The dwarf beaked snake (Dipsina multimaculata), also called the western beaked snake, is a species of snake, which is endemic to southern Africa. It is in the monotypic genus Dipsina.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dwarf Beaked Snake 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
- Lytorhynchus diadema
- Malpolon moilensis
- Spalerosophis diadema
- Bitis caudalis — venomous
- Echis leucogaster — venomous
- Bitis peringueyi — venomous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Psammophiidae
- Genus
- Dipsina
- Species
- Dipsina multimaculata
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