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ELAPID SNAKE | |||||||
Family ELAPIDAE | |||||||
VENOMOUS AND DANGEROUS. CAPABLE OF INFLICTING A POTENTIALLY FATAL BITE. | |||||||
Description: | |||||||
The Rough-scaled Snake has stongly keeled scales. It has a head which is distinct from it's robust body. It is brown to olive-green in colour with irregular darker cross bands. The underbelly is creamy-yellow to olive-green. Often misidentified as the harmless Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii). | |||||||
Size: | |||||||
Adults 75 - 100 cm | |||||||
Behaviour: | |||||||
Nocturnal and diurnal. Mainly terrestrial but will climb to bask and forage. | |||||||
Prey: | |||||||
Mainly mammals and frogs and sometimes birds and lizards. | |||||||
Reproduction: | |||||||
Females give birth to up to 18 young. | |||||||
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