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Caught this in our tentcamp in Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Black snake of about 60cm. Had a bit purple-ish spots on the upperside of the left and right side of the head Eyes have a round pupil. The rangers said it was a juvenile black mamba, but our fieldguides were inconclusive.
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it looks a lot like crotaphopeltis hotamboeia to me, you do get a darker form
as seen here www.sareptiles.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php...
and I do believe they are found in tanzania?
This is definitely not a black mamba. I am fairly certain about this being a species in the genus Lycophidion, which are harmless snakes.
Spotted on Jul 24, 2014
Submitted on Sep 6, 2014
