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Pilane
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Southern Forest Worm Snake? (Suidelike woudererdslangetjie)


Close Imberbe!

The Albany Adder. Bitis albanica 1997


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Im very well camouflaged. Even though im quite timid and retiring, when i feel threatened - I will inflate my neck and display my bright skin between my scales - What am I?


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Rinkals??

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I'll go for a vine snake

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I agree with kgaglagadi TFP - vine snake for me too :wink:

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Hmm..., Yep I think I am also going to go with vine snake.

I am really sorry, but I will not be able to log on on the 1st of December as I will be up in the Winterburg enjoying a hard-earned break and from there I am headed straight to a game reserve in Limpopo and I will only be back on the 18th of December.


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Well done Kgalagadi TFP - It is indeed the Vine snake - Over to you!!! :D


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Kgalagadi Guru
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OK- here's an easy one... You might see me on the ground in Maputaland, where I may lay for a couple of months. I have a tendency to hybridize with a more common cousin, and come standard with hypodermic needles...

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Rattlesnake?


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Any chance at green mamba if it is tell me about the ground lying part please [/i]Dendraspis angusticeps)

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It must be the "King of camouflage" - the gaboon adder (Bitis gabonica). This snake's fangs are up to 40 mm in length!


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Hi all

How about the mozambique spitting cobra


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Aah! read the question better next time kiddo. I made the mistake of falling for the wording and assuming aboreal. I concur Gaboon adder which has been known to hybridise with the puffadder.

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You're quite right, Adansonia: Bitis gabonica it is. As Jeanus noted, they do hybridize with puffies. The hypodermic needles of BIG fellows have been measured at just over 2 inches, and they are not all that active. Very pleasant, laid-back snakes, actually; it takes quite a bit to make one go snappy on you. but then again, seeing as they can inject a good 800+mg of cytotoxins into your body, you don't want them to be temperamental....

OK, Adansonia, the floor's all yours....

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Only 15 of the 143 snake species in Southern Africa have actually killed people.

The first person to correctly name 7 of these snakes wins this quiz.


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