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Striped harlequin snake

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Homoroselaps Jan, 1858

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Subfamily
  
Atractaspidinae

Scientific name
  
Homoroselaps dorsalis

Higher classification
  
Homoroselaps

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Family
  
Atractaspididae/Lamprophiidae

Similar
  
Scaled reptiles, Duberria lutrix, Psammophylax rhombeatus, Psammophylax, Amblyodipsas

The Striped Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps dorsalis) is a species of snake in the Atractasp family or subfamily (of Lamprophiid family). It is found in South Africa and Swaziland.

References

Striped harlequin snake Wikipedia