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Gans’ Egg Eater
Dasypeltis gansi
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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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). Males are smaller, and may attain a total length of about 70 cm (28 in). Dorsal coloration is almost uniformly beige.
Range & habitat
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.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
What it does
The diet of D. gansi consists entirely of birds' eggs. They are capable of swallowing eggs 3-4 times larger than their head, possibly the largest gape of all snake species.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 99125.