Snake List

JEJANE PRIVATE NATURE RESERVE
LIST OF SNAKES OCCURRING ON THE RESERVE
Updated January 2011

	Common name	Scientific name
1	Lesser worm snake	Leptotphlops conjunctus incognitus
2	Giant blind snake	Typhlops s. schelgellii
3	Southern african python	Python sebae natalensis
4	Brown house snake	Lamprophis fuliginosus
5	Variegated wolf snake	Lycophidion variegatum
6	Mole snake	Pseudaspis cana
7	Cape file snake	Mehelya c. capensis
8	Black file snake	Mehelya nyassae
9	Rufous beaked snake	Rhamphiobis oxyrhynehus
10	Stripe-bellied sand snake	Psammophis s. subtaeniatus
11	Olive grass snake	Psammophis phillipsii
12	Bibron's burrowing asp	Atractaspis bibronii
13	Purple-glossed snake	Amblyodipsas polylepsis
14	Cape centipede-eater	Aparallactus capensis
15	Spotted bush snake	Philothamus s. semivariegatus
16	Common egg eater	Dasypeltis scabra
17	Red-lipped or Herald snake	Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
18	Tiger snake	Telescopus s. semiannulatus
19	Boomslang	Dispholidus t. typus
20	Vine snake	Thelotornis c. capensis
21	Lowveld shield-nosed snake	Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius
22	Sundevall's garter snake	Elapsoidea sundevallii media
23	Snouted cobra	Naja annulifera
24	Mozambique spitting cobra	Naja mossambica
25	Black mamba	Dendroaspis polylepis
26	Common night adder	Causus rhombeatus
27	Puff adder	Bitis a. arietans
28	Eastern bark snake - Mopani snake	Hemirhaggerhis nototaenia
29	Marbled tree snake	Dipsadoboa aulica
30	Schlegel's beaked blind snake	Rhinotyphlops schlegelii

The original list was compiled by Dr. Niels Jacobsen on personal sightings on Vienna Game farm and subsequently added to by shareholder sightings.

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