Dasypeltis scabra, known as the common egg eater, egg-eating snake or rhombic egg eater, is a species of nonvenomous snake.

And why have you tried to wriggle your way into our trust like some egg-eating snake?

The African egg-eating snake has a most remarkable egg-opening tool.

Snakes generally have teeth, with some exception (African Egg-eating Snake).

Egg-eating snake can refer to six different species of snake, found within two genera:

For example, the African egg-eating snake has flexible jaws adapted for eating eggs much larger than the diameter of its head.

The Indian egg-eating snake is found in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal.

The egg-eating snake specializes in eating birds eggs, swallowing them whole and then breaking them using a protrusion from its spine.

Indian egg-eating snake (Elachistodon westermanni)

Dasypeltis (egg-eating snakes)

Most egg-eating snakes never get large enough to consume typical chicken eggs, so smaller ones must be provided, such as finch eggs or quail eggs.

East African egg-eating snake, Dasypeltis medici (Bianconi, 1859)

Common or Rhombic egg-eating snake, Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)

A sequence of a Montane Egg-eating Snake, Dasypeltis atra consuming a quail egg.

Dasypeltis scabra, known as the common egg eater, egg-eating snake or rhombic egg eater, is a species of nonvenomous snake.

The Indian egg-eating snake (Elachistodon westermanni) is a rare species of egg-eating snake found in the Indian subcontinent.

Dasypeltis scabra, known as the common egg eater, egg-eating snake or rhombic egg eater, is a species of nonvenomous snake.

COLUBRIDAE Dasypeltis scabra (Common Eggeater)