Was gonna make myself lunch when I found this snake on the kitchen counter. http://test.templatescope.com/snake.JPG
I live in Durban South Africa. Can anybody tell me what this snake is.
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Snake in my kitchen
hoferat
Oct 03, 2004 03:12 PM
Replies (12)
calsnakes
Oct 03, 2004 04:30 PM
Well i am gonna take a shot and say it looks to me like a Dispholidus, a boomslang, I may be wrong but until someone says different excercise caution as boomslangs are deadly.
NWFLHerper
Oct 03, 2004 05:40 PM
Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus
calsnakes
Oct 04, 2004 12:16 AM
Actually after looking at the south african snake book I have, you are right......is a bit long and narrow for a boomslang.
zoolady
Oct 04, 2004 02:08 AM
I am curius if it is either one of those!
I agree I think it is too long and narrow to be a boomslang. Even a young one.
Bu thten everything I read about the Spotted Bush snake says thier tails are supposed to get browner twords the end. This one in the pic is still bright green!
So I am just totally curious now which it is if either one!
rearfang
Oct 04, 2004 06:53 AM
Its the Philothamus.
Frank
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Greg Longhurst
Oct 04, 2004 04:59 AM
There's a picture on plate 30 of Bill Branch's book that is a match for the picture taken by the original poster. Including the green tail.
~~Greg~~
chrish
Oct 04, 2004 06:32 AM
>>Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus
A boomslang would have a larger eye, particularly at that size.
Note also that Branch states that the Spotted Bush Snake may be bronze towards the tail, not that it always is. Therefore this snake agrees with that description.
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oldherper
Oct 04, 2004 07:45 AM
I FOURTH that vote. (Can you do that?)
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zoolady
Oct 04, 2004 10:52 AM
I tried looking up this snake . I looked up both Philothamus and Spotted Bush snake. Not very much on the web about this snake and I could not find ONE picture! Anyone know where I can find one? I do not have the book someone was refering to. As I live in The western part of the USA, I only carry Stebbins Western Reptiles&Amphibians.
I would love to see mroe pics of the snake though. If anyone knows where to find them. 
NWFLHerper
Oct 04, 2004 01:35 PM
zoolady
Oct 06, 2004 02:51 AM
Oh cool! Thanks!
Well that matches the other pic pefectly huh? Although you cant see the rest of the snake in this pic, I think its enough to safely identify it.
How pretty. Wish we had bright green snakes here. The few colorful snakes we do have are so very hard to find. 
Hotshot
Oct 03, 2004 06:04 PM
I am no expert on S. African snakes, but it looks like a juvenile boomslang.
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