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Summary details for Telescopus beetzii
If you are unsure of the identification of a snake you have observed, you can ask an expert for snake identification by uploading a photo to the Snakes of Namibia facebook page.
You can also get help from their amazing album of infographics of the common snake species in Namibia.
The facebook page also has contact details for snake catchers - people who are experienced in catching and removing snakes - throughout the country.
In the case of a snake bite, email "snakebite" to snakebitedoc@gmail.com. Namibia's snakebite expert - Dr Buys - will respond immediately.
Beetz's Tiger Snake
Telescopus beetzii
Beetz's Tiger Snake is slender and orange-brown above with a series of black blotches on the body.
Tiger snakes are semi-arboreal (tree dwelling) and mainly feed on sleeping lizards, small rodents and amphibians. This snake spends the daytime under loose bark or in rocky crevices, emerging at night to hunt.
Mildly venomous, but venom has no effect on man.
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