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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Q204: What species of snake is this?

From Simunye, Swaziland.

Spotted Rock Snake (Lamprophis guttatus)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Rhombic Egg-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra scabra)

Marbled Tree Snake (Dipsadoboa aulica)

Q210: What species of snake is this?

Natal Black Snake (Macrelaps microlepidotus)

Bibron’s Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii)

Bibron’s Blind Snake (Afrotyphlops bibronii)

Common Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Q109: What species of snake is this?

From Koingaas, Namaqualand.

Southern Adder (Bitis armata)

Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis)

Many-Horned Adder (Bitis cornuta)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Q189: What species of snake is this?

From Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal.

Western Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis occidentalis)

Eastern Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis natalensis)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus viridis)

Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster)

Q101: What species of snake is this?

Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Brown Forest Cobra (Naja subfulva)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Q157: Which of these snakes are harmless to humans?

From Simunye, Swaziland.

showing the characteristic scale clearly visible on the front of the snout.

(Philothamnus hoplogaster), Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal.

Q113: What species of snake is this?

Cross-Marked Sand Snake (Psammophis crucifer)

Olive Grass Snake (Psammophis mossambicus)

Western Yellow-Bellied Sand Snake (Psammophis subtaeniatus)

Short-Snouted Grass Snake (Psammophis brevirostris)

Q96: What species of snake is this?

Dasypeltis scabra

Dasypeltis medici medici

Causus rhombeatus

Dasypeltis inornata

Q2: What species of snake is this?

Aurora House Snake (Lamprophis aurora)

Brown House Snake (Boaedon capensis)

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Rhombic Egg-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Q81: What species of snake is this?

Psammophylax rhombeatus

Lycodonomorphus inornatus

Psammophis notostictus

Psammophis crucifer

Q140: What species of snake is this?

Common Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Variegated Slug-Eater (Duberria variegata)

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Common Slug-Eater (Duberria lutrix)

Q162: Which of these is a Puff Adder?

From Port Nolloth, Northern Cape.

from West Coast National Park, Western Cape.

Q178: What species of snake is this?

From Aggenhuys, Northern Cape.

Berg Adder (Bitis atropos)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Péringuey’s Adder (Bitis peringueyi)

Desert Mountain Adder (Bitis xeropaga)

Q194: What species of snake is this?

Lamprophis guttatus

Dasypeltis scabra scabra

Lamprophis fiskii

Psammophylax rhombeatus

Q24: What species of snake is this?

Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Boaedon mentalis

Pseudaspis cana

Lycodonomorphus inornatus

Q222: What species of snake is this?

Red Adder (Bitis rubida)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Berg Adder (Bitis atropos)

Southern Adder (Bitis armata)

Q119: What species of snake is this?

Bibron’s Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Schlegel’s Beaked Blind Snake (Afrotyphlops schlegelii)

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Q186: What species of snake is this?

From Limpopo.

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus viridis)

Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster)

Eastern Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis natalensis)

Western Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis occidentalis)

Q90: What species of snake is this?

Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Atractaspis bibronii

Lycodonomorphus laevissimus

Lycodonomorphus inornatus

Q69: What species of snake is this?

Lamprophis guttatus

Dispholidus typus

Thelotornis capensis

Psammophylax rhombeatus

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