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    Species Accepted

    Aparallactus capensis Smith, 1849

    Black-headed Centipede Eater
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Aparallactus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
      Black-headed Centipede Eater English
      Black-headed Centipede-eater English
      Black-headed Snake English
      Cape Centipede Eater English
      Cape Centipede-Eater English
      Kaapse Honderdpootvreter Afrikaans
      Swartkop Mierslang Afrikaans
      Swartkop-honderdpootvreter Afrikaans
      Swartkopslang Afrikaans
      Sydlig Skolopendersnog Danish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      54 results
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      Tolley KA, Telford NS, Makhubo BG, Power RJ, & Alexander GJ. (2023). Filling the gap: Noteworthy herpetological discoveries in North West Province, South Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 101-116.
      Bourgeois, M. (1986). Contribution à la morphologie compare ́e du craˆne des Ophidiens de l’Afrique Centrale. Publ. Univ. Off. Congo, 1986; XVIII: 1–293.
      Wilkey, Rupert, & Sarah Nann. (2025). Field Guide to the Snakes of Eswatini. Pelagic, 208 Pp., DOI: 10.53061/FWDV3720.
      Smith, A. (1849). Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. 3 (Reptiles). Smith, Elder, and Co., London [Facsimile Published by Winchester Press, Johannesburg, 1977].
      Jordaan, P.R., Steyl, J.C.A., Hanekom, C.C., Xander Combrink. (2020). Fire-associated reptile mortality in Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa. Fire Ecol (2020) 16: 3.
      Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. (2019). The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130 (E203).
      Witte, G. F. de & LAURENT,R.F. (1947). Revision d’un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines. Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique (Sér. 2) 29: 1-134.
      Broadley, D. G. (1959). The herpetology of Southern Rhodesia. Part I--the snakes. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 120 (1): 1-100 [Reprint 1972].

      Citation

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