Grzimek Herps

v07_id53_con_eggeater

Dasypeltis scabra

Illustrating how an egg-eating snake consumes an egg. There are two genera of colubrids which eat eggs; Dasypeltis and Elachistodon. Shown here is Dasypeltis scabra.

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Identification
Dasypeltis scabra (Common or Rhombic Egg Eater)
Contributors
Michigan Science Art
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Subjects
Subject Behavior
Subject Live Animal
Type Illustration
Behaviors feeding behaviors capturing/manipulating prey

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