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Central African Egg-eating Snake (Dasypeltis fasciata)
The Central African Egg-eating Snake (Dasypeltis fasciata) is known to imitate the pattern and coloration of some venomous vipers like Causus rhombeatus, Echis carinatus or Bitis caudalis (depending on the region). It can also nearly perfectly imitate the hissing of Causus rhombeatus by scraping its strongly keeled scales against each other, just like Echis carinatus does.
©Matthijs Kuijpers
Photo size: 36.2 Mpixels (103 MB uncompressed) - 7360x4912 pixels (24.5x16.3 in / 62.3x41.6 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: africa, Cameroon, Central African Egg-eating Snake, Central African Republic, Chad, colubrid, Congo, dasypeltis, Dasypeltis fasciata, egg specialist, egg-eating snake, eggeater, fauna, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, reptile, Sierra Leone, snake, Togo, treesnake, wildlife
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