Vital Statistics
- Latin Name
- Philothamnus Semivariegatus
- Length_F
- 850 mm
- Length_M
- 825 mm
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Colubridae
- Description
- A very slender snake with a flat, distinct head and a long tail. The body is bright green to olive, usually with dark spots on the bars on the forebody, becoming grey-bronze towards the rear. The head is green or blue-green.
- Class
- Reptilia
- Distribution
- Northern regions, extending into the Kalahari and Northern Cape, reaching Namaqualand in the west and Port Elizabeth in the east. Elsewhere, through central Africa to Sudan and Guinea.
- Breeding
- The female lays 3 - 12 elongated eggs in midsummer.
- Diet
- Geckos, chameleons and tree frogs.
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