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Widow Spiders (Genus Latrodectus)Observer
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Hoping some spider folks can help me out with this one, the photos are not easy to ID from but there was a marked flash of red on the spider that I saw before it shifted down into the web. Web was very latrodectus-typical (asymmetric, strong, etc).
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Giant Earthworms (Family Megascolecidae)Observer
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A rather large earthworm found on a footpath in Kindia, Guinea on a rainy night.
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West African Banded Cobra (Naja savannula)Observer
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Sent to Asclepius Snakebite Foundation by our partner clinic in Makeni, Sierra Leone. This photo was taken after a young women was almost bitten by the snake at night while walking on the campus of the Makeni Law School. I believe that this observation is a range extension and represents the first documented specimen of N. savannula in Sierra Leone
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Shovelnose Frogs (Genus Hemisus)Observer
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Best guess at ID
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Western Green Mamba (Dendroaspis viridis)Observer
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Poor picture, belly was yellower but flash washed it out.
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Western Gaboon Viper (Bitis rhinoceros)Observer
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Sent to me by a colleague at our Asclepius Snakebite Foundation partner clinic in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Unfortunately snake was killed. These snakes are reportedly quite common in the area even though it is quite dry and a large urbanized area. They are also responsible for a lot of serious bites.
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Wolf Spiders and Allies (Superfamily Lycosoidea)Observer
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Found in Makeni, Sierra Leone. No idea what it is!
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West African Banded Cobra (Naja savannula)Observer
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West African Banded Cobra
