Psammophis brevirostris: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Psammophiidae
- Genus
- Psammophis
- Species
- Psammophis brevirostris
- Scientific Name
- Psammophis brevirostris
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Psammophis brevirostris
Psammophis brevirostris, also known as the short-snouted grass snake, is a diurnal, mildly venomous snake native to southern Africa. It is oviparous and can lay up to 15 eggs in summer. The snake feeds on lizards, rodents, snakes and small birds; it is alert and considered fast.
...Psammophis brevirostris in languages:
- Bokmål
- Kortsnutet Gressnok
- English
- Short-snouted Whip Snake
- Portuguese
- Cobra-da-areia-de-cara-curta
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Psammophis aegyptius
- Psammophis afroccidentalis
- Psammophis angolensis
- Psammophis ansorgii
- Psammophis biseriatus
- Psammophis brevirostris
- Psammophis condanarus
- Psammophis crucifer
- Psammophis elegans
- Psammophis indochinensis
- Psammophis jallae
- Psammophis leightoni
- Psammophis leithii
- Psammophis leopardinus
- Psammophis lineatus
- Psammophis lineolatus
- Psammophis longifrons
- Psammophis mossambicus
- Psammophis notostictus
- Psammophis orientalis
- Psammophis phillipsii
- Psammophis praeornatus
- Psammophis pulcher
- Psammophis punctulatus
- Psammophis rukwae
- Psammophis schokari
- Psammophis sibilans
- Psammophis subtaeniatus
- Psammophis sudanensis
- Psammophis tanganicus
- Psammophis trigrammus
- Psammophis turpanensis
- Psammophis zambiensis































































































































































