Sunday, January 18, 2009

Correction

I have had a bit of time to look for the snake I found in our garden and found that it was not a Cape Cobra. I will try to attach links to the sites I found it on.

Turns out it is a juvenile yellow house snake called Lamprophis Aurora. Well, at least it is not deadly and I do not want to discourage the dog from killing snakes because there's always a possibility that it can be a Cape Cobra since we have found one on our porch before. It is just not a chance I am willing to take with two little girls playing outside!

http://www.capesnakes.org.za/index.php?set_albumName=album02&id=adj&option=com_gallery&Itemid=3&include=view_photo.php

http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kingsnake.com/housesnake/aurora1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kingsnake.com/housesnake/gallery.html&usg=__rzQqBHSMkOBNa35IeMOCSeFad4M=&h=300&w=400&sz=35&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=CDkOtQAEiRyOlM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlamprophis%2Baurora%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

1 comment:

Jannie en Ronel said...

David & Annalize, ek weet nie wie die dryf agter die BLOG is nie, maar ek dink dit is excellent. Wil jul nie vir ons kom kuier en bietjie help hiermee nie asb.

Groete

Jannie & Ronel