Free Online Quiz - Snake Identification (Advanced)

Snake Identification Quiz

Advanced Level

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

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Q57: What species of snake is this?

Bitis caudalis

Pseudaspis cana

Bitis arietans arietans

Python natalensis

Q66: What species of snake is this?

From Gauteng.

Psammophylax rhombeatus

Psammophis notostictus

Pseudaspis cana

Homoroselaps lacteus

Q105: What species of snake is this?

From central Namibia.

Bitis atropos

Bitis caudalis

Bitis arietans arietans

Bitis cornuta

Q172: What species of snake is this?

Schlegel’s Beaked Blind Snake (Afrotyphlops schlegelii)

Bibron’s Blind Snake (Afrotyphlops bibronii)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Natal Black Snake (Macrelaps microlepidotus)

Q174: What species of snake is this?

Natal Black Snake (Macrelaps microlepidotus)

Black File Snake (Gracililima nyassae)

Common File Snake (Limaformosa capensis)

Bibron’s Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii)

Q133: What species of snake is this?

Striped Skaapsteker (Psammophylax tritaeniatus)

Karoo Sand Snake (Psammophis notostictus)

Striped Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps dorsalis)

Cross-Marked Grass Snake (Psammophis crucifer)

Q217: What species of snake is this?

Southern Adder (Bitis armata)

Red Adder (Bitis rubida)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Péringuey’s Adder (Bitis peringueyi)

Q2: What species of snake is this?

Rhombic Egg-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Aurora House Snake (Lamprophis aurora)

Brown House Snake (Boaedon capensis)

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Q64: What species of snake is this?

From Gauteng.

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Karoo Whip Snake (Psammophis notostictus)

Spotted Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps lacteus)

Q73: What species of snake is this?

Brown House Snake (Boaedon capensis)

Common File Snake (Limaformosa capensis)

Common Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Q40: What species of snake is this?

From Pearly Beach, Western Cape.

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Herald Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia)

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Q197: What species of snake is this?

From Sesfontein, Namibia.

Lamprophis fiskii

Pythonodipsas carinata

Dasypeltis scabra scabra

Lamprophis guttatus

Q67: What species of snake is this?

Note the keyhole shaped eye

Twig Snake (Thelotornis capensis)

Spotted Rock Snake (Lamprophis guttatus)

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Q23: What species of snake is this?

From Gluckstadt, KwaZulu-Natal.

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Brown House Snake (Boaedon capensis)

Q208: What species of snake is this?

From Port Nolloth, Northern Cape.

Namaqua Dwarf Adder (Bitis schneideri)

Red Adder (Bitis rubida)

Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Q162: Which of these is a Puff Adder?

From Port Nolloth, Northern Cape.

from West Coast National Park, Western Cape.

Q225: What species of snake is this?

Plain Mountain Adder (Bitis inornata)

Southern Adder (Bitis armata)

Red Adder (Bitis rubida)

Berg Adder (Bitis atropos)

Q232: What species of snake is this?

Southern Adder (Bitis armata)

Red Adder (Bitis rubida)

Berg Adder (Bitis atropos)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Q220: What species of snake is this?

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus)

Snouted Night Adder (Causus defilippii)

Rhombic Egg-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra scabra)

Spotted Rock Snake (Lamprophis guttatus)

Q99: What species of snake is this?

From Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal.

Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus

Dasypeltis scabra

Lamprophis guttatus

Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus

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