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Another local rescue...

Velvet

Velvet

Totally corn crazy!!!!
Well, I have seen many,many indigenous snakes in the wild...this is one I haven't seen before, despite them being relatively common (apparently).

Its a little Red lipped Herald snake, aka Red lipped snake. I rescued him from some kids who had him in a jar at a Barbeque. Poor little chap was being shaken and gawked at terribly!

So naturally he came home with me and spent then night in a nice clean tub with some water and today I went to release him in a conservation wetlands area. They feed almost exclusively on frogs so this should be a great place for him.

He was 2g and about 10cm long. Typical red lip, dark brown with white speckles, black over the ears and tell-tale red lips...

I give you Harold the Herald!!!! lol
 

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What a lucky escape for Harold, and what a lovely little snake! (Now I've got to look up herald snakes)
 
I've never seen one of those before. I'm very glad you saved him. He wouldn't have lasted long in an area with curious children. I'm sure he's gulping down frogs by the dozen right now! :)
 
Yeah they are quite cute little things! But they do have funny shaped heads! lol
 
lol Yep that they do!

He gaped his mouth at me and curled out his black tongue very slowly. It would've been very scarey if he wasn't the size of a hatchling corn! lol
 
Nice job with the rescue! Cute little snake too. I'm guessing one of the few non-vens in South Africa? lol
 
Actually is a back-fanged semi-venomous...lol But a bite usually just gives you a nasty head ache and nothing more...unless you are a frog... hehehe
 
Hi there
Good one Meg.
I am fortunate to have started a new job on the Mount Edgecombe Estate in KZN, it is an echo/golfing estate. I started on 02 January 2009.

One of my tasks is resident snake catcher from out of residents' houses. To date I have caught two night adders, two Red Lipped Heralds and one Brown House Snake. If I can get Photobucket loaded on the work PC I can post Pics.

Sorry for hijacking the thread Meg.

Ciao
 
Dear Snakemaster24. The whitelips are quite scarce here in KZN, South Africa.
We mainly get the Red Lip. There is also a Yellow Lip, even scarcer still.

Go to my post in the same forum called Estate Rescue and you can see that the one I got actually had no lip colouration.

Ciao
 
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