Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Slug Eater

Duberria lutrix

Description:

Duberria lutrix, or the common slug eater, is a small, ovoviviparous, molluscivorous, nonvenomous snake, which is endemic to Africa.

Habitat:

Total length of adults is thirty to forty cm (approximately twelve to sixteen inches). The common slug eaters' colours vary, but typically have an olive green to brown or russet back, grey flanks, a yellowish or cream belly, and a black, more or less complete, vertebral stripe.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

1 Comment

WildAdventress
WildAdventress 9 years ago

nice spot please add to this mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2273...

Wendy Clapham
Spotted by
Wendy Clapham

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Spotted on Jan 7, 2014
Submitted on Jan 18, 2014

Related Spottings

Common Slug-eater Common Slug Eater Common Slug-Eater Common Slug-eater

Nearby Spottings

Spotting flap-necked chameleon Jackle buzzard. Spotting

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team