Anyone ever heard these?

[adamanteus]

Skaapsteker. Yes, the name is Afrikaans, it means something to with sheep, I think!? They're active, diurnal, lizard eating, opisthoglyphs (rear-fanged) but not dangerous. I don't do 'Google', but if you search Psammophylax you might find some more accurate answers than I can give you without looking them up!

[Serpentine99]

cool thanks

[Stefan-A]

Any relation to Psammophis?

[RZL36]

Both are from the subfamily psammophiinae

[adamanteus]

On the subject of African snakes... Beware of 'African Garter Snakes', if you ever see them for sale. They are (obviously) unrelated to Thamnophis, and are in fact extemely dangerous. They are an Elapid, genus Elapsoidea. You would probably never see them for sale though.

[RZL36]

Hahhahaha. Good call James.

You are right on never finding one. I've never seen one for sale, but I was wondering when that would come up. From what I've gathered, the only snakes that crap on their cage walls incessantly are garters and cobras. They are both pretty twitchy too. Don't they say that elapids are really just slightly more advanced colubrids?

[flakgunner]

hey,
their pretty neat looking,never seen them at any swap meets,around our area.

Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Striped Grass Snake

Joe

[anji1971]

That IS a really pretty snake, looks like silver and gold from the picture! I'm learning about a lot of different types of snake lately on this forum!

[adamanteus]

I'm learning about a lot of different types of snake lately on this forum!

I think we all are, Anji. Some of our newer members have brought a vast amount of knowledge with them!