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South African Poisonous Snakes
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by fak119 on July 5, 2006
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Hello,
of the well over 1oo species of snakes in Southern Africa, only 12 are supposed to be dangerous to man. I count:
Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)
Green Mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps)
Cape Cobra (Naja haje)
Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica)
Egyptian Cobra (Naja annulifera)
Puffadder (Bitis arietans)
Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica)
Vine Snake (Thelotornis capensis)
Rinkhals (Hemachatus h.)
Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)
Horned adder (Bitis caudalis)
Many horned adder (Bitis cornuta)
Do you know more?
Thank you
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by BREEZER on July 5, 2006
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Hi Felix,
At last! a question about my country lol.
Do you want to know of species that are venomous or species that are potencially leathal to man. If your looking for the latter, then you've got most of them covered. but you left out the Western barred spitting cobra, the Forest cobra and a couple of Asp species. Other venomouse would enclude the common night adder, rhombic night adder and a couple species more. I will get my herpin' field guide out of the car and i will add a couple more! I cant think of any others right now, but i know there are. Are you from SA? Fill out your profile and tell us a bit more about yourself!
Best regards,
Quintin
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by GREGLONGHURST on July 5, 2006
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Their range (Uganda & western Kenya) may keep them off your list, but the Jameson's mamba is certainly potentially lethal.
~~Greg~~
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by Cro on July 5, 2006
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A few more South African snakes that are dangerous to man would be:
Bird Snake (Thelotornis kirklandi)
Shield-Nose Cobra (Aspidelaps scutatus)
Berg`s Adder (Bitis atropos)
Plain Mountain Adder (Bitis inornata)
Hope this helps.
JohnZ
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by Venomjunkie on July 5, 2006
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sorry i dont know of any more hots near you, but i thought id point out that a few of your latin names are incorrect. the cape cobra is naja nivea and the egyptian cobra is naja haje.
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by Cro on July 5, 2006
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East African Egyptian Cobras are Naja haje.
South African Egyptian Cobras are now elevated to full species status, and are now called Snouted Cobras, Naja annulifera.
Hope this helps.
JohnZ
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by Venomjunkie on July 5, 2006
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thanks for the info John. i never knew that the snouted cobra had any relation to the egyptian cobra. i thought it was a completely different species (which i guess it technically is). to the author, sorry for the mix up.
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by GREGLONGHURST on July 6, 2006
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John's right about the Gyppies. When I had a pair of bandeds at the park in the late 60's, early '70's, the trinomial was Naja haje annulifera. At that time, they were called banded Egyptians.
The twig snake, also known as the bird snake is..or was Thelotornis kirtlandii ssp. That genus has apparently undergone some changes. Branch shows the southern forms as T. capensis, & the form to the north & west as T. kirtlandii.
~~Greg~~
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by Atrox788 on July 7, 2006
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Lets not forget Naja nevia. They only occur in South Africa and have the most toxic Naja venom or atleast at one point they were consindered the most potent Naja.
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