Typically, they’re slender snakes with smooth scales and grow to be about 2 to 4 feet (0.6 to 1.2 meters) long. Their color ranges from brown to black, making them excellent at blending into their ...

"I managed to coax the snake from the oven and was able to safely get hold of it with specialist equipment and then contain it securely. "It was an African brown house snake, which is a non ...

Advertisement The couple summoned the inspector back to their home two days later when they opened up the oven to cook some fries and came face to face with the African brown house snake.

They are harmless to humans. Brown house snake (Boaedon capensis). Photo: Johan Marais from the African Snakebite Institute. • The herald snake or the red-lipped snake (Crotaphopeltis ...

It was a non-venomous African brown house snake, measuring at least three feet long. The 82-year-old woman had opened the oven door to pop in her chips when she spotted the snake - later named ...

THE Brown House Snake is nature’s own pest controller. It is the most widespread snake found in all areas of South Africa. It is also one of only a few snakes that are tolerant of urban sprawl ...