Lycodonomorphus inornatus – Olive Snake.
Size:
Averaging 60-70cm and may reach 130cm.
Colour:
Typically uniform olive green, olive grey, olive brown or a pale greenish yellow. Juveniles can also be dark black.
Habitat:
Favouring damper moist habitats, fynbos forests and leaf litter but also found in montane and grassland environments.
Field Notes:
Previously called the Olive House snake but since the genus changes are now grouped with Lycodonomorphus. These large robust nocturnal snakes with a varied diet ranging from frogs, geckos, lizards small mammals, birds and even other snakes they’ve been known to be highly cannibalistic. In certain a regions in the Western and Eastern cape they can be quite common often more so than the abundant Brown House Snake in most instances.
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Lycodonomorphus inornatus
Olive Snake. From Midmar Dam, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Lycodonomorphus inornatus
Olive Snake. From Midmar Dam, Kwa-Zulu Natal.