Ultimate Snakes Africa -

Die another day - know your Southern African snakes

The Ultimate Field Guide for common Southern African Snakes is a scientific breakthrough in species identification.

Get comprehensive species information - quickly and easily

Incredible detail on almost 60 Southern African Snakes

Get detailed species information on Snake Bite Treatment and Emergency First Aid procedures

• Full-color photographs

• Afrikaans, Zulu, Shona and Tswana species names

• Quick reference conservation and activity icons

• Species description

• Habitat and Distribution

• Diet and Enemies

• Reproduction

• Behavior and habits

• Venom and dentition

• Scale Counts

• First Aid information for Snake Bite treatment

Utilizes unique, world-first identification keys:

• identify species with the Colour Key

• identify species with the Head Shape key

• identify species with the Markings Key

• identify species with the Venom Key

• identify species with the Dentition Key

Find all snake species endemic to certain area with the amazing Distribution Matrix

A gold mine of information with 3,000 hyperlinks for cross-reference