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Snake Identification Quiz

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Q56: What species of snake is this?

displaying defensive behaviour.

Southern African Python (Python natalensis)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis)

Q18: What species of snake is this?

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Common Slug-Eater (Duberria lutrix lutrix)

Rhombic Egg-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Q79: Which of these snakes are harmless to humans?

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

From Simunye, Swaziland.

(Philothamnus hoplogaster), Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal.

Q5: What species of snake is this?

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Q37: What species of snake is this?

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Q86: Which of these is a Rinkhals?

from Ruacana, Namibia.

From Lephalale, Limpopo.

from Hoedspruit, Limpopo.

Q60: What species of snake is this?

A close-up showing the orange surrounding the pupil. From Hluhluwe, Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal.

Western Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis occidentalis)

Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster)

Spotted Bush Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus)

Eastern Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis natalensis)

Q83: Which of these is a Black Mamba?

from Zambia.

From Pretoria Gauteng

From Hoedspruit, Limpopo.

showing defensive display.

Q7: What species of snake is this?

From Vredefort, Free State.

Brown House Snake (Boaedon capensis)

Black-headed Centipede-eater (Aparallactus capensis)

Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Q46: What species of snake is this?

From Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Rhombic Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

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