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Dasypeltis gansi
Species of snake From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dasypeltis gansi, commonly known as Gans's egg-eater or Gans' egg-eating snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to West Africa.
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Etymology
The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.[2]
Geographic range
D. gansi is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, the Republic of South Sudan, Senegal, Sudan, and Togo.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. gansi is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft).[1]
Description
Females of D. gansi may attain a total length (including tail) of about 92 cm (36 in) with the longest recorded specimen being 110.6 cm (43.5 in) long (including tail).[4] Males are smaller, and may attain a total length of about 70 cm (28 in). Dorsal coloration is almost uniformly beige.[3]
Behavior
D. gansi is terrestrial and partly arboreal.[1][3]
Diet
The diet of D. gansi consists entirely of birds' eggs.[1] They are capable of swallowing eggs 3-4 times larger than their head, possibly the largest gape of all snake species.[5]
Reproduction
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