Cape Millipede [1] ( lat. Aparallactus capensis ) is a species of snake from the Atractaspididae family that lives in Africa .
| Cape Millipede |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
| Infrastructure : | Alethinophidia |
| Subfamily : | Aparallactinae |
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| International scientific name |
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Aparallactus capensis Smith , 1849 |
| Synonyms |
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- Aparallactus luebberti Sternfeld, 1910
- Aparallactus punctatolineatus boulenger , 1895
- Aparallactus bocagii Boulenger, 1895
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| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 176276 |
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Content
The total length reaches 30–33.5 cm. The head is small with small eyes. The body is cylindrical with smooth scales . There is no sharp transition between the head and the body. The tail is moderate - up to 7 cm. The color varies from yellowish, reddish-brown to gray, but the tip of the head and neck are darker - they are dark brown or even black.
Inhabits meadows , shrubs and foothills. Active at night, eating centipedes .
This is an egg laying snake. The female lays 2 to 4 eggs.
Lives in southeast Africa: South Africa , Swaziland , Angola , Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , Mozambique , Malawi , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Zambia , Tanzania .
- Aparallactus capensis bocagei Boulenger, 1895
- Aparallactus capensis capensis Smith, 1849
- Aparallactus capensis luebberti Sternfeld, 1910
- Aparallactus capensis punctatolineatus Boulenger, 1895 [2]
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 280. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ The Reptile Database: Aparallactus capensis (English)
- Boulenger, 1895: [ https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof6161895lond Descriptions of two new snakes from Usambara, German East Africa b. Annals and magazine of natural history, ser. 6, vol. 16, p. 171-173.
- Smith, 1849: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa": together with a summary of African zoology, and an inquiry into the geographical ranges of species in that quarter of the globe , vol. 3, Appendix.
- Sternfeld, 1910: [ https://archive.org/details/mitteilungenausd05zool Zur Schlangenfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. Mehrere Fälle von Mimikry bei afrikanischen Schlangen Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, vol. 5, p. 51-60.
