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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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