A MAN was bitten by a venomous stiletto snake on Saturday night after accidentally stepping on the reptile. The Stiletto snake is also known as the Burrowing Asp. According to Durban North snake man, ...

PROFESSIONAL snake catcher Nick Evans says the stiletto snake is responsible for many bites simply because people mistake it for being harmless and pick it up. Also read: Higher temperatures lead to ...

March 11 (UPI) --Biologists have discovered a new species of stiletto snake living in western Liberia and southeastern Guinea. The discovery, detailed in the journal Zoosystematics and Evolution, ...

DURBAN: Crocworld Conservation Centre team was called to rescue a stiletto snake found in a pool at Freeland Park in Scottburgh on the South Coast. Reptile curator at Crocworld Conservation Centre ...

If the sight of a snake is enough to make your skin crawl, you might want to look away now. Researchers have discovered a new species of snake that can attack its victims sideways thanks to its unique ...

Not many people have the courage to pick up snakes. However, there are some who do so thinking the snake might be harmless. This can prove dangerous, as was seen in the case of an unidentified woman ...

Durban’s snake catchers are expecting to be “crazy busy” when the weather warms up, heralding the start of mating season for many species. “This year has been perfect with the (upcountry) snow and ...

WITH the recent heavy rains along the KZN coast, Croc World Conservation Centre warns residents about the increase of ground-dwelling snakes such as the Southern stiletto snake, which lives just below ...

A new kind of ‘stiletto snake’ has been found in West Africa that can strike sideways at its prey The snake is from a family of vipers that has fangs protruding from the sides of its mouth. Not only ...

During surveys in the Upper Guinea forest zone of Liberia and Guinea, scientists discovered snakes later identified as a new to science species. It belongs to the stiletto snakes, spectacular for ...