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title: "Common Slug-eater"
description: "Duberria lutrix — Reptiles. Duberria lutrix, or the common slug eater, is a small, ovoviviparous, molluscivorous, non-venomous snake, which is endemic to Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/common-slug-eater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Slug-eater

> Duberria lutrix — Reptiles. Duberria lutrix, or the common slug eater, is a small, ovoviviparous, molluscivorous, non-venomous snake, which is endemic to Africa.

- Scientific name: *Duberria lutrix*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2508
- Wikidata: [Q3040516](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3040516)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30326](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30326)

## Names

- en: Common Slug-eater
- de: Gemeiner Schneckenfresser

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2415), KE (16), TZ (8), SZ (3)

## Summary

Duberria lutrix, or the common slug eater, is a small, ovoviviparous, molluscivorous, non-venomous snake, which is endemic to Africa.

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

## Photo

![Common Slug-eater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-slug-eater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kristopher Brand · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186409224

## Machine access

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