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.

镜头下的动物

站内动物的实拍影像——捕猎、打斗，还有各自过日子的样子。

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.