Lycophidion capense

Taxobox
name = Cape wolf snake

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image_caption = A Cape wolf snake, photographed near the CSIR buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Lepidosauromorpha
superordo = Lepidosauria
ordo = Squamata
infraordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
genus = Lycophidion
species = "L. capense"
binomial = "Lycophidion capense"
binomial_authority = Smith, 1831; Loveridge, 1929; Parker, 1949

Lycophidion capense, or the cape wolf snake, is an oviparouscite book |author=Carruthers, Vincent |title=The Wildlife of Southern Africa: A Field Guide to the Animal and Plants of the Region |publisher=Struik Publishers |location=Cape Town |year=2005 |pages=92 |isbn=1-86872-451-4 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=] , non-venomous snake which occurs over a wide area of south to central Africa [http://us.mirror.gbif.org/species/13498714 Biodiversity occurrence data provided by GBIF: (Accessed through GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net, 2008-09-02] )] . The species contains a number of subspecies, including "L. capense capense". [Citation | title = The Reptile Database | year = 2007 | url = http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Lycophidion&species=capense]

The wolf snake feeds mostly on lizards, which it bites and kills by constriction.

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