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dasypeltis|dæsɪˈpɛltɪs|
[mod.L. (J. G. Wagler Natürliches System der Amphibien (1830) iv. 178), f. Gr. δασύ-ς thick + πέλτη small shield.]
A small harmless egg-eating snake of the genus of this name found in central and south Africa.
[1849A. Smith Illustr. Zool. S. Afr. Reptilia Tab. LXXIII, On discovering that Anodon had been employed by conchologists, I adopted Dasypeltis, as proposed by Wagler.] 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 194/2 A very peculiar genus of snakes, Dasypeltis, represented by three species only, is the type of a separate family. 1927Haldane & Huxley Anim. Biol. xi. 223 The egg-eating snake, Dasypeltis. 1969A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles. I. iv. 119 Among the selective feeders are the egg-eating colubrids Dasypeltis and Elachistodon; many snakes are fond of birds' eggs. |