Snake Comparison – Zebra Cobra vs Rinkhals
It’s easy to confuse a Zebra with a Rinkhals. The graphic below illustrates how to recognize the key differences between the two.
It’s easy to confuse a Zebra with a Rinkhals. The graphic below illustrates how to recognize the key differences between the two.
It’s easy to confuse a Black Spitting Cobra with a Rinkhals. The graphic below illustrates how to recognize the key differences between the two.
There are five highly venomous species in the province, including the one spitting snake (the Black Spitting Cobra). Most snakes try to avoid humans at all costs and move off quickly, meaning that bites to humans are rare.
There are ten highly venomous species in KwaZulu-Natal, including the two spitting snakes (the Rinkhals and Mozambique Spitting Cobra). Most snakes try to avoid humans at all costs, and considering the number of people in KwaZulu-Natal, bites are rare.
There are five highly venomous species in the province, including the two spitting snakes (the Rinkhals and Black Spitting Cobra). Most snakes try to avoid humans at all costs, and considering the number of people in the Western Cape, bites are rare.
There are ten highly venomous species in the province, including the two spitting snakes (the Rinkhals and Mozambique Spitting Cobra). Most snakes try to avoid humans at all costs, and considering the number of people in KwaZulu-Natal, bites are rare.
We have three very popular online snake courses; Beginners’ Guide to Snake Identification, Advanced Snake Identification and Snake Awareness and First Aid for Snakebite.
We have a large presence on social media with well over 500 000 followers over our various pages. Our Facebook group Snakes of Southern Africa is one of the largest and best run wildlife pages in Africa, and members submit dozens of snake pictures daily, asking for assistance with identification.
Gauteng has a large diversity of snakes, which are naturally found from the grass and vlei lands around Johannesburg to the bushveld areas around Pretoria. Because the province is largely built up, with both residential and industrial buildings, many of the snakes encountered are either in the house, garden, or in business premises.
When snakes grow, they get too large for their skins and need to slough the old skin. The process of shedding the old skin is known as ecdysis.
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