Green Mamba

• GeneralEntirely arboreal and very fast; for all its reputation it is less aggressive than the black mamba.
• Its bright green makes it practically invisible among the foliage, and most encounters with people happen when someone prunes a tree or picks fruit without having seen it.
• Unlike the black mamba, which is terrestrial and markedly defensive, this one is arboreal and shy: it flees through the canopy and only bites when cornered or handled.
• It moves along the thinnest branches with extraordinary agility and can launch itself from one tree to another across considerable gaps without coming down to the ground.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (reptile)

Habitat and environment

Coastal forest, dense scrub and plantations of East Africa

Sexual maturity

3 years

Gestation / incubation

90 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

12 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendroaspis_angusticeps