Echis pyramidum (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Vouchers: NMK-374S (field no. SK16 1025); NMK-371S (field no. SK16 1149)

Additional tissue samples: SK051 2016

Localities: AB (B, R), IL (B, R), KA (B), KF (B, G, R), LO (R)

Remarks: The most common snake in SNP during our expeditions was Echis pyramidum, with 38 individuals recorded. This species (Fig. 4Z) occurred at all our study sites and in all transect types, but with a predilection for bushland (26 records). Activity was restricted to the night time, and records during daytime were exclusively of resting individuals dug out under dead logs.