Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Higher classification Lycophidion | |
 | ||
Similar Lycophidion, Snake, Reptile, Scaled reptiles, Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia | ||
The Cape wolf snake (Lycophidion capense) is a species of oviparous, nonvenomous snake which occurs over a wide area of southern to central Africa.
Contents
Subspecies
The species contains three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, L. c. capense.
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Lycophidion.
Diet and behaviour
The wolf snake feeds mostly on lizards, which it bites and kills by constriction.
References
Cape wolf snake Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA