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title: "Cape House Snake"
description: "Boaedon capensis — Reptiles. Boaedon capensis, the Cape house snake, also known as the brown house snake, is a species of lamprophiid from Botswana, South Africa (from KwaZulu-Natal all the way through to the Western Cape), Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/cape-house-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Cape House Snake

> Boaedon capensis — Reptiles. Boaedon capensis, the Cape house snake, also known as the brown house snake, is a species of lamprophiid from Botswana, South Africa (from KwaZulu-Natal all the way through to the Western Cape), Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

- Scientific name: *Boaedon capensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `urban` (Ciudades y jardines)
- iNaturalist observations: 2453
- Wikidata: [Q3015987](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3015987)
- iNaturalist taxon: [539396](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/539396)

## Names

- en: Cape House Snake
- de: Südafrikanische Hausschlange
- pl: Lamprophis capensis

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2020), ZW (98), MZ (90), MW (68), ZM (33), BW (21), NA (15), TZ (13), SZ (7)

## Summary

Boaedon capensis, the Cape house snake, also known as the brown house snake, is a species of lamprophiid from Botswana, South Africa (from KwaZulu-Natal all the way through to the Western Cape), Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. They are a non-venomous lamprophiid. This species was previously grouped in the genus Lamprophis but is regrouped with the genus Boaedon.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104634477

## Machine access

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