Summary ⁷

Psammophylax rhombeatus (psammo=sand, phylax=guard) or Rhombic Skaapsteker, is a small, attractively patterned, Southern African snake usually measuring between 45 and 85 centimetres in length, though occasionally reaching 140 cm.

Distribution ⁸

Continent: Africa
Distribution: S Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, SW Angola

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Alex Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alex Rebelo
2. (c) Overberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Psammophylax_rhombeatus.jpg/460px-Psammophylax_rhombeatus.jpg
3. (c) Ltshears, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/SpottedSkaapsteker2010.jpg
4. Ltshears - Trisha M Shears, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Spottedskaapsteker_image_003.jpg/460px-Spottedskaapsteker_image_003.jpg
5. anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Spottedskaapsteker.jpg
6. Ltshears (Trisha M Shears), no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Spottedskaapsteker_2.jpg/460px-Spottedskaapsteker_2.jpg
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psammophylax_rhombeatus
8. (c) Peter Uetz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/14311876

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• Snake Database
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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