Kenyan cat snake [1] ( lat. Telescopus semiannulatus ) is a species of cat snake that lives in Africa .
| Kenyan cat snake |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Infraclass : | Lepidozavromorfy |
| Infrastructure : | Alethinophidia |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Telescopus semiannulatus Smith , 1849 |
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The total length ranges from 60 cm to 1 m. The head is wide. The eyes are large with vertical pupils. The body is slim, with smooth scales . The head is orange, the back end of the body can also be orange, sometimes pink, brownish or mustard yellow. A series of 24–48 dark spots stretching from one another stretches along the back.
It inhabits semi-desert savannas . Active at night. It feeds on lizards , small rodents and birds .
This is an egg-laying snake. The female lays from 6 to 20 eggs.
Lives in Eastern and Southern Africa: Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , South Africa, Zambia , Democratic Republic of Congo , Congo , Malawi , Tanzania , Rwanda , Burundi , Kenya , Swaziland , Mozambique .
- Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus Mertens, 1954
- Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus Smith, 1849 [2]
- Ань 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. lang., 1988. - p. 332. - 10 500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ The Reptile Database: Telescopus semiannulatus (English)
- Mertens, 1954: Neue Schlangenrassen aus Sudwest-und Sudafrika . Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 152, p. 213-219.
- Smith, 1849: Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa ; Expression of Natural History Collected during the Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836. vol. Iii. Reptilia.
