awsome find!! [C. rhombeatus]

[curtis48]

hello everyone,
today i decided to go herping in my neighborhood, it was overcast so i didnt think i was going to find anything but there on a rock was a 1 metre long night eater.
Here are a few pics of it
location: pietermaritzburg

[Bushviper]

All was good and well until you took a picture of you squashing its head. Why did you do that and do you think this is a safe handling technique?

[Fooble]

Nice sized night adder.

Word of caution holding a snake like that WILL get you bitten, be responsible!
Don't underestimate these snakes.

Post script : See you were at splashy fen i found some interesting herps there.

[Graeme]

Night Eater? Mildly venomous?

[Van2]

Like BV said...nice pics, but don't ever handle a snake before it's identified! If You're not sure, rather take some pics and leave it alone.

[Fooble]

Like BV said...nice pics, but don't ever handle a snake before it's identified! If You're not sure, rather take some pics and leave it alone.

It was not an ID issue he make it clear that he knew what it was i guess hence the "necking" if you can call it that.

BTW its night adder not NIGHT EATER

[Jason Lucey]

Nice find Curt! As some of the guys said not a Night Eater haha gonna rip you when you get back to school boet Looks like we gonna have to practice a lot of handling techniques before you take over my collection next year haha!

Lovely distinct markings on him/her though!

[curtis48]

hahaha my bad!! night adder ..... I wasnt trying to hurt the snake and wasnt "squashing" it. Fooble someone told me you found 4 egg eaters at splashy??
I was thinking about how it looked like a egg eater thats why i must have said it was a night eater!!!

[Fooble]

hahaha my bad!! night adder ..... I wasnt trying to hurt the snake and wasnt "squashing" it. Fooble someone told me you found 4 egg eaters at splashy??
I was thinking about how it looked like a egg eater thats why i must have said it was a night eater!!!

How did you know about that mmm?

Yeah found a few and some lizards ect.
Not to stray safety first!

[curtis48]

My cousin Bradley Rudling told me about it at Splashy. He said he knows you from durban or something

[curtis48]

Those pictures where taken by my Blackberry for those who are interested.

[eyelash viper]

Wheres the like button arno?

[Durban Keeper]

Yeah. We need a like button! Well done Curtis. That is an awesome looking snake. Very heavy bodied and distinctly marked. Enjoyed your photos. Not gonna lecturn you bud, you've heard it all before. Olive house snakes and rock pythons are common in your area. Go find them and bring us the photos!

[curtis48]

Thanks Durban Keeper. I will go herping this weekend and try take pics .
To Graeme: Quote from John Marasis book:the venom is feebly cytotoxic and generally not dangerous,but may cause acute discomfort in some cases.Antivenom is not necessary.so dont you think it fits better in mildly venomous then highly venomous??

[Graeme]

The SA Reptiles definition of this forum:
Indigenous mildly venomous snakes
South African snakes with venoms that are not considered to be medically important.

I've seen many, many people end up in hospital over the years with Night adder bites Curtis, so no, I don't think they belong with Red lips and South African Tiger snakes.