Free Online Quiz - Snake Identification (Intermediate)

Snake Identification Quiz

Intermediate Level

(15 Questions across more species, with more comparisons.)

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Q87: What species of snake is this?

From Hoedspruit, Limpopo. Here it shows typical arching of the neck in an effort to burrow underground.

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Common Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Bibron’s Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii)

Q8: What species of snake is this?

From Vredefort, Free State.

Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Black-headed Centipede-eater (Aparallactus capensis)

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Brown House Snake (Boaedon capensis)

Q89: What species of snake is this?

Bibron’s Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii)

Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Dusky-bellied Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus laevissimus)

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Q6: What species of snake is this?

From Hoedspruit, Limpopo.

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Q67: What species of snake is this?

Note the keyhole shaped eye

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Twig Snake (Thelotornis capensis)

Spotted Rock Snake (Lamprophis guttatus)

Q51: What species of snake is this?

from Pretoria, Gauteng.

Rhombic Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Q18: What species of snake is this?

Olive House Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Rhombic Egg-Eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Common Slug-Eater (Duberria lutrix lutrix)

Q49: What species of snake is this?

from Pretoria, Gauteng.

Rhombic Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Q11: What species of snake is this?

showing the large eye size in proportion to the head.

Green Mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps)

Spotted Bush Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster)

Q161: Which of these is a Black Mamba?

From Hoedspruit, Limpopo.

from Zambia.

From Pretoria Gauteng

showing defensive display.

Q34: What species of snake is this?

From the Eastern Cape.

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

South African Python (Python natalensis)

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

Q80: What species of snake is this?

From KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.

Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus)

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)

Cross-marked Grass Snake (Psammophis crucifer)

Karoo Whip Snake (Psammophis notostictus)

Q25: What species of snake is this?

Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis)

Berg Adder (Bitis atropos)

Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans)

Q48: What species of snake is this?

showing defensive display.

Rhombic Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Rhombic Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus)

Q86: What species of snake is this?

Common Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense)

Olive Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)

Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana)

Bibron’s Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii)

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