snake ID

• by tsering

  affenspiel first spotted this long, thin green snake, can anybody confirm the species? I suspect might be western green mamba?
  ACP00040gw shows it's full length

  Posted May 26, 2015 6:35 PM

• by tsering

  No herpers here to help out? 😃

  Posted June 2, 2015 1:32 AM

• by ksigler moderator

  Not an expert, but I agree that it looks like a green mamba. I also thought maybe a bush snake, based on the green/black coloration, but I don't know if they get as long as this one appears to be.

  Posted June 2, 2015 1:02 PM

• by kshort49

  I just came upon this snake video too. It's amazing how strong the snake's muscles are that they can stand straight up like that!

  Posted June 12, 2015 11:00 PM

• by tsering

  Mambas can raise a large part of their body off the ground. Black mambas can raise more than half their body length up: they are apparently prone to strike at one's head 😦
  (I am a touch phobic about snakes, but my daughter likes watching Steve Backshall !)

  Posted June 14, 2015 2:05 AM