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title: "Cape Wolf Snake"
description: "Lycophidion capense — Reptiles. The Cape wolf snake (Lycophidion capense) is a species of oviparous, nonvenomous snake which occurs over a wide area of Southern, Central, and East Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/cape-wolf-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cape Wolf Snake

> Lycophidion capense — Reptiles. The Cape wolf snake (Lycophidion capense) is a species of oviparous, nonvenomous snake which occurs over a wide area of Southern, Central, and East Africa.

- Scientific name: *Lycophidion capense*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 581
- Wikidata: [Q2411819](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2411819)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29508](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29508)

## Names

- en: Cape Wolf Snake
- de: Kap-Wolfsnatter

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (403), ZW (29), MZ (24), KE (20), MW (19), TZ (14), ZM (11), BW (7), SZ (7)

## Summary

The Cape wolf snake (Lycophidion capense) is a species of oviparous, nonvenomous snake which occurs over a wide area of Southern, Central, and East Africa. Though docile and harmless, it may be confused with the very venomous stiletto snake.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_wolf_snake

## Photo

![Cape Wolf Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-wolf-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: danielarah · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327489866

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-wolf-snake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).