Summary ²

The Aurora house snake, Lamprophis aurora, is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.

Range description ³

This species inhabits the Highveld of Gauteng and the Free State, South Africa, extending into the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape (Branch 1998). It is also found at isolated localities along the South Cape and West Cape escarpment, and in Lesotho and Swaziland.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Purplegerbil (talk) Original uploader was Purplegerbil at en.wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Aroura_House_Snake_1.JPG/460px-Aroura_House_Snake_1.JPG
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprophis_aurora
3. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34529355

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