African Snakebite Institute

A highly venomous Black Spitting Cobra (Naja nigricincta woodi) from Namaqualand. Its range extends from the Cederberg through Namaqualand into southern Namibia, continuing along the Orange River valley through Upington to around Witsands Nature Reserve and Tswalu in the Northern Cape.

Training done and dusted for a development and construction company in the Western Cape today ✅
A very keen group of delegates who all did remarkably well with the practical snake handling session.

More corporate on-site training for one of our mining clients. This marks the fourth training programme we've conducted for them over the years, and it's always encouraging to work with an organisation that consistently prioritises the safety and development of its staff.

A strong commitment to training not only equips employees with essential skills but also helps foster a safer and more informed workplace culture.

For details on our on-site training, please email Michelle on [email protected]

A harmless Western Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus occidentalis) from the South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal. These beautiful green snakes have a notably dark eye which helps to tell them apart from other small green snakes.

The Mole Snake is widely distributed throughout Southern Africa and reaches a maximum length of 2.13 m. Like many other snake species it varies tremendously in colour. Juveniles are well patterned in dark and light brown but the colours fade as they mature. In the north adults are largely uniform light brown to brick red in color but mostly shiny black in the southern Cape. On the west coast they are often grey in colour but colours can vary, even in the same region.

ASI Easy ID - Southern Africa - Rinkhals.

A venomous Southern Adder (Bitis armata) from the Western Cape. Endemic to the region, it inhabits sandy coastal flats where it ambushes small lizards and rodents.

ASI Easy ID - Southern Africa - Spotted Bush Snake