page_title: Boaedon lineatus
section_title: Behaviour and diet
hierarchical_section_title: Boaedon lineatus / Behaviour and diet
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of a captive Lamprophis lineatus
context_page_description: Boaedon lineatus, the striped house snake, is a species of lamprophiid from throughout Africa. This species has a wide range stretching from Tanzania through Central Africa as far as Uganda. They are kept as pets with increasing regularity, often captured and exported for the pet trade.
  Until November 2010, this species was grouped in the genus Lamprophis, but a paper published by Kelly et al. reclassified this species in the genus Boaedon.
context_section_description: In the wild, this species is known to frequent human habitation, opportunistically feeding on the rodents that gather around human waste. They are known to feed on chicks & small lizards also. They are known to breed year-round and, unlike in captivity, breed once per year. Hatchlings are usually around 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length. These are nocturnal in nature and are known to occur at 1000 feet above sea level.
caption: Boaedon lineatus showing red colouration typical of some localities.
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