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in need of south africa herp list
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by herpboy on July 5, 2005
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in a few years i have the oppertunity to herp south africa (the country) and figured that it would be good to be familiar with whatever species i might run into
there for i was wondering if anyone could give me a link to some where or just some plain old knowledge that might help me out
thanks
Bryan
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by Cro on July 5, 2005
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Bryan: It is great that you will get a chance to hunt reptiles in South Africa.
I would suggest you spend $32.50 on Amazon.com, and purchase the book:
( Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa by Bill Branch, ).
It is a good book, and the information is very up to date for that region.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by Buzztail1 on July 5, 2005
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Bryan,
You can find reviews for two books on African snakes in our reviews section.
They can be found here:
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/reviews/detail/8
and here:
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/reviews/detail/137
Personally, I would recommend attending the show in Daytona and visiting Larry Kenton's booth (Maryland Reptile Farm) and the other book dealers that faithfully attend each Daytona show. They will have a wealth of herp books covering the area of your interest.
Karl H. Betz
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by GREGLONGHURST on July 6, 2005
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I agree with CRO. Branch's field guide will serve you well. A good friend of mine recently returned from 2 weeks in Kenya & the surrounding areas. He saw a lot of animals, but only one snake. If you have the opportunity to look specifically for snakes, you will no doubt do better.
~~Greg~~
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Anonymous post on July 7, 2005
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Again, better ask Phillip, since he is part Aussie.
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by timberrattlesnake89 on July 7, 2005
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1 Amblyodipsas concolor- Natal Purple-glossed Snake
2 Amblyodipsas microphthalma- Eastern Purple-glossed Snake , White-lipped Snake
3 Amblyodipsas polylepis- Common Purple-glossed Snake
4 Amplorhinus multimaculatus- Many-spotted Snake , Cape Reed Snake , Cape Many-spotted Snake
5 Aparallactus capensis Cape Centipede Eater , Black-headed Snake , Angola Centipede Eater ( A. c. bocagei )
6 Aparallactus lunulatus-Reticulated Centipede Eater , Barred Centipede Eater , Plumbeous Centipede-eater , Southeastern Centipede-eater ( A. l. lunulatus ), Blotch-back Centipede-eater , Black-collared Centipede-eater ( A. l. nigrocollaris ) 7 Aspidelaps lubricus ( subsp. lubricus ) South African Coral Snake , Cape Coral Snake , Coral Snake Sub-Saharan Africa
8 Aspidelaps scutatus Shield Snake , Shield-nose Snake ( A. s. scutatus ) , Intermediate Shield-nose Snake ( A. s. intermedius ) , Eastern Shield-nose Snake ( A. s. fulafula ) Sub-Saharan Africa
9 Atractaspis bibronii* Southern Burrowing Asp , Bibron's Burrowing Asp , Bibron's Burrowing Adder , Southern Mole Viper
10 Atractaspis duerdeni- Duerden's Burrowing Asp , Duerden's Burrowing Adder
11 Bitis albanica- Many-horned Adder , Hornsman Adder ( Eastern subspecies ) , Eastern Province Hornless Adder , Albany Adder
12 Bitis arietans- Puff Adder , Common Puff Adder , African Puff Adder ( B. a. arietans ) , Somali Puff Adder ( B. a. somalica )
13 Bitis armata- Southern Adder
14 Bitis atropos- Berg Adder , Cape Mountain Adder , Highveld Berg Adder
15 Bitis caudalis- Horned Adder , Sidewinding Adder , Common Single-horned Adder , Horned Puff Adder
16 Bitis cornuta- Many-horned Adder , Hornsman Adder ( Western subspecies ) , Western Hornsman
17 Bitis gabonica- Gaboon Adder , Gaboon Viper ( Eastern Race ) , Forest Puff Adder, Butterfly Adder , Swampjack
18 Bitis inornata- Plain Mountain Adder , Cape Puff Adder , Hornless Adder
19 Bitis rubida- Plain Mountain Adder , Red Adder
20 Bitis schneideri- Namaqua Dwarf Adder , Schneider's Adder , Spotted Dwarf Adder
21 Bitis xeropaga- Desert Mountain Adder
22 Causus defilippii- Snouted Night Adder 23 Causus rhombeatus Common Night Adder , Rhombic Night Adder
24 Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia- Herald Snake , Red-lipped Snake , White-lipped Snake , Savanna White-lipped Snake , Black-templed Cat snake
25 Dasypeltis inornata- Southern Brown Egg Eater
26 Dasypeltis scabra- African Egg-eating Snake , Egg-eating Snake , Common Egg Eater , Common African Egg Eater , Rough-skinned Snake , Rhombic Egg Eater , Loveridge's Egg Eater ( D. s. loveridgei ) , South West African Egg Eater ( D. s. loveridgei )
27 Dendroaspis angusticeps- Common Green Mamba , Eastern Green Mamba , White-mouthed Mamba , Green Mamba
28 Dipsadoboa aulicus- Cross-barred Tree Snake , Marbled Tree Snake
29 Dipsina multimaculata- Dwarf Beaked Snake
30 Dispholidus typus- Boomslang , Common African Tree Snake , Kivu Boomslang ( D. t. kivuensis ) , Kivu Large Green Tree Snake ( D. t. kivuensis )
31 Duberria lutrix- Common Slug-eater , Russet Slug-eater , Southern Slug-eater ( D. l. lutrix ) , Abyssinian Slug-eater ( D. l. abyssinica ) , Black-bellied Slug-eater ( D. l. altiventris ) , Rhodesian Slug-eater ( D. l. rhodesiana ) , Russet Garden Snake
32 Duberria variegata Spotted Slug-eater , Variegated Slug-eater
33 Elapsoidea semiannulata ( subsp. boulengeri )-Boulenger's Garter Snake
34 Elapsoidea sundevallii- Sundervall's Garter Snake , Southern African Garter Snake , Natal Garter Snake ( E. s. sundevallii ) , Kallahari Garter Snake ( E. s. fitzsimonsi ) , Highveld Garter Snake ( E. s. media ) , Long-tailed Garter Snake ( E. s. longicauda ) , De Coster's Garter Snake ( E. s. decosteri )
35 Hemachatus haemachatus- Rinkals , Ringhals , Ring-necked Spitting Cobra
36 Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia Bark Snake , Mopane Snake , Eastern Bark Snake , Eastern Dusky-bellied Snake , Dark-spotted Snake
37 Homoroselaps dorsalis- Striped Harlequin Snake
38 Homoroselaps lacteus- Spotted Harlequin Snake , Dwarf Garter Snake
39 Lamprophis aurora- Aurora House Snake 40 Lamprophis fiskii- Fisk's House Snake
41 Lamprophis fuliginosus- Common African House Snake, Brown House Snake , Black House Snake , Common House Snake
42 Lamprophis fuscus-Yellow-bellied House Snake
43 Lamprophis guttatus- Spotted House Snake
44 Lamprophis inornatus- Olive House Snake , Black House Snake
45 Lamprophis swazicus- Swazi Rock Snake , Swaziland House Snake
46 Lycodonomorphus laevissimus- Dusky-bellied Water Snake , Black water Snake , Watermeyer's Water Snake
47 Lycodonomorphus rufulus- Common Brown Water Snake , Olive-brown Water Snake , South African Rufous Snake
48 Lycodonomorphus whytii- Floodplain Water Snake , Whyte's Water Snake ( L. w. whytii )
49 Lycophidion capense- Cape Wolf Snake , Common Wolf Snake , Pemba Wolf Snake ( L. c. pembanum ) , Jackson's Wolf Snake ( L. c. jacksoni ) , Loveridge's Wolf Snake ( L. c. loveridgei ) , Spotted Cape wolf Snake ( L. c. vermiculatum )
50 Lycophidion pygmaeum- Pygmy Wolf Snake
51 Lycophidion variegatum- Variegated Wolf Snake
52 Macrelaps microlepidotus- Natal Black Snake
53 Mehelya capensis- Cape File Snake , Northwestern Cape File Snake ( M. c. savorgnani ) , De Brazza's Cape File Snake ( M. c. savorgnani ) , Savanna cape File Snake ( M. c. unicolor ) Sub-Saharan Africa
54 Mehelya nyassae- Black File Snake , Nyasa File Snake , Dwarf File Snake
55 Meizodon semiornatus- Semiornate Snake , Southern Semiornate Bush Snake ( M. s. semiornatus ) , Tchad Semiornate Snake ( M. s. tchadensis )
56 Montaspis givomaculata- Cream-spotted Mountain Snake
57 Naja annulifera ( subsp. annulifera )- Banded Cobra , Snouted Cobra
58 Naja melanoleuca- Black Cobra , White-lipped Cobra , Forest Cobra , Black and White-lipped Cobra , Black-lipped Cobra
59 Naja mossambica- Mocambique Spitting Cobra , m'Fezi , Mozambique Spitting Cobra Sub-Saharan Africa
60 Naja nigricollis ( subsp. nigricollis ) Black-necked Spitting Cobra
61 Naja nigricollis ( subsp. woodi )- Black Spiiting Cobra , Western Black Spiiting Cobra
62 Naja nivea- Cape Cobra , Yellow Cobra
63 Natriciteres variegata- Variable Marsh Snake , Forest Marsh Snake , Dwarf Marsh Snake ( N. v. pembana ) , Pemba Marsh Snake ( N. v. pembana )
64 Pelamis platurus-Yellow Bellied Sea Snake , Pelagic Sea Snake , Black and Yellow Sea Snake , Yellow and Black Sea Snake
65 Philothamnus hoplogaster-Green Water Snake , Southeastern Green Snake , Leaf Snake , Common Green Water Snake , Short-tailed Green Snake
66 Philothamnus irregularis- Sub-Saharan Africa Iregular Green Snake , Common Bush Snake , Green Tree Snake , Green Swamp Snake , Western Green snake , Emin's Green Snake , Northern Green Snake
67 Philothamnus natalensis- Natal Green Snake , Natal Green Water Snake ( P. n. natalensis ) , Western Natal Green Water Snake ( P. n. occidentalis )
68 Philothamnus semivariegatus- Spotted Bush Snake , Spotted Wood Snake , Variegated Bush Snake , Spotted Bush Snake , Variegated Wood Snake , Green Speckled Bush Snake , Green Speckled Wood Snake , Banded Bush Snake , Banded Wood Snake
69 Prosymna ambigua- East African Shovel-snout Snake ( P. a. stuhlmanni ), Northwest Angola Shovel-snout Snake ( P. a. ambigua ) , Central African Shovel-snout Snake ( P. a. bocagii ) , Urundi Shovel-snout Snake ( former P. a. urundiensis ) , Northeast Angola Shovel-snout Snake ( former P. a. brevis ) , Angolan Shovel-snout Snake ( P. a. ambigua )
70 Prosymna bivittata- Two-striped Shovel-snout Snake, Twin-striped Shovel-snout Snake
71 Prosymna frontalis- South-western Shovel-snout Snake , Southwest African Shovel-snout
72 Prosymna janii- Mozambique Shovel-snout Snake , Keel-scaled Shovel-snout Snake , Keeled-scale Shovel-snout Snake
73 Prosymna sundevalli- South African Shovel-snout Snake ( P. s. sundevalli ), Coppery Snake Snake ( P. s. sundevalli ) , Sundevall's Shovel-snout Snake ( P. s. sundevalli ), Mozambique Shovel-snout Snake ( P. s. lineata ) , Striped Shovel-snout Snake ( P. s. lineata )
74 Psammophis angolensis- Dwarf Sand Snake , Angola Sand Snake , Dwarf Whip Snake
75 Psammophis brevirostris- Short-snouted Whip Snake
76 Psammophis crucifer- Cross-marked Grass Snake , Montane Grass Snake , Crossed Grass Snake , Crossed Whip Snake
77 Psammophis jallae- Jalla's Sand Snake
78 Psammophis leightoni- Cape Sand Snake Sub-Saharan Africa
79 Psammophis mossambicus- Olive Whip Snake , Olive Sand Snake , Hissing Sand Snake
80 Psammophis namibensis- Namib Sand Snake , Namibian Sand Snake
81 Psammophis notostictus- Karoo Sand Snake , Karoo Whip Snake , Dapple-backed Sand Snake
82 Psammophis phillipsii- Olive Grass Snake , Olive Grass Racer
83 Psammophis sibilians- Olive Grass Snake , Olive Sand Snake , Hissing Sand Snake , Striped Sand Snake , African Beauty Snake , Leopard Snake ( P. s. leopardinus ) , Short-snouted Grass Snake ( P. s. brevirostris )
84 Psammophis subtaeniatus- Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake
85 Psammophis trigrammus- Western Sand Snake , Western Whip Snake
86 Psammophis trinasalis- Fork-marked Sand Snake , Kalahari Sand Snake
87 Psammophylax rhombeatus- Spotted Skaapsteker , Rhombic Skaapsteker , Spotted Grass Snake
88 Psammophylax tritaeniatus- Striped Skaapsteker , Striped Grass Snake , Three-lined Grass Snake , Southern Striped Skaapsteker
89 Pseudaspis cana- Mole Snake , Common Mole Snake
90 Python natalensis- Southern African Python 91 Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus- Rufous Beaked Snake , Eastern Beaked Snake ( R. o. rostratus ) , Eastern Brown Beaked Snake ( R. o. rostratus ) , Eastern Sharp-nosed Snake ( R. o. rostratus ) , Western Beaked Snake ( R. o. oxyrhynchus ) , Western Brown Beaked Snake ( R. o. oxyrhynchus ) , Western Sharp-nosed Snake ( R. o. oxyrhynchus )
92 Telescopus beetzi- Namib Tiger Snake
93 Telescopus semiannulatus- Tiger Snake , Common Tiger Snake , Eastern Tiger Snake ( T. s. semiannulatus ) , Damara Tiger Snake ( T. s. polystictus )
94 Thelotornis capensis- Bird Snake , Twig Snake , Vine Snake , Cape Twig Snake , Southern Bird Snake , Southern Savanna Vine Snake or Savannah Vine Snake ( T. c. capensis ) , Oate's Twig Snake , Oate's Bird Snake , Oate's Vine Snake , Oate's Savanna Vine Snake ( T. c. oatesii )
95 Xenocalamus bicolor- Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake ( X. b. bicolor ) , Variable Quill-snouted Snake ( X. b. bicolor ) , Southern Quill-snouted Snake ( X. b. australis ) , Waterberg Quill-snouted Snake ( X. b. australis ) , Striped Quill-snouted Snake ( X. b. lineatus )
96 Xenocalamus transvaalensis- Transvaal Quill-snouted Snake
Here is all the snakes of South Africa.
Phillip
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by Cro on July 7, 2005
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Bryan: From looking at the list just posted by Phillip, it seems there are some great snakes in South Africa to search for. You might also notice that quite a few of them are quite hot. Before you go afield there, make sure you know where the nearest medical facilitys are that might stock anti-venin, just in case you run into the wrong end of one of them. Wish I was going along, as it would be quite fun to see many of those animals in the wild.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by Cro on July 11, 2005
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Bryan: Another thing to be cautious about when visiting South Africa is that 1 in 5 of the adults there have the HIV ( Aids ) virus. This is probably politically incorrect, and perhaps there is no danger of them passing it to you by way of food preperation, or mosquito bite, or other route, but then again, do you really believe the government when they say it can not be spread that way? It would make me somewhat concerned knowing folks who were infected were preparing meals, or possibly working in the medical field there. Just be carefull. Here is a link if you have not heard about the 20% infection rate there.
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Aids_Focus/0,,2-7-659_1735778,00.html
JohnZ
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