Duberria lutrix, or the common slug eater, is a small, ovoviviparous, molluscivorous, non-venomous snake, which is endemic to Africa.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common Slug-eater being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Contia longicauda
- Conopsis lineata
- Drysdalia coronoides — venomous
- Delma molleri
- Delma inornata
- Contia tenuis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Pseudoxyrhophiidae
- Genus
- Duberria
- Species
- Duberria lutrix
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