Family Micrelapidae (Short-jawed Rear-fanged Snakes):
countries with most species

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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Madagascar
83
No. 2
Congo-Kinshasa
80
No. 3
Tanzania
63
No. 4
Cameroon
58
No. 5
South Africa
55
No. 6
Central African Republic
47
No. 7
Nigeria
47
No. 8
Angola
46
No. 9
Kenya
46
No. 10
Congo-Brazzaville
45
No. 11
Namibia
44
No. 12
Ghana
43
No. 13
Mozambique
43
No. 14
Uganda
39
No. 15
Ivory Coast
38
No. 16
Zimbabwe
37
No. 17
Ethiopia
36
No. 18
Guinea
36
No. 19
Zambia
36
No. 20
Togo
35
No. 21
Somalia
34
No. 22
South Sudan
33
No. 23
Botswana
32
No. 24
Eswatini
29
No. 25
Malawi
29
No. 26
Benin
28
No. 27
Sierra Leone
25
No. 28
Gabon
24
No. 29
Chad
23
No. 30
Liberia
23
No. 31
Mali
23
No. 32
Senegal
23
No. 33
Burkina Faso
22
No. 34
Rwanda
22
No. 35
Equatorial Guinea
21
No. 36
Burundi
20
No. 37
Sudan
19
No. 38
Gambia
17
No. 39
Niger
17
No. 40
Guinea-Bissau
14
No. 41
Eritrea
13
No. 42
Mauritania
10
No. 43
Lesotho
9
No. 44
Egypt
8
No. 45
Philippines
8
No. 46
Israel
7
No. 47
Djibouti
6
No. 48
Jordan
6
No. 49
Algeria
5
No. 50
India
5
No. 51
Libya
5
No. 52
Morocco
5
No. 53
Saudi Arabia
5
No. 54
Yemen
5
No. 55
Iran
4
No. 56
Pakistan
4
No. 57
Syria
4
No. 58
Western Sahara
4
No. 59
Afghanistan
3
No. 60
Indonesia
3
No. 61
Iraq
3
No. 62
Lebanon
3
No. 63
Oman
3
No. 64
Tunisia
3
No. 65
Azerbaijan
2
No. 66
Brunei
2
No. 67
Cambodia
2
No. 68
China
2
No. 69
Comoro Islands
2
No. 70
Italy
2
No. 71
Kuwait
2
No. 72
Laos
2
No. 73
Malaysia
2
No. 74
Mayotte [France]
2
No. 75
Myanmar
2
No. 76
Nepal
2
No. 77
Qatar
2
No. 78
Thailand
2
No. 79
Turkmenistan
2
No. 80
United Arab Emirates
2
No. 81
Vietnam
2
No. 82
Albania
1
No. 83
Armenia
1
No. 84
Bahrain
1
No. 85
Bangladesh
1
No. 86
Bhutan
1
No. 87
Bosnia & Herzegovina
1
No. 88
Bulgaria
1
No. 89
Croatia
1
No. 90
Cyprus
1
No. 91
France
1
No. 92
Georgia
1
No. 93
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
1
No. 94
Greece
1
No. 95
Kazakhstan
1
No. 96
Kyrgyzstan
1
No. 97
Macedonia
1
No. 98
Mongolia
1
No. 99
Montenegro
1
No. 100
Portugal
1
No. 101
Russia
1
No. 102
Sao Tome & Principe
1
No. 103
Seychelles
1
No. 104
Singapore
1
No. 105
Slovenia
1
No. 106
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
1
No. 107
Spain
1
No. 108
Taiwan
1
No. 109
Tajikistan
1
No. 110
Turkey
1
No. 111
Uzbekistan
1