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what kind of snake do you think this is




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Posts: 914 | Location: Burgersfort the big Kudu mekka of South Africa | Registered: 27 April 2007Reply With Quote
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Walter says it is a dead snake.


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Well done walter you are 100% right
what calibre was used


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Looks like a deadly Cape cobra.

[Edited in deference to Walter:]

Correction: A dead deadly Cape cobra.


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Black Mamba...a young one. Can you open his mouth and take a picture to confirm?

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If it were in the Southeast it would be a rattle-headed-copper-moccasin. I don't know what the hell you call those things over there.


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I have to agree. It looks like a dead cape cobra to me. Whatever the caliber used it obviously wasnt "enough gun". If it was all you would see in the picture would be little cobra pieces parts. Wink The thing is cobras range from a light yellow/brown all the way through black. Some are solid in colour others are speckled. Unless they raise up to a striking position and you see the typical "cobra hood" the unexperienced might not realize they are the same snake.


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It's either a deadly Cobbler or an Applely Piethon shocker


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I agree with Mike. Dead Cape Cobra.

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I agree with Mike and Mike(Retreever). Big Grin
 
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My guess is it's a non-poisonous Rat Snake.

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I have to go with DaleW on this one: a juvenile black mamba.


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Looks like Mozambique Spitting Cobra? my 2 c
 
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One very lifeless Cape Cobra Big Grin
 
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I also thought it was a Rat Snake er I meant a Dead Rat Snake.
 
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A diamond backed rattle mossican.


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Definatley not a black mamba it is one of the cobras would help to see the underside if it has a black band on its neck then it will be a spitting cobra no band I would go with a cape cobra .
 
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I don't care who you are that's just funny right there..LOL

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I will go with a cobra. Location will tell which one. Cool


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I agree with the cobra. Cape or Mozambique spitter? The only Egyptian cobra I've seen was very dark olive. The head is too large, I believe, for a mamba.


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I'd have to taste it to be sure but, yes a Cape Cobra.

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I'd have to taste it to be sure but, yes a Cape Cobra.

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Yes the head is more indicative of a cobra. Mambas have a more streamlined coffin shape head. Also the colour is wrong even for a juvenile. It would be more of an olive colour. The only way to know what type of cobra is to see the underside.


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Definetly one of the four kinds of snakes I don't like: big ones, little ones, dead ones, and live ones. But this one appears to be of the (preferred) 'dead ones' category.
 
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You and me both Matt! Damn things give me the willies. I guess by definition a phobia is an irrational fear, then in this case is it all that irrational? Yet somehow I am equally fascinated by them.


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Mozambique Spitting Cobra I think.

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Look at the image of this one on Google just before the cameraman shot it...

Moz Spitting Cobra


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Here in NZ we call them 'nightmares'

We don't have snakes here and we lynch anyone attempting to bring one in.
 
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the very best kind-deceased
 
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Here in NZ we call them 'nightmares'

We don't have snakes here and we lynch anyone attempting to bring one in.


From what I've heard living in New Zealand is extremely boring.... Big Grin


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No it's not boring here, the lynchings provide the excitement.
 
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No it's not boring here, the lynchings provide the excitement.


That sounds great! Wana swap a few lynchings for a couple of snakes? beer


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Pellet gun and it a mfezi or mozambiqcan spitting cobra


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It is certainly a cobra, did it have a single black band under it's throat? An mfezi will have several irregular dark bands under it's neck, never just one. I think that it is a juvenile snouted cobra, but it could be an mfezi. It seems to have a very stumpy nose for an mfezi, and colouration fits both snouted cobra and mfezi, but looks more speckled than I would like for an mfezi. If it had a dark eye overall as opposed to a light eye with a dark pupil then it is likely to be a snouted cobra. It is hard to tell from the photo, it looks almost as if it is about to shed it's skin! A young cape cobra is usually a much brighter yellow colour, although there is a lot of variation, especially when they get bigger. I still think that it is a young snouted cobra!
 
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I have my African hunter here visiting and he says its a Mozambique forest cobra


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The more I look at the snake, the more I see it as a snouted cobra. Take a look at the speckled area on it's back and look at the yellow belly scales...an mfezi is usually pinky white underneath. Stephen's pic is a classic mfezi, you can see the light eye, the bands under it's neck and the uniform tan brown, with dark skin imbetween the scales with no speckling! Snouted/Egyptian cobras extend far down into the lowveld as well...again I am pretty sure it is a snouted cobra, but would need to see more pics from different angles to be sure.
 
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