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JPG.JPG "Many colour variations. Females usually retain a light brown colour, where as males are highly variable, ranging from black to bright green")
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| Black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) | Neurotoxic Venom |
| This long, grey to olive brown snake with a slender coffin-shaped head, is the largest venomous snake in Africa and considered as the second largest venomous snake in the world - 2.5m - 4.5m. One of the deadliest snakes in the world with a potent neurotoxic venom that is rapidly absorbed by the body's tissues. The black mamba is the fastest moving snake in the world, capable of moving up to 20 km/h but uses this speed to evade danger, rather than catch prey. |
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