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title: "Egg-eating Snake"
description: "Dasypeltis scabra — Rettili. Dasypeltis scabra, also known commonly as the common egg eater, the egg-eating snake, and the rhombic egg eater, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/egg-eating-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Egg-eating Snake

> Dasypeltis scabra — Rettili. Dasypeltis scabra, also known commonly as the common egg eater, the egg-eating snake, and the rhombic egg eater, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Dasypeltis scabra*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1445
- Wikidata: [Q2335470](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2335470)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26717](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26717)

## Names

- en: Egg-eating Snake
- de: Gewöhnliche afrikanische Eierschlange
- nl: Eieretende slang
- pl: Jajożer

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1201), NA (42), BW (25), TZ (21), ZW (21), MZ (20), KE (14), ZM (13), SZ (7), ET (5), CD (4), MW (3)

## Summary

Dasypeltis scabra, also known commonly as the common egg eater, the egg-eating snake, and the rhombic egg eater, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.

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

## Photo

![Egg-eating Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/egg-eating-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125518606

## Machine access

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