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boulengers garter snake
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by martyn on September 2, 2004
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does anyone know anything about this snake, any information at all would be great such as where they live what habit etc any information would be appriciated thanks . martyn
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by paleoherp on September 3, 2004
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martyn.
boulengers garter snakes live in southern to the eastern side of africa , its a small glossy snake about 40 to 70cm in length. small snakes often black and white bands that fade into a grey couler as they get older. moist habitats from sea leval about 1500 m.
its a burrowing snake, living in holes it emerges on warm days , they lay about 4 to 8 eggs , they eat other snakes , rodents and even frogs such as rubber frogs despite the poison secretions of the frog.
a nerotoxic snake but is not a dangerous snake to humans , 1 recorded bite caused swelling and pain , the normal effects of small colubrids.
i m interested in every reptile and amphibian in the world but herps in africa really interest me. never heard anyone ask about these snakes before though.
SHAUN
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by BGF on September 3, 2004
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We are studying the venom of Elapsoidea loveridgei at the moment. Keep in mind, they are an elapid with typical 'elapid' venon. They are not a colubrid. I would rate the bite as potentially lethal. A good comparison is that Sinomicrurus macclellandi was considered of no potential medical importance until one killed Hans Schnurrenberger.
Cheers
Bryan
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by paleoherp on September 4, 2004
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he s right martyn they are elapids there are about 9 species in the genus from what i understand, they are neurotoxic but from what i know the bites have caused swelling and nasal congestion . elapsoidea loveringi the east african garter snake i m not sure about the bite from these snakes apparently not much know , probaly why he s studying them , one man bitten after handling a house snake ( these are snake eaters) was bitten but no symptoms followed the snake was 64cm in length though they normally don t get that big .
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