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    Default Help me ID this guy

    Found this guy earlier, I thought boomslang but would love to hear from the more educated.

    Roughly 1.5m long, green shading.
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    Ben S.

    "Sometimes when I close my eyes, I am blind"

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    Default Re: Help me ID this guy

    Spotted green bush snake?
    2003 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.2 Di-d LWB

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    Default Re: Help me ID this guy

    Quote Originally Posted by Schambies View Post
    Found this guy earlier, I thought boomslang but would love to hear from the more educated.

    Roughly 1.5m long, green shading.
    Location: Plettenberg Click image for larger version. 

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    I don't think it is a spotted bush snake but a close relative one of the green water snakes. Harmless
    "When a clown enters a palace, he does not turn into a prince, the palace turns into a circus."

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    Default Re: Help me ID this guy

    This guy
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    "When a clown enters a palace, he does not turn into a prince, the palace turns into a circus."

    Luka Geertsema

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    Pale green could indicate this guy:
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    "When a clown enters a palace, he does not turn into a prince, the palace turns into a circus."

    Luka Geertsema

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    Default Re: Help me ID this guy

    Quote Originally Posted by Luka View Post
    This guy
    Looked a lot like this one. Thin behind the head.
    Ben S.

    "Sometimes when I close my eyes, I am blind"

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    Would be my first guess.
    "When a clown enters a palace, he does not turn into a prince, the palace turns into a circus."

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    Default Re: Help me ID this guy

    This is a Western Natal Green Snake, Philothalmus occidentalis (use to be Philothalmus natalensis occidentalis)

    They have a dark eye.

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