#dispholidus

[herpsandbirds]

Common Boomslang (Dispholidus typus), family Colubridae, South Africa

Rear fanged and strongly venomous.

Whereas most rear-fanged snakes are only mildly venomous, the Boomslang is actually quite dangerously venomous.

Photograph by Shane The Environmentalist

[animalids]

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

Photo by Hennie van Heerden

[exotic-venom]

(Dispholidus typus) Boomslang

This venomous colubrid ranges from varied earthtones to green to gray or black with yellow and sometimes blue markings. Scientists cannot understand why this animal tends to go completely melanistic  when it enters captivity, nor have they been able to figure out how to reverse this process. 

[herpskeepers]

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) eating a chameleon in Cape Town, South Africa.

Credit: Thea Litschka-Koen‎

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[herpsandbirds]

Common Boomslang (Dispholidus typus), juvenile, defensive display, family Colubridae, South Africa

This is a rear-fanged Colubrid snake, that is actually highly venomous, very dangerous to humans.

The famous herpetologist Karl Schmidt died from a Boomslang (a juvenile, no less) bite in 1957. He did not think that a rear-fanged snake could deliver a deadly bite. (In his defense, most herpetologists at that time concurred with this assumption.)

Most rear-fanged snakes are not seriously injurious to humans.

Venomous.

photograph by WVZ Nature & Wildlife Photography

[herpsandbirds]

Common Boomslang (Dispholidus typus), family Colubridae, from southern Africa

Rear fanged and strongly venomous.

Whereas most rear-fanged snakes are only mildly venomous, the Boomslang is actually quite dangerously venomous.

Photograph by Nathan Jordan

[herpsandbirds]

Common Boomslang (Dispholidus typus viridis), family Colubridae, Durban, South Africa

This subspecies is not accepted as valid by all herpetologists.

This is a rear-fanged Colubrid snake, that is however highly venomous, very dangerous to humans.

Venomous.

photograph by Tyrone James Ping

[herpsandbirds]

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus), male, family Colubridae, Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa

Rear-fanged - Highly venomous.

photograph by African Snakebite Institute