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Hi all

Don't know if this is the right spot !

Is this a Puff adder or not? I know it's not a great shot I got spooked by a noise in the car

Hi Liesl,

I hope you dont mind but I saved your photo to zoom in to have a better look, It is a puff adder

Justin

Tried to open attachment but (after I had to log in again!) got Error Message:

Thanks Justin!

Seem I have to load up pic from a host server like tiny pics which I don't have access to at work Will post again for you to have a look at!

And after zooming in you did not noticed that this is a little girl??

Hi all

Can anyone tell me what snake this is.

I would say Mozambique Spitting Cobra

I'd agree with the Mozambique Spitting Cobra!!

I saw a MASSIVE balck mamba on sunday driving back from Kruger

Very Nice BM!

Thanks RJ

Another snake id please....Found this 20 cm snake under the dogs bed on my doorstep. We live on the North Coast in KZN in a small seaside village. The snake had very jerky movements and a distinctive narrowing at it's tail.....I am struggling to attach the image but you'll find it here....http://sites.google.com/site/saudisarah/

Looks like a Natal Black Snake (Natalse Swartslang) - Macrelaps microlepidotus to me. Nasty customer. Doesn't bite easily but venom causes loss of consciousness.

My best bet, is with the Unspeckled phase Common Wolf Snake(Lycophidion capense)......I do think the only way to tell this snake for sure would be a side on shot of the head, and a decent scale count?!