This docile, inoffensive snake is active at night when it hunts for prey, especially other snakes. It is completely harmless yet eats venomous snakes like the Black Mamba and Puff Adder.
If a venomous snake is bitten by another venomous snake of the same species, (for example during a fight or mating), then it will not be affected. However, if a snake is bitten by a venomous snake of another species, it probably will be affected.
This is probably because snakes have evolved to be immune to venom from their own species, because bites from mates or rivals of the same species probably happen frequently.
True to its common name it has a file-shaped triangular body with large grey scales on the body and a light dorsal stripe that extends from behind the head to the tip of the tail. I can grow to almost 2 metres in length.
It seeks refuge underground, in hollow logs, deserted termite mounds and other suitable hiding places and emerges in the early evening to hunt, especially after rains. Individuals are known to spend most of the year underground.
In some cultures, the File snake is called the witchdoctor’s snake and supposedly brings good luck.
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