Possible Clues:

• Snake that can slither 12 mph
• Mother holding black snake
• Mother's keeping black serpent
• Mum catching black serpent
• A poisonous creeper
• Lethal black snake
• The Academy Is... sang of a black one
• Old lady stabbed by black, venomous crawler
• Venomous African tree snake
• Arboreal African snake with a fatal bite