Free Online Quiz - Snake Identification (Easy)

Snake Identification Quiz

Easy Level

(10 Questions across common species.)

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Q85: Which of these is a Cape Cobra?

From Waterberg, Limpopo.

From Oudtshoorn, Western Cape.

Q16: What species of snake is this?

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Rhombic Egg-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Common Slug-Eater (Duberria lutrix lutrix)

Q15: What species of snake is this?

From Bloemfontein, Free State.

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)

Q5: What species of snake is this?

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Q64: What species of snake is this?

From Gauteng.

Karoo Whip Snake (Psammophis notostictus)

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Spotted Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps lacteus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Q32: What species of snake is this?

From Pearly Beach, Western Cape.

Common Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Common Slug-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra scabra)

Herald Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia)

Coral Shield Cobra (Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus)

Q48: What species of snake is this?

showing defensive display.

Rhombic Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Q40: What species of snake is this?

From Pearly Beach, Western Cape.

Herald Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia)

Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Q19: What species of snake is this?

From Nieuwoudtville, Western Cape.

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Coral Shield Cobra (Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus)

Q35: What species of snake is this?

From Pearly Beach, Western Cape.

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

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