Free Online Quiz - Snake Identification (Easy)

Snake Identification Quiz

Easy Level

(10 Questions across common species.)

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Q57: What species of snake is this?

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Southern African Python (Python natalensis)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis)

Q43: What species of snake is this?

The Puff Adder has predominantly cytotoxic venom.

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Berg Adder (Bitis atropos)

Q35: What species of snake is this?

From Pearly Beach, Western Cape.

South African Python (Python natalensis)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Q26: What species of snake is this?

from Mtunzini, KwaZulu-Natal.

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans)

Berg Adder (Bitis atropos)

Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis)

Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica)

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)

Q18: What species of snake is this?

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Common Slug-Eater (Duberria lutrix lutrix)

Rhombic Egg-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Q29: What species of snake is this?

From Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal.

Western Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis occidentalis)

Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster)

Green Mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps)

Spotted Bush Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus)

Q83: Which of these is a Black Mamba?

From Hoedspruit, Limpopo.

from Zambia.

From Pretoria Gauteng

showing defensive display.

Q11: What species of snake is this?

showing the large eye size in proportion to the head.

Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Green Mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps)

Spotted Bush Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus)

Q64: What species of snake is this?

From Gauteng.

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Karoo Whip Snake (Psammophis notostictus)

Spotted Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps lacteus)

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

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