Free poster download: The Common Snakes of the Kruger National Park!

Herpetologist Johan Marais, author of "A Complete Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa", has published a new poster about the common snakes of the Kruger National Park. The poster is available as a free download in high resolution and is designed to be printed in A3 (or A4).

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Free poster download: The Common Snakes of Johannesburg/Pretoria & Cape Town!

Herpetologist Johan Marais, author of "A Complete Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa", has published new posters about the common snakes of Johannesburg/Pretoria and Cape Town. The posters are available as a free download in high resolution and is designed to be printed in A3 (or A4).

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To download the poster "Common Snakes of Johannesburg/Pretoria" click here (pdf, 8mb) or here (jpg, 161kb)!

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To download the poster "Common Snakes of Cape Town" click here (pdf, 8mb) or here (jpg, 161kb)!

Free poster download: "The Dangerous Snakes of Namaqualand"!

Herpetologist Johan Marais, author of "A Complete Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa" (available in South Africa via kalahari.net), has published a new poster about the dangerous snakes of the Namaqualand. The poster is available as a free download in high resolution and is designed to be printed in A3 (or A4). To download the poster click here (pdf, 7mb) or here (jpg, 100kb)! Kudos & many thanks, Johan!

Click here to download it (pdf, 7mb, A3) for free!

The Namaqualand, located along South Africa's west coast, stretches from beyond Garies in the south to the Orange River in the north and from Pofadder in the east to the Atlantic coastline in the west. This vast and varied region turns into a "rainbow country" after the annual winter rainfalls. Hard to belief in summer, but this region is home to the phenomenon of wild flower appearance, which is probably unique in the world. The flower season peaks between early August and late September and its delights depend on the winter rains (the official flower season runs every year from 01 August - 30 September), so some years are better than others. If there has been a steady flow of cold fronts during the winter, then it is likely to be a good flower season. However spring temperatures are also important. If it heats up too quickly then the early visitors have glorious sunshine but the flowers do not last very long.

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Free poster download: "The Dangerous Snakes of the Lowveld"!

Herpetologist Johan Marais, author of "A Complete Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa" (available in South Africa via kalahari.net), has published a new poster about the dangerous snakes of the Lowveld. The poster is available as a free download in high resolution and is designed to be printed in A3 (or A4). To download the poster click here (pdf, 6mb) or here (jpg, 98kb)! Kudos & many thanks, Johan!

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The Lowveld is located in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province and is bordered by the towns of Komatipoort in the east, Lydenburg/Mashishing in the west, Barberton in the south and Hoedspruit in the north. Other well-known towns and places of interest in the Kruger Lowveld include Sabie, Graskop, Pilgrim's Rest, Hazyview, Nelspruit/Mbombela, as well as the Kruger National Park, the Panorama Route and the Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail.

 Free poster download: "The Common Snakes of Durban"! >>

Download: Free posters of the snakes of Southern Africa >>

Free poster download: "The Common Snakes of Durban"!

Herpetologist Johan Marais, author of "A Complete Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa", has published a new poster about the common snakes of Durban. The poster is available as a free download in high resolution and is designed to be printed in A3 (or A4). Kudos & many thanks, Johan!

To download the poster click here (pdf, 9mb) or here (jpg, 101kb)!

Download: Free posters of the snakes of Southern Africa >>

Download: Free posters of the snakes of Southern Africa

Herpetologist Johan Marais, author of "A Complete Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa" (available in South Africa via kalahari.net), has completely updated his 15 "Dangerous/Harmless Snakes" posters for all South African provinces as well as for Bostwana, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The posters are available as free downloads in high resolution and are designed to be printed in A3 (A4). Kudos & many thanks, Johan!

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Free Posters: The Dangerous Snakes of Southern Africa, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal & the Western Cape!

Herpetologist Johan Marais, author of "A Complete Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa" (available in South Africa via kalahari.net), has put together posters of the dangerous snakes of Southern Africa, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and the Western Cape. We got them as a high-resolution pdf from him and - thx to Johan - we can now share it with you for free! Kudos Johan!

 Dangerous Snakes of Southern Africa:

Click here to download it (pdf, 2.6mb, A3) for free!

  
Dangerous Snakes of Gauteng:

Click here to download it (pdf, 6mb, A3) for free!

Dangerous Snakes of KwaZulu Natal:

Click here to download it (pdf, 6mb, A3) for free!

Dangerous Snakes of the Western Cape: 

Click here to download it (pdf, 6mb, A3) for free!

Video: How African rock pythons hunt & eat Springbok

The African rock python is one of the largest snakes in the world and Africa's largest snake. Specimen can get as long as 6 m (20 ft). Subspecies of the snake can be found throughout the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, from Ethiopia and Somalia west to Senegal and south to Namibia and South Africa. The nonvenomous snake is usually found nears sources of water in a variety of habitats, including savanna woodland and grassland, forest, savanna, semi-desert, rocky areas. If you ever wondered how and what African rock pythons hunt, watch the video below. Kudos National Geographic!

Free poster: "Dangerous Snakes of South Africa"

Herpetologist Johan Marais, author of "A Complete Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa" (available in South Africa via kalahari.net), has put together a poster of the dangerous snakes of South Africa. We got it as a high-resolution pdf from him and - thx to Johan - we can now share it with you! Click here to download it (2.6mb) for free!

Video: Viper strike in slow motion

Vipers are among the most dangerous snakes in the world and can be located on all continents except Antarctica and Australia.The snake in the video is a Russell's Viper, one of the most dangerous snakes in Asia. It is one of the snake species responsible for causing the most snakebite cases and deaths in the world. Once bitten, people experience a wide variety of symptoms including pain, swelling, vomiting, dizziness, blood incoagubility and kidney failure.



Using slow-motion photography snake expert Romulus Whitaker shows in the video what happens if someone accidentically steps on a Russell's Viper.

Cape Town: Rinkhals Snakes discovered living within the metropolitan boundaries

You may have heard about it already - once believed extinct in the Cape Town area, Rinkhals Snakes (or Rinkhals Spitting Cobra, Ring-necked Spitting Cobra), a type of spitting cobra, have now been discovered living within the metropolitan boundaries. [more on news24.com]