Table 1.

Snake species assessed for chemical crypsis using scent-matching dogs.

species	common name	no. of scent donors	family	hunting strategy	prediction
Bitis arietans	puff adder	8	Viperidae	ambusher	cryptic
Causus rhombeatus	rhombic night adder	2	Viperidae	active forager	non-cryptic
Boaedon capensis	brown house snake	8	Lamprophiidae	active forager	non-cryptic
Lamprophis aurora	aurora house snake	1	Lamprophiidae	active forager	non-cryptic
Gonionotophis capensis	common file snake	2	Lamprophiidae	active forager	non-cryptic
Pantherophis guttatus	corn snake	1	Colubridae	active forager	non-cryptic