Brown House Snake
Boaedon capensis
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,645
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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. They are a non-venomous lamprophiid. This species was previously grouped in the genus Lamprophis but is regrouped with the genus Boaedon.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Boaedon capensis”.