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Snake, Sesriem Canyon, Namibia (Namib Naukluft) - August 2017 (1 Viewer)

marcperxas

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Good morning,

I do not know anything about snakes.. Any ideas?

Sesriem Canyon, Namibia, August 2017

Thank you
Marc
 

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It is a Sand Racer, Psammophis sp., maybe P. mossambicus

Hello!

Thanks for your answer

When I google the Sand Racer snake it redirects me to the Schokari sand racer, which is not found in Namibia.

I also checked the Psammophis Mossambicus, but it looks different in the pictures. Maybe I'm wrong

Are you sure about the answer?

Thank you anyway!
Marc
 
It looks like a very young individual and I am quite sure it is a Psammophis, and mossambicus is the only unicolored down there.
 
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