Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) - non-venomous, but can inflict a painful bite. *Please click on the button below to "Share" this post!* -- Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/pseudaspis-cana-mole-snake/ Find your nearest snake catcher's contact details here: https://snakeremoval.co.za/ -- A local business found this large Mole Snake on their premises - it likely came in from a nearby green belt. -- Mole Snakes are found in a variety of habitats, even mountainous regions and deserts, but they're particularly common in sandy scrub-covered and grassveld regions. They spend most of their time underground, pushing their way through soft sand in search of moles and other rodents. Viviparous, they give live birth to anywhere between 25-50 babies in late summer. Interestingly, juvenile (young) mole snakes have a variety of patterns and colors that they lose completely once they reach adulthood. -- You can help us keep our wildlife safe! Even small donations help immensely: http://www.bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/donate ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbI2SeFGPJM

Spotted Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps lacteus) - venomous. *Please click on the button below to "Share" this post!* -- A Table View resident saw this little snake in the road earlier today and captured it in a box, then called me to relocate it. -- You can help us keep our wildlife safe! Even small donations help immensely: http://www.bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/donate -- Also knows as a "Gevlekte Kousbandjie", Spotted Harlequin Snakes average 40 cm in length and have very distinctive coloring. They prefer fynbos, lowland forest, moist savannah, and grassland, where they can often be found in deserted terminte mounds and under rocks. Although not deadly to humans, a bite from this snake may result in swelling, painful glands, and mild haemorrhage. Spotted Harlequin Snakes feed on legless skinks, blind snakes, and other snakes as well as small lizards. Oviparous, they lay 6-9 eggs in the summer. -- Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/homoroselaps-lacteus-spotted-harlequin-snake/ Find your nearest snake catcher's contact details here: https://snakeremoval.co.za/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FwCbmuObTs

Just a quick video showing you how I feed my pet Gray-Banded Kingsnake "Noodle", as well as the Brown House Snake I'm nursing back to health. -- Download the “Snake Removal Pro” app to have instant access to your nearest snake catcher’s contact details, read frequently asked questions, watch snake rescue videos, and more: http://bit.ly/snakeremovalpro -- Your donations help us keep our community and wildlife safe! Even tiny amounts from enough of our fans would help us cover our fuel cost & time - simply click on one of the "Donate" buttons here: http://www.bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW1QwdIOpHo

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus typus) - venomous and very dangerous. *Please click on the button below to "Share" this post!* -- An Atlantis resident found his dogs barking at this young Boomslang in his yard earlier today, and called me to relocate it for him. -- You can help us keep our wildlife safe! Even small donations help immensely: http://www.bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/donate -- Boomslang are known for their strikingly large eyes - the largest of any African snake. Females are light to olive brown with dirty white to brown bellies, whereas males may have a variety of colors but usually present dark green on top with yellow bellies and black markings in-between their belly scales. Shy and diurnal (active during the day), they spend most of their lives in trees and shrubs where they hunt eggs, birds, frogs, chameleons, and other tree-dwelling lizards. Their venom is haemotoxic, which means that it affects the clotting mechanism in blood and leads to severe internal and external bleeding, or even haemorrhage if untreated. Although potent, the venom is slow-acting and may take more than 24 hours to produce serious symptoms - an effective anti-venom is available in some locations. There are two common myths about the Boomslang: firstly, that they drop from trees onto people who walk by (they don’t), and secondly that because they’re rear-fanged they can only bite you on your little finger (they are rear-fanged, but can open their jaws 170 degrees and bite you almost anywhere on your body). -- Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/dispholidus-typus-typus-boomslang/ Find your nearest snake catcher's contact details here: https://snakeremoval.co.za/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rmDfaDXs20