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    Species Accepted

    Psammophis crucifer (Daudin, 1803)

    Cross-marked Grass Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Psammophis
    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

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      Cross-marked Grass Snake English
      Cross-marked Sand Snake English
      Cross-marked Whip Snake English
      Kruismerkgrasslang Afrikaans
      Kruisslang Afrikaans
      Montane Grass Snake English
      Quergebänderte Sandrennnatter German
      Streepslang Afrikaans
      inTlangu Xhosa
      Крестовидная песчаная змея Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      31 results
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      Conradie, Werner; Brain Reeves, Sandile Mdoko, Lwandiso Pamla, Oyama Gxabhu. (2020). Herpetological survey of the Ongeluksnek (Malekgalonyane) Nature Reserve on the foothills of the Drakensberg, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Herpetology Notes 13: 717-730.
      BATES, M. F. & D. BOSHOFF. (2018). Psammophis crucifer (Daudin, 1803). Death-feigning. African Herp News (67): 19.
      Stander, R. I. (2023). The Reptiles of the Limpopo Province and Kruger National Park. Herp Nomad, Polokwane, South Africa, 367 Pp.
      Wilkey, Rupert, & Sarah Nann. (2025). Field Guide to the Snakes of Eswatini. Pelagic, 208 Pp., DOI: 10.53061/FWDV3720.
      Broadley, D. G. (1977). A review of the genus Psammophis in southern Africa (Serpentes: Colubridae). Arnoldia 8 (12): 1-29.
      Fitzsimons, V. F. M., & Brain, C. K. (1958). A Short account of the Reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe, 1(1): 99-104.
      Broadley, D. G. (1962). On some reptile collections from the North-Western and North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-1961, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. Rhodesia 26 (B): 787-843.
      Flemming, A. F. (1994). Reproductive cycles of the snakes Psammophis crucifer, P. leightoni trinasalis and P. notostictus in the Orange Free State, South Africa. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (43): 19-27.
      Duméril, A. M. C., Bibron, G. & DUMÉRIL, A. H. A.,. (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l’histoire des serpents venimeux. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: I-Xii + 781-1536.

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