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Central African Egg-eating Snake

Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Dasypeltis fasciata - Central African Egg-eating Snake

Dasypeltis fasciata - Central African Egg-eating Snake

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Open encyclopedia reference

Dasypeltis fasciata, commonly known as the Central African egg-eating snake or the western forest eggeater, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa. It is one of 18 species in the genus Dasypeltis, and is occasionally kept in captivity as an exotic pet along with other members of its genus, particularly D. scabra and D. medici.

Wikipedia contributors, Central African egg-eating snake; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:06:12.103948+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849
Name authority
Smith, 1849
Common name
Central African Egg-eating Snake
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dasypeltis
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
  11. infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
  12. familyColubridae
  13. subfamilyColubrinae
  14. genusDasypeltis
  15. speciesDasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Dasypeltis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Southern Brown Egg EaterDasypeltis inornata Smith, 1849ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dasypeltis latericia Trape & Mané, 2006ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
East African Egg EaterDasypeltis medici Bianconi, 1859ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Common Egg EaterDasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dasypeltis taylori Bates & Broadley, 2018ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dasypeltis congolensis Trape, Mediannikov, Chirio & Chirio, 2021ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ethiopian egg eaterDasypeltis abyssina (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
African Egg-eating SnakeDasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Confusing Egg EaterDasypeltis confusa Trape & Mané, 2006ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gans’ Egg EaterDasypeltis gansi Trape & Mané, 2006ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Palm Egg EaterDasypeltis palmarum (Leach, 1818)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dasypeltis parascabra Trape, Mediannikov & Trape, 2012ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Dasypeltis macrops Boulenger, 1907 Boulenger, 1907synonym
Dasypeltis palmarum Gray, 1858 Gray, 1858ambiguous synonym
Rachiodon subfasciatus Duméril, 1860 Duméril, 1860synonym
Rachiodon scaber var. subfasciatus Jan, 1863 Jan, 1863synonym
Dipsas carinatus Hallowell, 1844 Hallowell, 1844synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

W Uganda, W/C/E Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Central African Republic, S Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Gabon (Pauwels et al. 2006), Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea (Conakry) (fide Bates & Broadley 2018 but not there fide Göthel 2015), Republic of South Sudan (RSS) ?, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Equatorial Guinea

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Dasypeltis&species=fasciata Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:349DJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.