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I photographed this snake in the Orpen area of Kruger. I haven't been able to ID it.
Thanks for looking
ID Please [Rhinotyphlops schlegelii]
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ID Please [Rhinotyphlops schlegelii]
by Jen » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:18 pm
1.1.0 Epicrates cenchria cenchria
1.1.0 Corallus hortulanus
1.1.0 Heterodon nasicus
1.1.0 Trimeresurus puniceus
2.2.0 Trimeresurus albolabris
1.1.0 Corallus hortulanus
1.1.0 Heterodon nasicus
1.1.0 Trimeresurus puniceus
2.2.0 Trimeresurus albolabris
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Re: ID Please
by Jen » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:24 pm
1.1.0 Epicrates cenchria cenchria
1.1.0 Corallus hortulanus
1.1.0 Heterodon nasicus
1.1.0 Trimeresurus puniceus
2.2.0 Trimeresurus albolabris
1.1.0 Corallus hortulanus
1.1.0 Heterodon nasicus
1.1.0 Trimeresurus puniceus
2.2.0 Trimeresurus albolabris
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Re: ID Please
by Durban Keeper » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:46 pm
I would say that's Rhinotyphlops schlegelii or Schlegel's Beaked blind snake. Never actually seen one though! Nice find
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Re: ID Please
by Groenslang » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:17 pm
Could it not be of one of the typhlops species? I don't know the English name but in Afrikaans it looks like a Reuse-Erdslang, literally translated Giant Blind snake?
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Re: ID Please
by Bushviper » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:30 pm
Yeah that is the Schlegels Beaked blind snake. It is funny that the last time I saw one was also in the Kruger park about 20 years ago.
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