Aurora House Snake (Lamprophis aurora) - harmless. *Please click on the button below to "Share" this post!* -- I collected this Aurora House Snake from a business today where they found him hiding amongst some boxed tomatoes. -- You can help us keep our wildlife safe! Even small donations help immensely: http://www.bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/donate -- These little snakes are very secretive, seldom seen, and completely harmless. Adults average 45-60 cm, but can occasionally reach lengths of 90 cm. They are shiny olive green in color on top with a distinctive bright yellow to orange stripe running from the top of their head to the tip of their tail. Below, they’re yellowish to light greenish white. Favouring damp localities in grasslands, moist savannah, lowland forest, and fynbos, these snakes are mainly nocturnal (active at night) although they may be found basking in the early mornings or late afternoons. They feed on nesting rodents, lizards, and frogs, and are oviparous, laying 8-12 eggs in summer. Oviparous, they lay 8-12 eggs in summer. -- Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/lamprophis-aurora-aurora-house-snake/ Find your nearest snake catcher's contact details here: https://snakeremoval.co.za/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7CUNrFZMI

So let's say you just found a snake in your garden or in your home and you want to identify it. What should you do? Watch this video to find out. If you like this video, please give it a thumbs up, subscribe to our YouTube channel, and like our Facebook page! -- Like our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BloubergSnakeRescue/ Visit our Website: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/ Free African Snakebite Institute Posters: http://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/posters.htm Snakes of South Africa Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/snakesofsouthafrica/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcpPzixbBXI

Flowerpot Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) - harmless. *Please click on the button below to "Share" this post!* -- One of our Page Fans found this little snake in her pool yesterday, and I picked it up from her. -- You can help us keep our wildlife safe! Even small donations help immensely: http://www.bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/donate -- These small, harmless snakes are South Africa's only introduced snake species (originally from Australasia). It's often transported in pot plants, hence the common name. Flowerpot Snakes can be up to 17cm in length, and they prefer humic soil in and around cities. It's interesting to note that this is an all-female (parthenogenetic) species, in which unfertilized ova develop directly into new individuals - females are able to produce viable eggs without having to mate. They can be easily found beneath rocks and other forms of shelter within cities such as Durban and Cape Town, and they feed on termintes, ants, and their larvae as well as other small invertebrates. Oviparous, they lay 2-6 minute eggs (measuring just 6mm in length). The hatchlings are just over 4cm long - possibly the smallest snake in the world at that stage. -- Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/ramphotyphlops-braminus-flowerpot-snake/ Find your nearest snake catcher's contact details here: https://snakeremoval.co.za/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANBuTqQBQCs

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