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Summary details for Prosymna angolensis
If you are unsure of the identification of a snake you have observed, you can ask an expert for snake identification by uploading a photo to the Snakes of Namibia facebook page.
You can also get help from their amazing album of infographics of the common snake species in Namibia.
The facebook page also has contact details for snake catchers - people who are experienced in catching and removing snakes - throughout the country.
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Angola Shovel-snout
Prosymna angolensis
Angola Shovel-snout is a fossorial snake which emerges at night to forage for reptile eggs. The shell of the egg is punctured by the maxillary, and the egg is swallowed whole. When threatened, shovel-snouts will wildly coil and uncoil, usually with the head hidden between beneath the coils.
They are harmless.
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