Hi, although new to this forum, I have just received 8 Psammophis in a shipment from Ghana by mistake!!! I have had them identified by one of the U.K's leading authorities on African snakes & he tells me I have 6 Psammophis sibilans & 2 Psammophis subtaeniatus. The subtaeniatus are absolutely loopy, very nervy & dart around their cage whenever disturbed, the sibilans are mpore confident of themselves & their defences! I was told of a story regarding a snake exhibitor in Africa who got bitten by a P.sibilans only to die during the night! This is an excellent reason to exercise caution! especially with the larger ones, the one you picture appears to me to be sibilans and is what I would class as juvenile by size comparison with my own, the largest one I have is about 36" & all will readily feed on defrosted mice of about 3weeks of age, they are extremely beautiful animals (the subtaeniatus are even nicer in my opinion)but I would advise EXTREME CAUTION when working with them, as they do have a very high yield & very large mouth which allows the fangs to engage easier as they are quite forward sitting in the mouth too.



Hope this helps



Mike.

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