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Equatorial snake hunting(literally)
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Anonymous post on December 17, 2004
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Hi, Im from Dumstburg, Africa. Is close to Botswana. What other species of snake beside the Gabon live here. Its summer now and very hot for snake. But in de evening, I can still fine dem.
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by Chris_Harper on December 17, 2004
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Botswana - here's a list:
1 Amblyodipsas polylepis Common Purple-glossed Snake
2 Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake , Spotted purple-glossed Snake
3 Aspidelaps scutatus Shield Snake , Shield-nose Snake ( A. s. scutatus ) , Intermediate Shield-nose Snake ( A. s. intermedius ) , Eastern Shield-nose Snake ( A. s. fulafula )
4 Atractaspis bibronii Southern Burrowing Asp , Bibron's Burrowing Asp , Bibron's Burrowing Adder , Southern Mole Viper
5 Atractaspis duerdeni Duerden's Burrowing Asp , Duerden's Burrowing Adder
6 Bitis arietans Puff Adder , Common Puff Adder , African Puff Adder ( B. a. arietans ) , Somali Puff Adder ( B. a. somalica ) 7 Bitis caudalis Horned Adder , Sidewinding Adder , Common Single-horned Adder , Horned Puff Adder
8 Causus rhombeatus Common Night Adder , Rhombic Night Adder
9 Crotaphopeltis barotseensis Barotse Water Snake 10 Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Herald Snake , Red-lipped Snake , White-lipped Snake , Savanna White-lipped Snake , Black-templed Cat snake
11 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 ) 12 Dipsina multimaculata Dwarf Beaked Snake 13 Dispholidus typus Boomslang , Common African Tree Snake , Kivu Boomslang ( D. t. kivuensis ) , Kivu Large Green Tree Snake ( D. t. kivuensis ) 14 Elapsoidea semiannulata ( subsp. boulengeri ) Boulenger's Garter Snake
15 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 )
16 Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia Bark Snake , Mopane Snake , Eastern Bark Snake , Eastern Dusky-bellied Snake , Dark-spotted Snake
17 Meizodon semiornatus Semiornate Snake , Southern Semiornate Bush Snake ( M. s. semiornatus ) , Tchad Semiornate Snake ( M. s. tchadensis ) 18 Naja annulifera ( subsp. anchietae ) Anchieta's Cobra , Angolan Cobra
19 Naja annulifera ( subsp. annulifera ) Banded Cobra , Snouted Cobra
20 Naja mossambica Mocambique Spitting Cobra , m'Fezi , Mozambique Spitting Cobra
21 Naja nivea Cape Cobra , Yellow Cobra 22 Natriciteres olivacea Olive Marsh Snake , Olive Grass Snake , Olive Water Snake , Black-backed Grass snake , Black-backed Water Snake , Common Water Snake , Montane Marsh Snake ( former N. o. uluguruensis )
23 Philothamnus angolensis Western Green Snake , Angolan Green Snake Sub-Saharan Africa
24 Philothamnus hoplogaster Green Water Snake , Southeastern Green Snake , Leaf Snake , Common Green Water Snake , Short-tailed Green Snake 25 Philothamnus ornatus Ornate Green Snake , Stripe-backed Green Snake
26 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
27 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 )
28 Prosymna angolensis Angola Shovel-snout Snake , Southwest Angola Shovel-snout Snake
29 Prosymna bivittata Two-striped Shovel-snout Snake, Twin-striped Shovel-snout Snake
30 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 )
31 Psammophis angolensis Dwarf Sand Snake , Angola Sand Snake , Dwarf Whip Snake
32 Psammophis brevirostris Short-snouted Whip Snake
33 Psammophis jallae Jalla's Sand Snake
34 Psammophis mossambicus Olive Whip Snake , Olive Sand Snake , Hissing Sand Snake
35 Psammophis notostictus Karoo Sand Snake , Karoo Whip Snake , Dapple-backed Sand Snake
36 Psammophis phillipsii Olive Grass Snake , Olive Grass Racer
37 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 )
38 Psammophis subtaeniatus Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake
39 Psammophis trinasalis Fork-marked Sand Snake , Kalahari Sand Snake
40 Psammophylax tritaeniatus Striped Skaapsteker , Striped Grass Snake , Three-lined Grass Snake , Southern Striped Skaapsteker
41 Psammophylax variabilis Grey-bellied Grass Snake , Striped Skaapsteker , Kenyan Striped Skaapsteker ( P. t. multisquamis )
42 Telescopus semiannulatus Tiger Snake , Common Tiger Snake , Eastern Tiger Snake ( T. s. semiannulatus ) , Damara Tiger Snake ( T. s. polystictus )
43 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 )
44 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 )
45 Xenocalamus mechowii Elongate Quill-snouted Snake , Western Quill-snouted Snake ( X. m. inornatus )
46 Xenocalamus transvaalensis Transvaal Quill-snouted Snake
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by ALA_herp31 on December 17, 2004
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That should keep you buisy for a wile Anonymous. Mr. Harper, I know its hard to remember all those Spicies, but I have to ask, did you remember all of them off the top of your head "LOL"? If you did it must have took years to get to that point "LOL".....Be safe ya'll, happy herping Wally
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by cottonmouth on December 17, 2004
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Now that is some serious effort you put into that Chris; way to go and very interesting.
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by BD713 on December 17, 2004
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I dont beleive this question is serious. Think about it DUMstburg. I dont buy it, but I could be wrong.
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Anonymous post on December 18, 2004
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perhaps copied from somewhere ? :) with the list.
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