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title: "Cape Centipede-Eater"
description: "Aparallactus capensis — Reptiles. Aparallactus capensis, or the Cape centipede-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/cape-centipede-eater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cape Centipede-Eater

> Aparallactus capensis — Reptiles. Aparallactus capensis, or the Cape centipede-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family.

- Scientific name: *Aparallactus capensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 673
- Wikidata: [Q2700287](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2700287)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26376](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26376)

## Names

- en: Cape Centipede-Eater
- de: Tausendfüßerfresser

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (572), MZ (33), SZ (13), TZ (11), ZW (11), ZM (7), MW (4)

## Summary

Aparallactus capensis, or the Cape centipede-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family.

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

## Photo

![Cape Centipede-Eater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-centipede-eater/medium.jpg)

Photo: rosshawkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200116299

## Machine access

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