African Snakebite Institute

⚠️🐍 Danger: Venomous Snakes

Make safety impossible to miss with our durable 0.9 mm ABS Plastic Warning Signboard — ideal for snake rooms, facilities, farms, storage areas, and field sites.

✔️ Strong, weather-resistant ABS plastic
✔️ Bold high-visibility warning design
📏 Size: 30 × 30 cm
Price R120.00 - order online here: https://bit.ly/4fsGppF

A simple sign that helps prevent dangerous mistakes. Stay alert. Stay safe.

Hands off when it comes to snake removal! - African Snakebite Institute Most of our major corporate clients who have large sites and hundreds of staff members, like to ensure that they have at least two or more trained snake removers on every shift. Eliminating hazards to staff on-site is part of nearly every occupational health and safety act and a number of companies....

🐍⚡ Meet the Lightest Snake Hook in Africa!

The new ASI Lite Snake Hook is built for speed, comfort, and effortless handling — weighing an incredible 120 grams only!

✔️ Fiberglass shaft with new ASI grip
✔️ Strong aluminium hook secured with aeronautical glue
✔️ Tested to lift up to 3 kg
✔️ Lightweight without compromising strength
📏 Total length: 110 cm
Price R495.00 - order online here:https://bit.ly/3QdI2x0

Ultra-light. Ultra-reliable. Made for the field.

A young Horned Adder (Bitis caudalis) from coastal Namibia. These small adders have alternating light and dark blotches down the centre of the back which is a good feature to identify them from other adders in the region.

A Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) from Saldanha, Western Cape. A highly variable species, ranging in colour from yellow to orange or brown and nearly black. They may be plain or speckled. Juveniles typically display a dark band on the throat.

ASI Bumper Sticker – Snake Rescuer Pink.

⚠️🐍 Safety that sticks out!
Perfect for snake buckets, tubs, and the back of your car, these warning stickers help keep dangerous cargo clearly marked and visible.

📏 Size: 30 × 10 cm
🐍 R20.00 - https://bit.ly/4fxzbAO

A simple way to improve safety and awareness wherever you go.

A venomous Snouted Night Adder (Causus defilippii) from Hoedspruit, Limpopo. Note the upturned rostral scale (snout) which gives this species its name. This species is smaller than the Common Night Adder, usually has a broader V pattern on the neck and often has a dark band down the centre of the back. The tail is also notably shorter than the Common Night Adder.

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) spitting its venom. Spitting snakes can spit just short of three meters and as the venom sprays it may get into your face, chest and arms, but only does damage if it enters the eyes. First aid for venom in the eyes is to rinse the eyes gently and thoroughly with water and get to a medical doctor for further examination and treatment. Recovery takes two to three days.

A young Rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus) from Gauteng. One of the few elapids to give birth to live young, producing 20–30 offspring in midsummer (around February). Neonates measure 16–22 cm and vary from light brown to banded patterns depending on locality.

Identifying Snake Skins - African Snakebite Institute You’re watering the garden and discover a shed snake skin in a rockery. Where is the snake? What is the snake? How big is it?