COMMON OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

VERY DANGEROUS MILDLY DANGEROUS VENOMOUS HARMLESS Has caused Painful bite, but does Not thought Not dangerous human fatalities not require antivenom to be harmful to humans

VERY VERY VERY DANGEROUS DANGEROUS DANGEROUS DANGEROUS Black Mamba Spitting Cobra Snouted Cobra Intermediate Shield-nose Cobra (Dendroaspis polylepis) (Naja mossambica) (Naja annulifera) (Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius)

VERY DANGEROUS VERY DANGEROUS DANGEROUS DANGEROUS Common Boomslang - male Bibron’s Stiletto Puff Adder Snouted Night Adder (Dispholidus typus viridis) (Atractaspis bibronii) Photo Warren Dick (Bitis arietans arietans) ( defilippii)

VERY MILDLY CAN INFLICT DANGEROUS VENOMOUS A NASTY BITE HARMLESS Southern Twig Snake Marbled Tree Snake Southern African Python Brown House Snake (Thelotornis capensis capensis) (Dipsadoboa aulica) (Python natalensis) (Boaedon capensis)

MILDLY HARMLESS MILDLY MILDLY VENOMOUS VENOMOUS VENOMOUS Herald or Red-lipped Snake Spotted Bush Snake Olive Grass Snake Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia) (Philothamnus semivariegatus) (Psammophis mossambicus) (Psammophis subtaeniatus)

MILDLY MILDLY MILDLY VENOMOUS HARMLESS VENOMOUS VENOMOUS Striped Skaapsteker Rhombic Egg-eater Rufous Beaked Snake Eastern (Psammophylax tritaeniatus) (Dasypeltis scabra) (Rhamphiophis rostratus) ( semiannulatus) © Johan Marais African Snakebite Institute Snakebite African © Johan Marais

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