{"id":9946,"date":"2021-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/boomslang\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T10:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T08:22:39","slug":"boomslang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/kruger-national-park-news\/kruger-park-reptile-guide\/boomslang\/","title":{"rendered":"Boomslang"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Boomslang<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boomslang [<em>Dispholid typus<\/em>]\n<p><strong>Appearance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Boomslang is a long snake with a unique head with large eyes and circular pupils. The boomslang\u2019s colour differs depending on the area of birth for example it can be leaf-green with a light green-yellow belly, rust-red with an orange-pink belly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Boomslang feeds on birds and chameleons in trees but it can also feed on small animals like mice.<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boomslang can be found in the sub-Saharan Africa, occurring in the northern parts of the country and spreading to Cape Town along the eastern and southern coasts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breeding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Boomslang mates in spring and clutches are usually 10-14 eggs. Eggs are laid in tree hollows and leaf litter. Eggs take between 60 and 90 days to hatch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This snake is equipped with a hemotoxic venom (This venom prevents blood clotting), people die because of haemorrhage. Bites are not common but it does occur when these snakes are being handled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boomslang Name Boomslang [Dispholid typus] Appearance The Boomslang is a long snake with a unique head with large eyes and circular pupils. The boomslang\u2019s colour differs depending on the area of birth for example it can be leaf-green with a light green-yellow belly, rust-red with an orange-pink belly. Diet The Boomslang feeds on birds and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kruger-park-reptile-guide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}