Snakes and Reptiles in Blue Horizon Bay

Wetenskaplike Naam Common English Name Gewone Afrikaanse benaming Bladsy Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa by Bil Branch, 3rd edition, refers 1 Bitis arietans Puff Adder Pofadder p.95 114 2 Bitis atropos Berg Adder = Mountain adder Bergadder p.186 115 3 Causus rhombeatus Common or Rhombic Night Adder Nagadder p.93 113 4 Dispholidus typus Boomslang = Tree snake Boomslang p.83 99 5 Duberria lutrix Common Slug Eater Gewone slakvreter p.99 79 6 Homoroselaps lacteus Spotted Harlequin Snake Gevlekte kousbandjie p.76 102 7 Lamprophis inornatus Olive House Snake Swart huisslang p.78 74 8 Philothamnus hoplogaster Green Water Snake Groen waterslang p.92 94 9 Philothamnus semivariegatus Spotted Bush Snake Gespikkelde bosslang p.88 93

Reference: Field Guide to Eastern and Southern Cape Coasts, edited by Roy Lubke & Irene de Moor; No's 1,2,3,6,8,13 from Reptiles of South Africa by Rod Patterson 1987; Snakes of South Africa VFM Fitzsimons 1978 1 Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Herald or Red-lipped snake Rooilipslang p.110 97 2 Dasypeltis scabra Common or Rhombic Egg Eater Gewone eiervreter p.102 95 3 Hemachatus haemachatus Rinkhals = Ring necked spitting cobra Rinkhals p.158 109 4 Lamprophis aurora Aurora House Snake Auroraslang p.77 75 5 Lamprophis fuliginosus Brown House Snake Bruin huisslang p.69 74 6 Leptotyphlops nigricans Black Thread Snake = Black worm snake Swart erdslangetjie p.63 56 7 Lycodonomorphus rufulus Common Brown Water Snake Gewone bruin waterslang p.73 73 8 Lycophidion capense Cape Wolf Snake Gewone wolfslang p.80 76 9 Macrelaps microlepidotus Natal Black Snake Natalse swart slang p.78 65 10 Naja nivea Cape Kobra Kaapse kobra p.149 108 11 Prosymna sundevallii Sundevall's Shovel-snout Sundevall se graafneusslang p.94 84 12 Psammophis crucifer Cross-marked or Montane Grass Snake Kruisgemerkte grasslang p.134 92 13 Psammophylax rhombeatus Spotted or Rhombic Skaapsteker Gevlekte of gewone skaapsteker p.118 88 14 Pseudaspis cana Mole Snake Molslang p.97 80 15 Rhinotyphlops lalandei Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake Vleiskleurige Blinde- of Erdslang 53 16 Typholops bibronii Bibron's Blind Snake Gewone blinde slang p.56 55