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

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region 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
Limpopo [South Africa]
 41
No. 15
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 39
No. 16
Uganda
 39
No. 17
Ivory Coast
 38
No. 18
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 37
No. 19
Zimbabwe
 37
No. 20
Ethiopia
 36
No. 21
Guinea
 36
No. 22
Zambia
 36
No. 23
Togo
 35
No. 24
Somalia
 34
No. 25
South Sudan
 33
No. 26
Botswana
 32
No. 27
Eswatini
 29
No. 28
Malawi
 29
No. 29
Benin
 28
No. 30
Gauteng [South Africa]
 26
No. 31
Sierra Leone
 25
No. 32
Gabon
 24
No. 33
Chad
 23
No. 34
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 23
No. 35
Liberia
 23
No. 36
Mali
 23
No. 37
Senegal
 23
No. 38
Burkina Faso
 22
No. 39
Free State [South Africa]
 22
No. 40
North West Province [South Africa]
 22
No. 41
Northern Cape [South Africa]
 22
No. 42
Rwanda
 22
No. 43
Equatorial Guinea
 21
No. 44
Burundi
 20
No. 45
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 20
No. 46
Sudan
 19
No. 47
Western Cape [South Africa]
 19
No. 48
Gambia
 17
No. 49
Niger
 17
No. 50
Nosy Be [Madagascar]
 17
No. 51
Guinea-Bissau
 14
No. 52
Eritrea
 13
No. 53
Zanzibar [Tanzania]
 12
No. 54
Cabinda [Angola]
 11
No. 55
Mauritania
 10
No. 56
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 9
No. 57
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 9
No. 58
Lesotho
 9
No. 59
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
 8
No. 60
Egypt
 8
No. 61
Philippines
 8
No. 62
Israel
 7
No. 63
Lamu [Kenya]
 7
No. 64
Djibouti
 6
No. 65
Jordan
 6
No. 66
Sinai [Egypt]
 6
No. 67
Algeria
 5
No. 68
India
 5
No. 69
Libya
 5
No. 70
Luzon [Philippines]
 5
No. 71
Mindanao [Philippines]
 5
No. 72
Morocco
 5
No. 73
Panay [Philippines]
 5
No. 74
Saudi Arabia
 5
No. 75
Yemen
 5
No. 76
Benguerua [Mozambique]
 4
No. 77
Iran
 4
No. 78
Negros [Philippines]
 4
No. 79
Pakistan
 4
No. 80
Palestine [Israel]
 4
No. 81
Syria
 4
No. 82
Western Sahara
 4
No. 83
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
 4
No. 84
Afghanistan
 3
No. 85
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 3
No. 86
Camiguin Sur [Philippines]
 3
No. 87
Catanduanes [Philippines]
 3
No. 88
Cebu [Philippines]
 3
No. 89
Comoro Archipelago [Comoro Islands / France]
 3
No. 90
Dinagat [Philippines]
 3
No. 91
Indonesia
 3
No. 92
Iraq
 3
No. 93
Java [Indonesia]
 3
No. 94
Lebanon
 3
No. 95
Leyte [Philippines]
 3
No. 96
Mafia [Tanzania]
 3
No. 97
Maharashtra [India]
 3
No. 98
Oman
 3
No. 99
Polillo [Philippines]
 3
No. 100
Punjab [India]
 3
No. 101
Samar [Philippines]
 3
No. 102
Sulu Islands [Philippines]
 3
No. 103
Tunisia
 3
No. 104
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 3
No. 105
Azerbaijan
 2
No. 106
Babuyan Islands [Philippines]
 2
No. 107
Bali [Indonesia]
 2
No. 108
Bangka [Indonesia]
 2
No. 109
Belitung [Indonesia]
 2
No. 110
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
 2
No. 111
Bohol [Philippines]
 2
No. 112
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 2
No. 113
Brunei
 2
No. 114
Calayan [Philippines]
 2
No. 115
Cambodia
 2
No. 116
China
 2
No. 117
Comoro Islands
 2
No. 118
Gujarat [India]
 2
No. 119
Himachal Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 120
Italy
 2
No. 121
Jammu & Kashmir [India]
 2
No. 122
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 2
No. 123
Karnataka [India]
 2
No. 124
Kuwait
 2
No. 125
Laos
 2
No. 126
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 127
Malaysia
 2
No. 128
Manda [Kenya]
 2
No. 129
Masirah [Oman]
 2
No. 130
Mayotte [France]
 2
No. 131
Mindoro [Philippines]
 2
No. 132
Myanmar
 2
No. 133
Nepal
 2
No. 134
Odisha [India]
 2
No. 135
Pemba [Tanzania]
 2
No. 136
Qatar
 2
No. 137
Rajasthan [India]
 2
No. 138
Riau Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 139
Sabah [Malaysia]
 2
No. 140
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 2
No. 141
Siargao [Philippines]
 2
No. 142
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 2
No. 143
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 2
No. 144
Thailand
 2
No. 145
Turkmenistan
 2
No. 146
United Arab Emirates
 2
No. 147
Vietnam
 2
No. 148
West Bengal [India]
 2
No. 149
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
 2
No. 150
Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 151
Albania
 1
No. 152
Alor [Indonesia]
 1
No. 153
Anjouan [Comoro Islands]
 1
No. 154
Argo-Saronic Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 155
Armenia
 1
No. 156
Arunachal Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 157
Assam [India]
 1
No. 158
Bahrain
 1
No. 159
Balabac [Philippines]
 1
No. 160
Bangladesh
 1
No. 161
Banyak Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 162
Batan [Philippines]
 1
No. 163
Batan Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 164
Bawean Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 165
Bhutan
 1
No. 166
Bihar [India]
 1
No. 167
Bosnia & Herzegovina
 1
No. 168
Bulgaria
 1
No. 169
Bunguran [Indonesia]
 1
No. 170
Buton [Indonesia]
 1
No. 171
Calamian Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 172
Cat Ba Island [Vietnam]
 1
No. 173
Cephalonia [Greece]
 1
No. 174
Corfu [Greece]
 1
No. 175
Croatia
 1
No. 176
Cyprus
 1
No. 177
Delhi [India]
 1
No. 178
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 179
Enggano [Indonesia]
 1
No. 180
Euboea [Greece]
 1
No. 181
European Turkey [Turkey]
 1
No. 182
Farasan Islands [Saudi Arabia]
 1
No. 183
Flores [Indonesia]
 1
No. 184
France
 1
No. 185
French mainland [France]
 1
No. 186
Fujian [China]
 1
No. 187
Gansu [China]
 1
No. 188
Georgia
 1
No. 189
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 190
Grande Comoro [Comoro Islands]
 1
No. 191
Greece
 1
No. 192
Greek mainland [Greece]
 1
No. 193
Guangdong [China]
 1
No. 194
Guangxi [China]
 1
No. 195
Guizhou [China]
 1
No. 196
Ha Long Bay Islands [Vietnam]
 1
No. 197
Hainan [China]
 1
No. 198
Hong Kong [China]
 1
No. 199
Hunan [China]
 1
No. 200
Inner Mongolia [China]
 1
No. 201
Ionian Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 202
Italian mainland [Italy]
 1
No. 203
Ithaki [Greece]
 1
No. 204
Jiangxi [China]
 1
No. 205
Jolo [Philippines]
 1
No. 206
Kazakhstan
 1
No. 207
Komodo [Indonesia]
 1
No. 208
Kyrgyzstan
 1
No. 209
Lampedusa [Italy]
 1
No. 210
Lanyu Island [Taiwan]
 1
No. 211
Lembata [Indonesia]
 1
No. 212
Lombok [Indonesia]
 1
No. 213
Lubang [Philippines]
 1
No. 214
Macedonia
 1
No. 215
Masbate [Philippines]
 1
No. 216
Meghalaya [India]
 1
No. 217
Mizoram [India]
 1
No. 218
Moheli [Comoro Islands]
 1
No. 219
Mongolia
 1
No. 220
Montenegro
 1
No. 221
Nagaland [India]
 1
No. 222
Nan Ao Island [China]
 1
No. 223
Natuna Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 224
Nias [Indonesia]
 1
No. 225
Ningxia [China]
 1
No. 226
North Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 227
Padar [Indonesia]
 1
No. 228
Palawan [Philippines]
 1
No. 229
Panaitan [Indonesia]
 1
No. 230
Pelagie Islands [Italy]
 1
No. 231
Peloponnese [Greece]
 1
No. 232
Penida [Indonesia]
 1
No. 233
Portugal
 1
No. 234
Portuguese mainland [Portugal]
 1
No. 235
Praslin [Seychelles]
 1
No. 236
Principe [Sao Tome & Principe]
 1
No. 237
Rhodes [Greece]
 1
No. 238
Rinca [Indonesia]
 1
No. 239
Rolas Island [Sao Tome & Principe]
 1
No. 240
Russia
 1
No. 241
Sanana [Indonesia]
 1
No. 242
Sangir Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 243
Sao Tome [Sao Tome & Principe]
 1
No. 244
Sao Tome & Principe
 1
No. 245
Seribuat Archipelago [Malaysia]
 1
No. 246
Seychelles
 1
No. 247
Seychelles inner islands [Seychelles]
 1
No. 248
Shek Kwu Chau Island [China]
 1
No. 249
Simeulue [Indonesia]
 1
No. 250
Singapore
 1
No. 251
Slovenia
 1
No. 252
Socotra [Yemen]
 1
No. 253
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
 1
No. 254
Spain
 1
No. 255
Spanish mainland [Spain]
 1
No. 256
Sporades Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 257
Sula Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 258
Sumba [Indonesia]
 1
No. 259
Sumbawa [Indonesia]
 1
No. 260
Tablas [Philippines]
 1
No. 261
Taiwan
 1
No. 262
Tajikistan
 1
No. 263
Tibet [China]
 1
No. 264
Tioman [Malaysia]
 1
No. 265
Togian Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 266
Turkey
 1
No. 267
Uttarakhand [India]
 1
No. 268
Uzbekistan
 1
No. 269
Xinjiang [China]
 1
No. 270
Yunnan [China]
 1
No. 271
Zakynthos [Greece]
 1