What is Western green mamba?
[[File:Green, yellow snake.jpg|right|200px]] The '''western green mamba''' (''Dendroaspis viridis''), also known as the '''West African green mamba''' or '''Hallowell's green mamba''', is a long, thin, and highly [[venomous snake]] of the [[mamba]] genus, ''Dendroaspis''. This species was first described in 1844. The western green mamba is a fairly large and mainly [[arboreal]] species. They mainly eat [[rodents]] and other small mammals.<ref>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger, G.A.]] 1896. ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume III''. London. p. 435.</ref><ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Dendroaspis |species=viridis |accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Elapidae]] [[Category:Reptiles of Africa]] {{biology-stub}}