Common Name: Green Mamba Scientific Name: Dendroaspips angusticeps Photographer: Calvin J. Hamilton Copyright: © 2005 Calvin J. Hamilton Date: 2005/07/27 Location: Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo, Maryland

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This extremely lethal snake delivers a yeild of 60-95 mg of neurotoxic venom. A dose of 15 mg is fatal to humans. It is arboreal and is seldom seen on the ground. It lives in eastern and southeast Africa in the forests and in bamboo thickets. It eats arboreal mammals, fledglings, birds and eggs.