Dasypeltis sahelensis

[Durban Keeper]

Straight up...not indigenous or my photo, I found this on google, but my word it has to be one of the best looking egg eaters i have ever seen! Wowser!



I wish I could have a collection of African snakes! So many mind blowing species on this continent the world hardly even knows exists!
What other species belonging to Genus's we find locally blow your mind?

Speaking of Dasypeltis, these are so cool also... Black phase D. 'atra'


DK

[wadekilian]

That's definitely one of the more striking Egg Eaters I've seen.

The D. Atra is also pretty cool. What's their common name?

[Ruan Stander]

That is incredible. I am also into African species, they are the most amazing ! I am not a fan of exotics, so I do not count African species as exotics, haha.

[shadowfoot]

The D. sahelensis is amazingly good looking. Do you have any info on them like length, where they occur etc?

[Bushviper]

I wish I could have a collection of African snakes! So many mind blowing species on this continent the world hardly even knows exists!
What other species belonging to Genus's we find locally blow your mind?

I am just tickled to bits that Southern Africa has all these small Bitis species and the rest of Africa has four species B. rhinceros, B. nasicornis, B. worthingtoni and B. parviocular. There have to be more of them lurking somewhere.

I also believe there are far more Telescopus species lurking in Africa.