The first is definitely a Psammophis sp., a rear-fanged sand snake - to be treated with a modicum of caution. This is a difficult genus, so I am not going to stick my neck out for species ID.
The second is some kind of natricine, but I would not want to guess what species, especially with the locality of origin very unclear. It does NOT look like any South African species I can think of.
The third is a Spalerosophis sp., also known as diadem snake - they are a genus of colubrid snake widespread through arid areas of north Africa and the Middle East.
In summary, I very much doubt that any of the snakes come from South Africa.
Hope this is of some help.
Cheers,
WW
>>Hi
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>>Please help ID these snakes.
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>>There appears to be 3 different species. All of there snakes were imported from South Africa (very cheap) and are currently offered for sale in a pet shops. These snakes could be wild caught natives of South Africa or any other snakes.
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>>Anyone can id these animals with 95-100% accuracy??
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>>Here is a link: www.ohannah.freeservers.com/petshopsnakes.html
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>>(I had to post photos on the web since they are of XL format, and then freeservers.com does not allow image linking on a free site.)
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>>Thank you.
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