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Boomslang
Dispholidus typusArboreal snake with huge eyes and perfect camouflage — shy but medically significant.
Sightings are never guaranteed and depend on local conditions. Follow your guide and respect park rules.
Slender, rear-fanged tree snake that hunts chameleons and lizards with visual precision.
African Lion Quick Facts
What Is the Boomslang?
The Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) is a highly arboreal snake with very large eyes, a slender body and excellent camouflage. It is rear-fanged with medically significant hemotoxic venom but typically avoids people.
Habitat
- Woodland, savanna and forest edge
- Shrub, gardens, trees and bushes
Occupies trees and shrub mosaics, not open dune fields.
Diet
Primary prey is chameleons, arboreal lizards and frogs. Additional foods include birds, eggs, small mammals and other snakes where documented.
Behaviour & Reproduction
Highly arboreal, visual hunting, excellent camouflage, threat display with neck inflation when threatened. Generally avoids humans. Oviparous; exact clutch and incubation values require source verification before publication.
Safety
Maintain distance, never handle or provoke. Keep a clear safety section and follow guide instructions. Sightings are opportunistic and not guaranteed. Present on mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar where verified.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) is a slender, large-eyed arboreal snake with excellent camouflage.
Yes — rear-fanged with medically significant hemotoxic venom, but shy and usually avoids people.
Woodland, savanna, forest edge, shrub, gardens and trees and bushes in Tanzania including Zanzibar where verified.
Mainly chameleons, arboreal lizards and frogs, plus birds, eggs, small mammals and other snakes where documented.
Arboreal visual hunter with camouflage and neck-inflation threat display, generally fleeing from humans.
Oviparous, laying eggs; no mammalian nursing.
Opportunistic arboreal sighting; never guaranteed and requires patient searching.
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