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Latin Name: | Pseudaspis cana |
English Name: | Mole Snake |
Other Names: | Molslang (Afrikaans) |
Red Data Status: | Least Concern (SARCA 2014) |
Size: | Average 1.4m, Maximum 2m |
Activity: | Diurnal (mainly active during the day) |
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.

Mole Snake distribution map.
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Mole Snake near Melkbosstrand
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Mole Snake near Melkbosstrand
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Mole Snake near Parklands North
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Mole Snake near Melkbosstrand
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Mole Snake near West Beach
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Mole Snake near Duynefontein
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Mole Snake near Richwood
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Mole Snake near Contermanskloof
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Mole Snake in Koeberg Nature Reserve
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Mole Snake rescued near Parklands
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