Jameson's mamba
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Jameson's mamba is a species of highly venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to equatorial Africa. A member of the mamba genus, Dendroaspis, it is slender with dull green upper
Black tailed Jameson's Mamba
Subsp. jamesoni navigating a tree, Korup National Park
Dorsal view of scales
Subsp. kaimosae, the more venomous subspecies
Black mamba
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The black mamba is a species of highly venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. It is native to parts of sub-Saharan Africa. First formally described by Albert Günther in 1864, it is the secon
Jameson's mamba
…mamba is a highly arboreal snake, more so than its close relatives the eastern green mamba and western green mamba, and significantly more so than the black mamba. Jameson's mamba is a highly agile snake. Like other mambas it is capable of flattening its neck in mimicry of a cobra when it feels threatened, and…
Dendroaspis polylepis
The black interior of the mouth of a black mamba
Juvenile in a tree, Kruger National Park, South Africa
A black mamba in defensive posture. Like cobras, the black mamba can spread its neck into a hood to intimidate potential threats (shown here).