Aparallactus
# Aparallactus

    Common name: centipede eaters.

Aparallactus is a genus of rear-fanged mildly venomous snakes found in Africa. Currently, 11 species are recognized.

## Description

Maxillary short, with 6-9 small teeth followed by a large grooved fang situated below the eye. Anterior mandibular teeth longest. Head small, not distinct from neck. Eye small, with round pupil. Nasal entire or divided; no loreal. Body cylindrical; tail moderate or short. Dorsal scales smooth, without pits, arranged in 15 rows. Ventrals rounded; subcaudals single (not divided or paired).

## Species

| Genus Aparallactus -- 11 species |
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| Species | Taxon author | Subspecies* | Common name | Geographic range |
| A. $capensis^T$ | A. Smith, 1849 | bocagei luebberti punctatolineatus | Cape centipede-eater | Republic of South Africa, Eswatini, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| A. guentheri | Boulenger, 1895 | ———— | black centipede-eater | Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zanzibar. |
| A. jacksonii | (Günther, 1888) | ———— | Jackson's centipede-eater | Ethiopia, north Tanzania, south Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda. |
| A. lineatus | (W. Peters, 1870) | ———— | lined centipede-eater | Guinea, Liberia, Ghana, Cameroon. |
| A. lunulatus | (W. Peters, 1854) | nigrocollaris scortecci | reticulated centipede-eater | Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana to Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Somalia, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Botswana, Tanzania. |
| A. modestus | (Günther, 1859) | ubangensis | western forest centipede-eater | Central African Republic, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Gabon. |
| A. moeruensis | de Witte & Laurent, 1943 | ———— | Zaire centipede-eater | South Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| A. niger | Boulenger, 1897 | ———— | | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast. |
| A. nigriceps | (W. Peters, 1854) | ———— | Mozambique centipede-eater | South eastern Mozambique around Inhambane. |
| A. turneri | Loveridge, 1935 | ———— | Malindi centipede-eater | Coastal Kenya. |
| A. werneri | Boulenger, 1895 | ———— | Usambara centipede-eater | Eastern Tanzania, Usambara and Uluguru Mountains. |

*) Not including the nominate subspecies. $^T)$ Type species.

