Katherin’s Sand Snake in Tsavo
Category: 4. Colubridae - TYPICAL SNAKES | Date: Nov 29 2007 | By: admin
This is actually a comment just in in from one of our Blog readers.
Couple of months ago, saw a vehicle in Tsavo E, NP run over a Sand Snake…I got out of my vehicle and tail caught the snake which was heading into the brush. Its skin was torn but I don’t think the ribs were broken. Otherwise, it was very lively and strong, about a metre long. Besides the dark speckles, it had an orange head and black and yellow stripes…so I figured it was a Speckled Sand Snake? Hope it was able to heal itself from this rude encounter with the Land Rover.
KatherineHerzog
Thank you Katherine! Good to hear that there are others out there willing to help save snakes. Yes the Speckled Sand Snake Psammophis punctulatus is probably the most common sand snake found in Tsavo East. The ones there belong to the southern race Psammophis punctulatus trivigatus and differ from the nominate race, found in from the horn of Africa through to the Sudan, in having the extra yellow stripes along the back. Below is a photo of one we caught on one of our Catch and Release Snake Safari’s with clients in Watamu earlier this year.
Photos by Royjan Taylor
Technorati : Psammophis punctulatus, Speckled Sand Snake, Tsavo East
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4 Responses to “Katherin’s Sand Snake in Tsavo”
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