This snake is found in the Sub-Saharan African countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Angola and Guinea.

It is a harmless snake, black with five red stripes down its back.

A terrestrial and nocturnal snake, when not active, it hides in holes, leaf litter, and in or under rotting logs.

Females lay clutches of about five eggs; it eats small forest animals such as shrews and mice.

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