Especially the puff ader. Water features or an abundance of toads on a property will lure these snakes.

For venom in the eyes, immediately wash the eyes out by keeping them under a gently running tap or hosepipe. Both these snakes are showy creatures, when threatened they let you know they are there and in a spectacular way by raising off the ground and opening their hoods. This may mean that you have fantastic views off the back porch, but it also means that you have to live with everything that shares the space. More Information. Right now you know where it is, next time you may find its location by it hanging onto your finger. It is closely related to the true cobras of the genus Naja, but actually falls into it’s own genus, Hemachatus – it is the only species in the genus. This snake is very partial to toads hence its preference for wetlands but will also feed on rodents, lizards, birds, their eggs and other snakes. Puff Adders are said to have the fastest strike of any snake in the world, though the rest of the time they are very sedate. – The peak snake season in South Africa usually runs from September to November and can sometimes last well into February in hot conditions.

Puff Adders are different than the Cobra and the Rinkhals in that they really on camouflage to hide from you. Cobras and Rinkhals tend to be coloured from sandy brown to almost black, are long and slender and have the distinctive hoods. The Rinkhals is also quick to sham dead with the body turned upside down and the mouth hanging open. When handled they may spit without rearing up or lunging forward. Should you try and pick the snake up it may strike out quickly. They are front fanged snakes and use hypodermic like fangs to inject venom into their prey. Hi Grant. So confident are they that their pattern makes them invisible that they will hide to the point that you tread on one, at which time it will bite you.

According to Alderman Phil Pretorius, Councillor for Ward 14 of the Midvaal Local Municipality, who last week issued a warning to members of the public, the fast moving Rinkhals is extremely venomous and can spit up to 3 meters. They are dark in colour, tend to be long and thin and grow up to about a meter and a half in length. Your account is temporary blocked due to exceeding of requests limitation of your subscription type. Unlike the true cobras, the Rinkhlas has keeled body scales, lacks solid teeth on the maxilla (upper jaw) and produces live young (anything from 20 – 30 babies, but up to as many as 63 per litter). Puff Adders have a chevron pattern in their scales and tend to be predominantly olive green and brown in colour. The spitting action is effective and some venom invariably gets into the eyes, causing immediate pain and severe irritation.

“The Rinkhals is also quick to play dead with their body turned upside down and the mouth hanging open,” says the African Snakebite Institute. This snake was a meter long, as you can see it is very hard to define its outline, even with such a clear space around it.

Out of the approximately 170 snake species in South Africa, the Rinkhals is often considered one of the most dangerous. Up next Rinkhals … Anyone who spots a Rinkhals is advised to immediately take five steps backward and contact a snake catcher. If you are confronted by this then simply back away, and at the first opportunity the snake will scarper (they are far more afraid of being chopped in half by a spade than you should be about being bitten.)

Some people embrace this, and some fight it (though why they would move into an area such as this and then complain that there are things living amonst them amazes me.) Rinkhals (and a variety of other snakes) are well known for shamming death (this is called thanatosis). According to the institute, these snakes vary in colouration with individuals from the highveld usually being grey to blackish, with two or three white bars on the chest. Click here to register for our Advanced Snake Identification course. The African Snakebite Institute has more than 60 listed snake catchers on its website.

With dogs being natural hunters, they are quick to try and kill a snake, and often get venom in the eyes. Details of this service and other articles on our snakes, including the legislation behind killing them can be found on my website http://www.capesnakeconservation.com. I did a search on the internet and found several local snake experts who offer a removals service, though I am not going to publish their details here as I know nothing about them, so don’t want to recommend any of them. This is apparently common with Cobras, though I wouldn’t personally want to test out the theory.

In severe cases of envenomation the victim may also experience difficulty with breathing.

“When threatened it is very quick to disappear down a hole, but if cornered it will generally stand its ground, form a hood and is quick to spit, flicking the head forward in doing so.

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