One clip names both of them

1,143 views between them.

Black mamba outweighs Boomslang 8.2× — 30.8 kg against 3.8 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

31 kg

🐍 Black mamba · AnAge

3.77 kg

🐍 Boomslang · AnAge

Body length

4.25 m

🐍 Black mamba · ReptTraits

1.85 m

🐍 Boomslang · ReptTraits

Maximum lifespan

26 yr

🐍 Black mamba · AnAge

8.7 yr

🐍 Boomslang · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Animais flagrados pela câmera

Imagens reais dos animais deste site — caçando, brigando e levando a vida.

Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Serpentes (infraorder), home to 4,156 species.

We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.