Beginners Guide to Snake Identification (SA)

There are 173 species and subspecies of snakes in southern Africa. Some of these snakes are rare or uncommonly encountered as they may have restricted distributions or are not abundant. Other species may be wide-ranging and are commonly encountered.

This course will examine the basic and common groups of snakes in Southern Africa.

Advanced Snake Identification

Snake identification can be a tricky task for beginners and even for snake enthusiasts or experts. Of the 172-odd species and subspecies that occur in Southern Africa, there are a few groups that seem to confuse people frequently.

This course covers easily confused snakes and commonly misidentified species. We include distribution maps, scale counts and a key to identification within each group.

Western Cape – 08 August 2020

Western Cape – 09 August 2020

KwaZulu-Natal – 15 August 2020

KwaZulu-Natal – 16 August 2020

(10 Questions across common species)

(15 Questions across more species)

(20 Questions across all species)