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| ELAPID SNAKE | |||||||
| Family ELAPIDAE | |||||||
| VENOMOUS BUT NOT REGARDED AS DANGEROUS | |||||||
| Description: | |||||||
| The Dwarf Crowned Snake is dark grey to black. It's underbelly scales are pale yellow with dark edges, forming a distinctive black sawtooth pattern. It has a narrow, pale yellow to white band which stretches across the nape and extends forward on the sides of it's head. | |||||||
| Size: | |||||||
| Adults 20 - 35 cm | |||||||
| Behaviour: | |||||||
| Mainly nocturnal | |||||||
| Prey: | |||||||
| Mainly small lizards. | |||||||
| Reproduction: | |||||||
| Females lay up to 5 eggs in a clutch. | |||||||
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