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Common Egg-eater Snake basking in roadway

Common Egg-eater Snake basking in roadway (Dasypeltis scabra). Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. Harmless species that feeds on birds eggs. Common throughout southern Africa

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© Alan J. S. Weaving / www.ardea.com
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