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Indian Egg-eater
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Indian Egg-eater

Boiga westermanni

The Indian egg-eating snake or Indian egg-eater (Boiga westermanni ) is a rare species of egg-eating snake found in the Indian subcontinent. It is also called Westermann's snake, reflecting its scientific name. The snake belongs to the monotypic genus Elachistodon.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 738068.