western green mamba
West African green mamba
Hallowell's green mamba
dendroaspis viridis latin

The western green mamba has no natural predators, but humans and birds of prey are this snake's main threat.

Like the Western green mamba, the neck may be flattened when the snake is aroused, but there is no real hood.

The western green mamba's natural prey consists mainly of birds and small mammals, including rodents such as mice, rats, and squirrels.

If cornered, the Western green mamba is highly dangerous and will show a fearsome display of aggression, loudly hissing and striking repeatedly.

C. regentensis - Eastern green mamba (Dendroaspis augusticeps), Western green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis)

The western green mamba's venom is similar to other members of the mamba (Dendroaspis) family, but differs from other mamba's in toxicity or even the mixture of toxins in the venom at times.

They tend to be very similar to the Western green mamba in colouration and like the Western green mamba, the scales of the body of this species have black edgings also.

Smaller than the black mamba, but larger than the eastern green mamba and the Jameson's mamba the western green mamba is a long and very slender bodied snake with a long tapering tail.

Common symptoms of a bite from a western green mamba include local pain and swelling, although uncommon, local necrosis can be moderate, ataxia, headache, drowsiness, difficulty breathing, vertigo, hypotension (low blood pressure), diarrhea, dizziness, and paralysis.

The Western green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis), or also known as the West African green mamba or Hallowell's green mamba, is a long, thin and highly venomous arboreal snake of the family Elapidae.

The Western green mamba is native to West Africa and occurs in southern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and southwest Nigeria.

The Western green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis), or also known as the West African green mamba or Hallowell's green mamba, is a long, thin and highly venomous arboreal snake of the family Elapidae.

The Western green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis), or also known as the West African green mamba or Hallowell's green mamba, is a long, thin and highly venomous arboreal snake of the family Elapidae.