Green and black tree snake

Green and black tree snake, Rhamnophis aethiopissa aethiopissa, on the beach near the mouth of the Nyanga River.

Appearing to have washed ashore, a meter-long Green and black tree snake lies motionless on the beach as I pass by to fish the Nyanga River mouth. An unusual location for a tree snake to be found, perhaps it washed ashore after being carried out of the river on floating debris. This snake will be at risk of predation unless it can find its way back to the forest. It is a beautiful snake, like a string of emeralds lying in the sand.

2 responses to “Green and black tree snake”

  1. Great photo David. What a beautiful snake.

    1. Thanks Kate. We miss you here in Yenzi. Come back soon.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

Website Powered by WordPress.com.