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Slug Eater

Duberria lutrix

Photo by Wendy Clapham
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Field Notes

Description:

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

Habitat:

Total length of adults is thirty to forty cm (approximately twelve to sixteen inches).

The common slug eaters' colours vary, but typically have an olive green to brown or russet back, grey flanks, a yellowish or cream belly, and a black, more or less complete, vertebral stripe.

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nice spot please add to this mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/22736189
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2014

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