Lamprophis is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as African house snakes. They are small, non-venomous snakes. They exhibit a wide variety of pattern variation, and may be spotted, striped, or solid colored. House snakes are sexually dimorphic, the females grow significantly larger, to approximately 120 cm in some species, some specimens have been recorded over 150 cm, the males only grow to approximately 75 cm. Albino variants of Lamprophis aurora have been found.