Boomslang

Dispholidus typus

Size:	Up to 160cm long
Habitat:	Trees
Feeding:	Lizards, frogs, small mammals

Boomslang means "Tree Snake" in Afrikaans. It is large and venomous.

Males are green and the female brown.

This photo was taken in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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