Department of Vertebrates
Herpetology Collection
GREEN MAMBAS (Dendroaspis angusticeps) (Very Dangerous)
The Green Mamba is build a bit lighter and more slender than the Black Mamba but has the same shaped head. The scales are smooth and not keeled as in the Boomslang. The total length seldom exceeds 2.5 metres making them a smaller snake than the Black Mamba.
Being a arboreal snake they are restricted to the more thickly forested and bush-covered areas, this making there distribution range quite small. There distribution covers from Kenya in the north through Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and eastern Zimbabwe into North and South Natal and Transkei.