Subadult Mole Snake rescued near Sunset Beach (2017-01-13)

in #nature7 years ago

I was called out to capture this Mole Snake in a garden in Sunset Beach today - a fairly easy capture, and I spoke to them about snake safety afterwards.

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Mole Snakes are found in a variety of habitats - even mountainous regions and deserts - but they're particularly common in sandy scrub-covered and grassveld regions.

They spend most of their time underground, pushing their way through soft sand in search of moles and other rodents.

Juvenile (young) mole snakes have a variety of patterns and colors that they lose completely once they reach adulthood.

Viviparous, Mole Snakes give live birth to anywhere between 25-50 babies in late summer.

Find out more about this species here.

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