Common Purple-gloss snake

[Mongoose]

Amblyodipsas polylepis from Hoedspruit.

This is an anti-predating method whereby they hide there heads away and wave there tails. It also had a truncated tail

[Fooble]

Nice man.

[alexander]

Nice, on road at night?

[alexander]

Where are the pics showing the head?

[jka]

Very nice, what was the temp like when you?

[BOOGY]

Ahh nice, so when did u go without me??

[silvian]

Purple-gloss snakes can be easily confused with the genus Arizona from North America. Does anybody know how to easily differentiate them?

[Westley Price]

Well looking at them should make it pretty easy to distinguish between the two.

Just because the common names are similar, it doesn't mean that the snakes look similar.

I don't think there are any black subspecies of Arizona, so telling the difference should be very easy.

Below is a picture of Arizona elegans (not sure of the subspecies). Compare it to the picture at the top of the page of a Purple-glossed Snake



Picture is from http://www.californiaherps.com

[Eyelash]

I agree with Wes. There is really nothing to it.

[Amelia]

Wow. That' s great! Brave man!