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Snake Identification Quiz

Easy Level

(10 Questions across common species.)

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Q11: What species of snake is this?

showing the large eye size in proportion to the head.

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Spotted Bush Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus)

Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster)

Green Mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps)

Q51: What species of snake is this?

from Pretoria, Gauteng.

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus)

Rhombic Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Q8: What species of snake is this?

From Vredefort, Free State.

Brown House Snake (Boaedon capensis)

Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Black-headed Centipede-eater (Aparallactus capensis)

Q40: What species of snake is this?

From Pearly Beach, Western Cape.

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Herald Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia)

Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Q66: What species of snake is this?

From Gauteng.

Spotted Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps lacteus)

Karoo Whip Snake (Psammophis notostictus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Q15: What species of snake is this?

From Bloemfontein, Free State.

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)

Q67: What species of snake is this?

Note the keyhole shaped eye

Twig Snake (Thelotornis capensis)

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Spotted Rock Snake (Lamprophis guttatus)

Q35: What species of snake is this?

From Pearly Beach, Western Cape.

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

South African Python (Python natalensis)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Q5: What species of snake is this?

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Q73: Which of these snakes are dangerously venomous?

From Hluhluwe, Kwa_Zulu Natal.

From Louis Trichardt, Limpopo.

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