Red-lipped Snake

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Summary 7

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.

Distribution 8

Continent: Africa
Distribution: E/S Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire; except in the center), Congo (Brazzaville), Malawi, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Mali, to Eritrea, Ethiopia, S Somalia, Central African Republic, Gambia (HÅKANSSON 1981), Ivory Coast (RÖDEL et al. 1999), Cameroon (Joger 1982, Böhme & Schneider 1987), Gabon (Pauwels et al. 2006), Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Liberia  
Type locality: “India orientali” = Africa.

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  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotaphopeltis_hotamboeia
  8. (c) Peter Uetz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/14307174

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