Common Snakes in Southern Africa

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Aurura House Snake (Lamprophis aurora). © Johan Marais	Beetz's Tiger Snake (Telescopus beetzi) from Aus, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Berg Adder (Bitis atropos) from Finsbury near Lydenburg. © Johan Marais	Berg Adder (Bitis atropos) from George, Southern Cape.© Johan Marais	Berg Adder (Bitis atropos) from KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg. © Johan Marais
Berg Adder (Bitis atropos) from Mpumalanga. © Johan Marais.	Bibron's Blind Snake (Afrotyphlops bibronii) from Cato Ridge. © Johan Marais	Bibron's Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii) from Durban. © Johan Marais	Bibron's Stiletto Snake (Atractaspis bibronii) from Kalahari. © Johan Marais	Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) from Hoedspruit. © Johan Marais
Black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) from near Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. © Johan Marais	Black Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops nigricans). © Johan Marais	Black-headed Centipede-eater (Aparallactus capensis) from Durban. © Johan Marais	Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) from Simunye, Swaziland. © Johan Marais	Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) hatchling from Hoedspruit with massive emerald eye. © Johan Marais
Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) hatchling from Hoedspruit, Limpopo. ©Johan Marais	Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) Male. © Johan Marais	Brown House Snake (Lamprophis capensis) from Durban. © Johan Marais	Brown House Snake (Lamprophis capensis) from KwaZulu-Natal. © Johan Marais	Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus). © Johan Marais
Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) - speckled phase from near Aroam, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) - yellow phase from near Aroam, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) subadult from near Upington. © Johan Marais	Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) with hood. From near Aroam, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Cape Wolf Snake (Lycophidion capense). © Johan Marais
Common File Snake (Mehelya capensis) from Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. © Johan Marais	Coral Shield Cobra (Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus) from Aus, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Coral Shield Cobra (Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus) from Springbok. © Johan Marais	Cross-marked Grass Snake (Psammophis crucifer) from MgDougals Bay, Port Nolloth. © Johan Marais	Damara Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops labialis) from Namibia. © Johan Marais
Delalandi's Beaked Blind Snake (Rhinotyphlops lalandei) from near Alldays, Limpopo Province. © Johan Marais	Desert Mountain Adder (Bitis xeropaga) from near Aggenhuys. © Johan Marais	Dusky-bellied Water Snake (Lycodonomorphis laevissimus) from the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. © Johan Marais	Eastern Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus n. natalensis) from KwaZulu-Natal. © Bryan Maritz	Eastern Tiger Snake (Telescopus semiannulatus) from Port Elizabeth. © Johan Marais
Forest Cobra (Naja melanoleuca) from Zululand. © Johan Marais.	Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica) from St Lucia, Zululand. © Johan Marais	Green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) from Mulanje Mountains, Malawi. Copyright Johan Marais	Green Water Snake (Philothamnus hoplogaster) from Durban. © Johan Marais	Herald or Red-Lipped Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia) from Mooi Rivier, KwaZulu-Natal. © Johan Marais
Herald or Red-Lipped Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia) from near Sordwana, KwaZulu-Natal. © Johan Marais	Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis) from Aus, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis) from near Karamas, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis) from northern Namibia. © Johan Marais	Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Rather unusual! © Johan Marais
Intermediate Shueld Cobra (Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius) from Hoedspruit. © Johan Marais	Kalahari Sand Snake (Psammophis trinasalis) from Askham, Northern Cape. © Johan Marais	Karoo Snad Snake (Psammophis notostictus). © Johan Marais	Kunene Shield Cobra (Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi) from Sesfontein, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Many-horned Adder (Bitis cornuta) from Noup, Namaqualand. © Johan Marais
Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) from Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. © Johan Marais	Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) from the Western Cape. © Johan Marais	Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) juvenile. © Johan Marais	Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) from Caprivi, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) from Limpopo. @ Johan Marais
Namaqua Dwarf Adder (Bitis scneideri) from Port Nolloth. © Johan Marais	Natal Black Snake (Macrelaps microlepidotus). © Johan Marais	Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus). © Johan Marais	Olive Grass Snake (Psammophis mossambicus) from Hoedspruit. © Johan Marais	Olive House Snake (Lamprophis inornatus) from Duiwelskloof, Limpopo Province © Johan Marais
Peringuey's Adder (Bitis peringueyi) from Swakopmund. © Johan Marais	Peters' Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons) from near Middleburg, Gauteng. © Johan Marais	Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans) from south of Windhoek, Namibia. © Johan Marais.	Rhombic Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra) from Caprivi, Namibia. © Johan Marais	Rhombic Egg-eater (Dasypeltis scabra) from near Poffadder in the Northern Cape.] © Johan Marais
Rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus) from Gauteng Highveld. © Johan Marais	Rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus) from the Eastern Cape. © Johan Marais	Rufous Beaked Snake (Rhamphiophis rostratus) from Hoedspruit. © Johan Marais	Schlegel's Beaked Blind Snake (Rhinotyphlops schlegelii schlegelii) from northern Zululand. © Johan Marais	Short-snouted Grass Snake (Psammophis brevirostris) © Johan Marais
Slug-eater (Duberria lutrix) from the Wolkeberg, Limpopo. © Johan Marais	Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera) - banded phase from Hoedspruit. © Johan Marais	Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera) - banded phase. © Johan Marais	Southern African Python (Python natalensis) from Simunye, Swaziland. © Johan Marais.	Southern African Python (Python natalensis). © Johan Marais
Southern Brown Egg-eater (Dasypeltis inornata) from Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. © Johan Marais	Speckled Shield Cobra (Aspidelaps scutatus scutatus). © Johan Marais	Spotted Bush snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus) from Durban. © Johan Marais	Spotted Bush Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus) from KwaZulu-Nata. © Brian Maritz	Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus) from KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. © Johan Marais
Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus) from Bogenfels Arch, Sperrgebiet, Namibia.© Johan Marais	Striped Skaapsteker (Psammophylax tritaeniatus) from Namibia. © Johan Marais	Vine Snake (Thelotornis capensis) from Hoedspruit. ©Johan Marais	Vine Snake (Thelotornis capensis) from Simunye, Swaziland. © Johan Marais	Western Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis occidentalis). © Johan Marais
Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake (Psammophis subtaeniatus) from Koanaka, Western Botswana. © Johan Marais	Zebra Cobra (Naja nigricincta nigricincta) fro]m Ruacana. © Johan Marais