Philothamnus hoplogaster

[Jamster]

And here is a green water snake...

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[Mehelya]

Chameleon Company, I hope I added it to the right Unit at the link... It's a seriously black Monday...

Jamster... Too late to moan about whether I'm ok with it or not now... Rotflmao! No worries bud, yanking your chain.

[Chameleon Company]

Mehelya thanks for uploading the pic to ReptileMAP! Perfect!

[Jamster]

As BV's signature says, "It is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. "

[Mehelya]

Chameleon Company, No worries bud! I have more indigenous species that I can upload, but dates are a problem with them... Does it matter if I leave the date field empty, or will it throw up a "data required" error? I know that my area has not been well documented/explored, and I am currently working on "surveying" our area in the near future.

Jamster, if we get our nickers in a twist over sharing, then we have a problem... Keep 'em coming bro!

Thanks to everyone for their input, and comments. Will take some photos this weekend, in more natural settings, weather permitting.

[Chameleon Company]

@ Mehelya. If you are not sure about the dates then give a rough estimate of year and month but it will not throw up an error, I have seen a number of records without the day or month and only years. Sounds good, good luck!

[Fooble]

Kenny, these guys do have blue skin, in-between the scales, but not pronounced, in the ones that I've seen. P. hoplogaster and P. natalensis distributions do overlap slightly, if I remember correctly.

P. hoplogaster and P. natalensisopverlap from South of Durban all the way through to Kosi bay in Kwa Zulu Natal.

[Chopper 1]

Looool, saw the top picture a day or 2 ago on a whatsapp group, with the guys saying "wow, cool natal green that guy caught hey". I was like "people that is hoplagaster". They took little notice of my comment. This confirms it I have had four of these little guys from a development site. They take frogs very quickly, but pinks freak them out hahaha, Relocated them a few days later.

Natal green was (and still is used by the last british outpost guys) it's name before the scientific names started becoming more popular. I have never been bitten by a hoplagaster but they do jerk around - maybe that was mistaken for aggression?

[Jamster]

I find that hoplogaster are far less aggressive than natalensis. Have never been bitten by hoplogaster either,but I have been noshed plenty by many a natalensis