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The Central African rock python kills its prey by constriction and often eats animals up to the size of antelope, occasionally even crocodiles. The snake reproduces by egg-laying. Unlike most snakes, the female protects her nest and sometimes even her hatchlings. The snake is widely feared, though it is nonvenomous and very rarely kills humans.
This list of snakes of Africa includes all snakes in the continent of Africa. Philothamnus natalensis; Echis megalocephalus; Echis leucogaster [1] Roman's carpet viper [1] Naja melanoleuca; all species of the genus Afrotyphlops; Bitis caudalis; Bitis peringueyi; Bitis heraldica [2] Dispholidus typus; Spitting cobra (Many species); Dendroaspis ...
The African twig snakes are distinctive in appearance and unlikely on that continent to be mistaken for any other snake, if indeed the observer notices them. Thelotornis is characterised by a depressed and flat head, keyhole-shaped pupils, and in T. kirtlandii , a projecting canthus rostralis which forms a shallow loreal groove on each side of ...
The Pythonidae, commonly known as pythons, are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia. Among its members are some of the largest snakes in the world. Ten genera and 39 species are currently recognized. Being naturally non-venomous, pythons must constrict their prey to induce cardiac arrest prior to consumption.
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a species of highly venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae.It is native to parts of sub-Saharan Africa.First formally described by Albert Günther in 1864, it is the second-longest venomous snake after the king cobra; mature specimens generally exceed 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and commonly grow to 3 m (9.8 ft).
A snake of forest or woodland, it is the only one of Africa's cobras that will live in high forest. [36] The forest cobras are snakes that are well adapted to many environments and the habitat of the forest cobra is strongly dependent on what part of its African range the snake originates from.
This species may be the most common and widespread snake in Africa. [4] It is found in most African regions and on parts of the Arabian Peninsula. It is found in all habitats except true deserts, rainforests, and (tropical) alpine habitats. It is most often associated with rocky grasslands. [13]
Calabresi's blind snake; Cape cobra; Cape file snake; Cape wolf snake; Causus bilineatus; Causus defilippii; Causus lichtensteinii; Causus rhombeatus; Central African egg-eating snake; Central African rock python; Cerastes vipera; Chilorhinophis carpenteri; Mali cobra; Snouted cobra; Common brown water snake; Compsophis laphystius ...