Photo 28516312, (c) Wynand Uys, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Wynand Uys

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What

Cape House Snake (Boaedon capensis)

Observer

wynand_uys

Date

November 23, 2018 02:15 AM SAST

Description

Seen early morning outside my office front door, constricting a large gecko that, in turn, had a grip on the snake. Fortunately for the snake the gecko only had hold of a skin flap at the snake's throat, narrowly missing its trachea.
I placed an inverted basket over the pair so that the drama could play out undisturbed by foot traffic.
Later, when I removed the basket it was evident that the snake had prevailed. Only sign of the gecko was a lump in the snake.

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