(In 360°) Herald Snake near Brackenfell, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (20170517)
Herald Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia) - mildly venomous.
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A family in Brackenfell called another Cape Town snake catcher last night about a small snake they'd captured in their yard, and since I was in the area this morning I offered to pick it up and release it.
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Herald Snakes are common in our area, and can often be found seeking shelter under rockeries or compost heaps in gardens. They’re especially common in marshy areas, fynbos, lowland forest, moist savannah, and grassland.
They prey mainly on toads, and when threatened they raise their flattened head horizontally whilst hissing and striking with the mouth open.
Oviparous, they lay 6-19 eggs in the summer.
Herald Snakes bite readily when threatened, but their venom is not thought to have any harmful effects on humans.
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