Snake Identification Quiz

Advanced Level

(20 Questions across all species, with more comparisons, and a focus on scientific names.)

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Q12: What species of snake is this?
from the Western Cape.
Q17: What species of snake is this?
Q202: What species of snake is this?
Q28: What species of snake is this?
Q164: Which of these is a Rinkhals?
From Lephalale, Limpopo.
from Ruacana, Namibia.
from Hoedspruit, Limpopo.
Q155: Which of these snakes are harmless to humans?
swallowing its prey.
From the Eastern Cape.
From Waterberg, Limpopo.
(Psammophis notostictus), Calvinia, Northern Cape.
Q59: What species of snake is this?
Q81: What species of snake is this?
Q4: What species of snake is this?
From Hoedspruit, Limpopo.
Q157: Which of these snakes are harmless to humans?
showing the characteristic scale clearly visible on the front of the snout.
(Philothamnus hoplogaster), Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal.
From Simunye, Swaziland.
Q25: What species of snake is this?
Q37: What species of snake is this?
Q231: What species of snake is this?
Q126: What species of snake is this?
Q84: What species of snake is this?
From the Western Cape.
Q208: What species of snake is this?
From Port Nolloth, Northern Cape.
Q112: What species of snake is this?
Q55: What species of snake is this?
from Hoedspruit, Limpopo.
Q225: What species of snake is this?
Q219: What species of snake is this?
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