List of snakes of Africa

This list of snakes of Africa includes all snakes in the continent of Africa.

• Philothamnus natalensis;
• Echis megalocephalus;
• Echis leucogaster^[1]
• Roman's carpet viper^[1]
• Naja melanoleuca;
• all species of the genus Afrotyphlops;
• Bitis caudalis;
• Bitis peringueyi;
• Bitis heraldica ^[2]
• Dispholidus typus;
• Spitting cobra (Many species);
• Dendroaspis polylepis;
• Vipera monticola^[3]
• Namibiana rostrata;
• Malpolon moilensis;
• Bitis gabonica;
• Afrotyphlops schlegelii;
• Berg adder;
• Amblyodipsas;
• Aparallactus lunulatus^[1]
• Bicoloured blind snake;
• Amblyodipsas concolor;
• Amblyodipsas dimidiata;
• Amblyodipsas katangensis;
• Amblyodipsas polylepis;^[4]
• Puff adder;
• Bitis heraldica;
• Bitis nasicornis;
• Calabar python;
• Damara threadsnake;
• Calabresi's blind snake;
• Dasypeltis confusa;
• Cape cobra;
• Dasypeltis scabra;
• Cape file snake;
• Drewes's worm snake;
• Cape wolf snake;
• Dwarf water cobra;
• Damara threadsnake;
• Dasypeltis confusa;
• Dasypeltis sahelensis^[1]
• Polemon neuwiedi;
• Polemon ater;
• Polemon christyi;
• Red adder
• Thelotornis kirtlandii^[5]
• all species of the genus Boaedon^[1]
• all species of the genus Prosymna^[1]

References

1. Hinzoumbe, Clément Kerah; Demba-Kodindo, Israël (2020-11-17). "(PDF) The snakes of Chad, Results of a field survey and annotated country-wild checklist". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 62 (2): 367–393. doi:10.20363/BZB-2020.69.2.367. ISSN 2190-7307. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
2. Gonçalves, Francisco Maiato; Braine, Dayne; Bauer, Aaron; Valerio, Hilaria; Ceríaco, Luis Miguel Pires (2019-06-22). "(PDF) Rediscovery of the Poorly Known Angolan Adder, Bitis heraldica (Bocage, 1889) (Serpentes: Viperidae): New Records, Live Photographs, and First Case History of Envenomation". Herpetological Review. 50 (2): 241–246. ISSN 0018-084X. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
3. Martínez-Freiría, Fernando; Bouazza, Abdellah; Buldai, Jon; Freitas, Inês; Avella, Ignazio; Scaramuzzi, Andrea; Sioumpoura, Katerina; Oliveira, Duarte; Fahd, Soumia (2023-12-30). "Fieldwork campaigns and citizen science data increase the distributional range of the elusive <em>Vipera monticola</em> in Morocco". Basic and Applied Herpetology. 37. Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola: 95–105. doi:10.11160/bah.249. ISSN 2255-1476.
4. Conradie, Werner; Pinto, Pedro Vaz (2021-01-27). "(PDF) A snake with an appetite for the rare: Amblyodipsas polylepis (Bocage, 1873) feeding on the amphisbaenid Monopeltis luandae Gans, 1976". Herpetology Notes. 14: 205–207. ISSN 2071-5773. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
5. Maritz, Robin; Conradie, Werner; Sardinha, Celso Inácio; Peto, Alberto; Chechene, Acácio Hélio Domingos; Maritz, Bryan (2019-11-08). "Ophiophagy and cannibalism in African vine snakes (Colubridae: Thelotornis)". African Journal of Ecology. 58 (3). Wiley: 543–547. doi:10.1111/aje.12702. ISSN 0141-6707.