Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Rhombic Egg Eater (Dasypeltis scabra) Colubridae

Thanks to everyone who took part. :)


We have a lot of pipes laying in our yard at work and early one morning they came running to tell me they had found a snake in one of them. This one was about 18-20 inches long.
 They use their teeth to "walk" prey four times the size of their heads into their stomachs.  Having a very stretchable type of skin, it allows them to stretch their jaws over the eggs or any large prey. These snakes are harmless to humans and are found throughout most of South Africa.

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