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= endemic EX = extinct or assumed extinct
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Genus
Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Colubridae/GIF/Grayia_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Grayia_bibliography_link.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Colubridae/GIF/Thelotornis_mossambicanus_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Thelotornis mossambicanus
Eastern Vine Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley 1983
Broadley 2001
Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993
Spawls & Branch 1995
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
![](../DIV/Transparent_160x10.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Colubridae/GIF/Toxicodryas_adamanteus_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Toxicodryas adamanteus
Eastern Powdered Cat Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021
Hughes 1983 [as pulverulenta]
Spawls 1978 [as pulverulenta]
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as pulverulenta]
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as pulverulenta]
![](../DIV/Transparent_160x10.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Colubridae/GIF/Toxicodryas_vexator_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Toxicodryas vexator
Eastern Black-and-Yellow Tree Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Roedel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou Nkonmeneck & Brown 2021
Hughes 1983 [as blandingii]
Pitman 1974 [as blandingii]
Spawls & Branch 1995 [as blandingii]
Spawls 1978 [as blandingii]
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as blandingii]
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as blandingii]
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Family
Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) | ![](../maps1/TAX/FAM_ORDER_CLASS/GIF/Elapidae_1_60h.gif) | ![](../links/Elapidae_1_bibliography_link.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Dendroaspis_intermedius_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Dendroaspis intermedius
Eastern Green Mamba | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley & Howell 1991 [as D. angusticeps]
Broadley 1983 [as D. angusticeps]
David & Ineich 1999 [as D. angusticeps]
Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 [as D. angusticeps]
Loveridge 1957 [as D. angusticeps]
Spawls & Branch 1995 [as D. angusticeps]
Spawls 1978 [as D. angusticeps]
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as D. angusticeps]
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as D. angusticeps]
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![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Dendroaspis_jamesonii_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Dendroaspis jamesonii
Central African Green Mamba | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
David & Ineich 1999
Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993
Hughes 1983
Loveridge 1957
Spawls & Branch 1995
Spawls 1978
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
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![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Elapsoidea_loveridgei_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Elapsoidea loveridgei
Northeastern Garter Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley & Howell 1991
Broadley 1971
David & Ineich 1999
Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993
Jakobsen 1997
Lanza 1990
Loveridge 1957
Spawls & Branch 1995
Spawls 1978
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
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Genus
Naja (Typical Cobras) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Naja_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Naja_bibliography_link.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Naja_pallida_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Naja pallida
Eastern Pallid Spitting Cobra | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley & Howell 1991
Lanza 1990
Loveridge 1957
Spawls & Branch 1995
Spawls 1978
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Wuster, Crookes, Ineich, Mane, Pook, Trape & Broadley 2007
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![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Naja_subfulva_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Naja subfulva
Brown Forest Cobra | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley 1983 [as N. melanoleuca]
David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca]
Hughes 1983 [as N. melanoleuca]
Lanza 1990 [as N. melanoleuca]
Loveridge 1957 [as N. melanoleuca]
Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca]
Spawls 1978 [as N. melanoleuca]
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as N. melanoleuca]
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as N. melanoleuca]
Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
![](../DIV/Transparent_160x10.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Pseudohaje_goldii_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Pseudohaje goldii
Central African Tree Cobra | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
David & Ineich 1999
Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993
Hughes 1983
Spawls & Branch 1995
Spawls 1978
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
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Family
Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) | ![](../maps1/TAX/FAM_ORDER_CLASS/GIF/Elapidae_2_60h.gif) | ![](../links/Elapidae_2_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Amblyodipsas_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Amblyodipsas_bibliography_link.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Atractaspis_irregularis_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Atractaspis irregularis
Variable Stiletto Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley & Howell 1991
David & Ineich 1999
Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993
Hughes 1983
Largen & Rasmussen 1993
Laurent 1950
Loveridge 1957
Spawls & Branch 1995
Spawls 1978
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
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Genus
Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Boaedon_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Boaedon_bibliography_link.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Limaformosa_chanleri_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Limaformosa chanleri
Unicolor File Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley & Howell 1991 [as unicolor]
Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018
Lanza & Broadley 2014
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as unicolor]
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Stejneger 1893
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Genus
Polemon (African Snake Eaters) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Polemon_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Polemon_bibliography_link.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Polemon_christyi_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Polemon christyi
Eastern Snake Eater | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Hughes 1983
Pitman 1974
Portillo, Branch, Tilbury, Nagy, Hughes, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Behangana & Greenbaum 2019
Spawls 1978
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
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Genus
Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Psammophis_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Psammophis_bibliography_link.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Psammophis_mossambicus_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Psammophis mossambicus
East African Olive Grass Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley & Howell 1991 [as P. phillipsi]
Broadley 1977 [as P. phillipsi]
Hughes 1983 [as P. phillipsi]
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
Wagner & Boehme 2007 [as P. phillipsi]
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![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Psammophis_orientalis_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Psammophis orientalis
Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley & Howell 1991
Broadley 1977
Broadley 1983
Broadley 2002
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
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![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Psammophis_rukwae_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Psammophis rukwae
Lake Rukwa Sand Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
![](../DIV/Transparent_160x10.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Psammophis_sudanensis_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Psammophis sudanensis
Sudan Sand Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Loveridge 1957
Pitman 1974
Spawls 1978
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
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Genus
Micrelaps (Afro-Asian Black-headed Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Micrelapidae/GIF/Micrelaps_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Micrelaps_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Python (Typical Pythons) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Pythonidae/GIF/Python_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Python_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Typhlopidae/GIF/Letheobia_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Letheobia_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Atheris (African Bush Vipers) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Viperidae/GIF/Atheris_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Atheris_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Bitis (African Adders) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Viperidae/GIF/Bitis_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Bitis_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Echis (Carpet Vipers) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Viperidae/GIF/Echis_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Echis_bibliography_link.gif) |
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