Boomslang (Dispholidus typus typus) - venomous & very dangerous if threatened.
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A lady from Melkbosstrand called me this morning about this young Boomslang she saw in her garden.
In this video I show you what a Boomslang looks like close-up, and how one would check a snake's gender.
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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).
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Spotted Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps lacteus) - mildly venomous.
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One of our Facebook Page Fans found this snake outside their house and brought it to us in a bottle to identify.
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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.
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.
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Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) - non-venomous, but can inflict a painful bite.
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A neighborhood watch member in Melkbosstrand saw this big Mole Snake entering a resident's garden, then called me to remove it.
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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.
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Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) - venomous and very dangerous.
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Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/dispholidus-typus-typus-boomslang/
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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).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynkd6plCKck
Karoo Whip Snake (Psammophis notostictus) - mildly venomous, but poses no danger to humans.
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I was called out to remove this little guy from a house in Green Point (Cape Town), earlier today.
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Often found in fynbos, grassland, arid savannah, and karoo scrub, the Karoo Whip Snake is alert and quick-moving. It feeds mainly on lizards, mice, and other small rodents.
Oviparous, they lay 3-8 eggs in the summer.
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Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) - non-venomous, but can inflict a painful bite.
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The past couple of days the weather hasn't been ideal for snakes, so callouts were few and far-between. This catch more than made up for it, though!
Some workers at a construction site in Parklands saw this big Mole Snake going under a storage container, and they watched all of the possible exits for me until I arrived.
I was able to identify the species by checking through a small hole in the container with a flash light, and after some wiggling and coaxing I was able to grab hold of the snake's tail.
It had a pretty good grip on something and didn't want to let go, so I had to ask someone to carefully dig a hole under the container right next to me until I could see the rest of the snake and free it.
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.
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