979717A44979726. Downloaded on 05 September 2021.
- ^ Species Pseudaspis cana at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Kruuk, H.; M. G. L. Mills (1983). "Notes on Food and Foraging of the honey badger Mellivora capensis In the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park". Koedoe. 26 (1): 153–157. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v26i1.595. Retrieved 25 January 2010.