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Yup def an egg eater.... got the most incredible mouths.....have a look around for pics of one actually eating an egg as their skin stretches out so that the scales are separate. Amazing little snakes but can be quite aggressive even though theyre pretty harmless

Anyone got any ideas if this is a python or a puff adder?



I thought python as I would say it was over a metre long, and also cause of the pointy bit on the end of its tale which is clearly shown on the pic of a python in my Kruger book ...

Grateful for comments ...

Thanks!

Great pic Wendy

superb picture
poor snake

Though not clear that seems to me to be a Puffadder. Are there any other photos available?

WendyA,
That is definately a Puff Adder (Bitis arietans)

welcome to the forum nyami
and thank you for the help

No question regards the poor puff
I think that is an African Hawk Eagle (Hieraaetus spilogaster)

These pics were already posted last year by my sister but nobody was sure what this snake is. So I will try again, maybe MacAdder can help here We saw this snake last year in May in Umfolozi/KZN, it seemed it was injured by a car

I would say a Tawny

My guess from the scale pattern and the length and structure of the body is that this is an adult female Boomslang (Dispholidus typus).

Thanks MacAdder

McAdder, I think it is rather a Olive Whip Snake. The head & eyes do not match those of a Boomslang.
The eagle is indeed a Tawny Eagle!

Bobbi I did notice that the eye was a wee bit small to be a Boom and never considered an Olive Wipe. I have nearly zero knowledge of eagles so if you say it’s a Tawny Eagle then it must be.

Thanks Anne Maria!
Bobbi Jane is correct that is a Olive Whip snake(Psammophis mossambica)