(SiSwati: phemphetwane)
International Red Data Status: Least Concern 2018 IUCN Red List
Key Features: the long broad hood presenting a black and white banded throat towards its attacker
Comments: Restricted to the highveld region this species has a limited distribution in Swaziland. This species is endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. A relict population of this species is found in eastern Zimbabwe.
Habitats:
Open grassland
Rocky ridges and slopes
3 records, from 1976/02/13 to 1992/02/02
Hemachatus haemachatus on iNaturalist
Hemachatus haemachatus in the Reptile Database
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