>>highly variable and differ in shading from place to place. i've also heard that they're quite abundant often being run over by cars and possess a savage bite.



Yes. They are very variable in color. As the photo shows, my female is a red brown. It's still hard to tell what color my male will be as he's taken longer to go through his ontogenetic change - as neonates they are heavily patterned and often a different color than they'll be as an adult. My male is probably going to be dark ashy grey or maybe black, if he continues darkening with each shed. My male, obtained as a neonate, is very docile. The female, obtained some months later but also as a captive born from the same South African population, is downright feisty - hissing, spitting, musking and biting. But I find her bite to be no more a problem than that of the average rat snake. I'm hoping she calms down though before she hits 5-6 feet!

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