Egyptian Cobra
The Egyptian Cobra is a large cobra, reaching 2.5m in length. It is widespread in central, eastern and northern Africa. The Moroccan population is treated as a subspecies.
The Egyptian Cobra is a large cobra, reaching 2.5m in length. It is widespread in central, eastern and northern Africa. The Moroccan population is treated as a subspecies.
An uncommon and secretive snake that is active at night. Most known individuals have been found crossing roads or killed by vehicles. It was first described in 1887 from Touws River and Matjiesfontein but two individuals were found near Springbok back in 1982.
One of few successful invasive snakes that came in with the soil of ornamental flowers, hence the common name.
This is one of Africa’s largest cobras and may exceed 2.7 m in length. Adults are light to medium shiny brown becoming black near the tail. They may also be pitch black or black with light bands. There are now five species in this group throughout Africa.
This perfectly-camouflaged tree-living snake is seldom seen because of its excellent camouflage and habit of remaining very still in low shrubs, observing the ground below for passing lizards and snakes.
A slender, fast-moving diurnal snake that averages 50-80 cm, but may reach a length of 1.1 meters. It occurs largely in Kalahari thornveld and arid grasslands of the western Free State, Northern Cape and further north extending into Botswana and Namibia. Like many of the sand snakes, this species has stripes running down the length of the body.
A uniform grey to dark brown or blackish snake that may have irregular yellow blotches, especially on the throat and in the anal region. It is a small snake averaging 15 cm with a maximum length of 18 cm. This snake inhabits coastal forest and moist savanna in northern Zululand, Mozambique and south-eastern Zimbabwe.
A large, robust adder that averages 90 – 120 cm in southern Africa. This beautifully coloured snake occurs from Mtunzini northwards into Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and elsewhere further north.
A large, robust adder that averages 1 meter, but may reach 1.7 m. This beautifully-coloured snake occurs in savanna, coastal and montane forest.
A bright green snake that in South Africa inhabits coastal KZN and is usually only found within a few kilometres of the sea. In Mozambique and Zimbabwe, the distribution may extend further inland. It is often confused with harmless green snakes of the genus Philothamnus and the green Boomslang.