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General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Snakes (Serpentes)
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Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Crotaphopeltis (Herald Snakes)
 
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Common Herald Snake

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Visser 1979 Waal 1978
Genus Dasypeltis (African Egg Eaters)
 
Dasypeltis inornata

Southern Brown Egg Eater

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Gans 1959 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989
 
Dasypeltis medici

East African Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983
 
Dasypeltis scabra

Common African Egg Eater

Bates & Broadley 2018 Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Fitzsimons 1956 Gans 1959 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Witberg 2012 Waal 1978
Genus Dipsadoboa (Nocturnal Tree Snakes)
 
Dipsadoboa aulica

Cross-barred Nocturnal Tree Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Branch, Conradie & Tolley in Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley 2019 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Rasmussen 1989
Genus Dispholidus (Boomslangs)
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Dispholidus typus

Cape Boomslang

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Visser 1979
 
Dispholidus viridis

Green Boomslang

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as D. typus] Pietersen, Verburght & Davies 2021
Genus Meizodon (African Smooth Snakes)
 
Meizodon semiornatus

Semi-ornate Smooth Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schatti 1985 Swanepoel 2010
Genus Natriciteres (African Marsh Snakes)
 
Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014
 
Natriciteres sylvatica

Eastern Forest Marsh Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Genus Philothamnus (African Green Snakes)
 
Philothamnus angolensis

Angolan Green Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983
 
Philothamnus hoplogaster

Southeastern Green Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Jacobsen 2006 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Loveridge 1957 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Philothamnus natalensis

Eastern Natal Green Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989
 
Philothamnus occidentalis

Western Natal Green Snake

Bates 1991 Bates 1992 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1966 [as P. natalensis occidentalis] Broadley 1983 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Jesus, Nagy, Branch, Wink, Brehm & Harris 2009 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
 
Philothamnus semivariegatus

Variegated Bush Snake

Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Fitzsimons 1956 Haacke 1985 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Loehr 2005 McLachlan 1984 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
Genus Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
 
Telescopus beetzii

Namib Tiger Snake

Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Baard 1987 Visser 1979 Visser 1981 Waal 1978
 
Telescopus semiannulatus

Southern Tiger Snake

Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
Genus Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)
 
Thelotornis capensis

Southern Vine Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2002 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2001 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Aspidelaps (Shield-nosed Cobras)
 
Aspidelaps lubricus

African Coral Snake

Bates 1991 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley & Baldwin 2006 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Schultz & Massyn 2008 Visser 1979 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Waal 1978 Yeadon & Bates 2000
 
Aspidelaps scutatus

Shield-nosed Coral Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Baldwin 2006 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Reissig, Rensburg & Shaw 2015 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Dendroaspis (Mambas)
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Dendroaspis angusticeps

Southern Green Mamba

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Marais & McGahey 2010 Spawls & Branch 1995
 
Dendroaspis polylepis

Black Mamba

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Haakansson & Madsen 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Maritz & Alexander 2010 Schmidt 2002 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
Genus Elapsoidea (African Garter Snakes)
 
Elapsoidea boulengeri

Zambezi Garter Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1998 David & Ineich 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jacobsen 1989 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Elapsoidea sundevallii

Southern African Garter Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Scholtz, Barends & Alexander 2020 Waal 1978
Genus Hemachatus (Ring-necked Spitting Cobra)
 
Hemachatus haemachates

Ring-necked Spitting Cobra

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Fitzsimons 1956 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jacobsen 1989 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Smith 2011 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Visser 1979 Waal 1978
Genus Naja (Typical Cobras)
 
Naja annulifera

African Banded Cobra

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wuster 2004 Broadley 1968 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1995 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Fitzsimons 1956 [as N. haje] Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Naja mossambica

Mozambique Spitting Cobra

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Fitzsimons 1956 [as N. nigricollis] Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Schmidt 2002 Schultz & Massyn 2008 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster, Crookes, Ineich, Mane, Pook, Trape & Broadley 2007
 
Naja nigricincta

Western Barred Spitting Cobra

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1998 Broadley 1968 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Spawls & Branch 1995 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster, Crookes, Ineich, Mane, Pook, Trape & Broadley 2007
 
Naja nivea

Yellow Cobra

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wuster 2004 Broadley 1968 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Cunningham, Henderson & Tolley 2003 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Goldberg 2010 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
 
Naja subfulva

Brown Forest Cobra

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 [as N. melanoleuca] Bourquin 1989 [as N. melanoleuca] Bourquin 2004 [as N. melanoleuca] Branch 1998 [as N. melanoleuca] Broadley 1968 [as N. melanoleuca] Broadley 1983 [as N. melanoleuca] David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca] Dobiey & Vogel 2007 [as N. melanoleuca] Hitchins & Moll 1967 [as N. melanoleuca] Johnson & Raw 1989 [as N. melanoleuca] Marais & Jubber 2010 [as N. melanoleuca] Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca] Stander, Petford & Huyssteen 2021 Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Ineich 1988 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Smith 1926 Spawls & Branch 1995
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Alopecion (Spotted House Snake)
 
Alopecion guttatum

Spotted House Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Visser 1979 Visser 1981 Waal 1978
Genus Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)
 
Amblyodipsas bicolor

Bicoloured Quill-snouted Snake

Bates 1988 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
 
Amblyodipsas concolor

Natal Purple-glossed Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1970 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Haacke 1982 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Raw 1971 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Amblyodipsas microphthalma

Eastern Purple-glossed Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Amblyodipsas polylepis

Common Purple-glossed Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Pietersen & Pietersen 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Amblyodipsas sabiensis

Sabi Quill-snouted Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014
 
Amblyodipsas transvaalensis

Transvaal Quill-snouted Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1970 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1971 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989
Genus Amplorhinus (Many-spotted Snake)
 
Amplorhinus multimaculatus

Many-spotted Snake

Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Aparallactus (African Centipede Eaters)
 
Aparallactus capensis

Cape Centipede Eater

Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Loveridge 1957 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Waal 1978
 
Aparallactus lunulatus

Reticulated Centipede Eater

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Atractaspis (Stiletto Snakes)
 
Atractaspis bibronii

Southern Stiletto Snake

Bates 1988 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1991 David & Ineich 1999 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jacobsen 1989 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Waal 1978
 
Atractaspis duerdeni

Beaked Stiletto Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1991 David & Ineich 1999 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Jacobsen 1989 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)
 
Boaedon capensis

Brown House Snake

Bates 1997 [as fuliginosus] Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bourquin 1989 [as fuliginosus] Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 [as fuliginosus] Broadley 1983 [as fuliginosus] Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 [as lineatus] Fitzsimons 1956 [as lineatus] Hughes 1997 Jacobsen 1989 [as fuliginosus] Johnson & Raw 1989 [as f. fuliginosus] Loveridge 1957 [as f. fuliginosus] Maritz & Alexander 2007 [as fuliginosus] Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 [as fuliginosus] Schmidt 2002 [as fuliginosus] Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 [as fuliginosus] Visser 1979 [as fuliginosus] Wyk & Kearney 2002 [as fuliginosus] Waal 1978 [as f. fuliginosus]
 
Boaedon mentalis

Namibe House Snake

Hallermann, Ceriaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer 2020
Genus Dipsina (Dwarf Beaked Snake)
 
Dipsina multimaculata

Dwarf Beaked Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Baard 1987 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Visser 1979
Genus Duberria (African Slug Eaters)
 
Duberria lutrix

Common Slug Eater

Bates 1991 Bates 1992 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
 
Duberria variegata

Spotted Slug Eater

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983
Genus Gracililima (Black File Snake)
 
Gracililima nyassae

Black File Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1970 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Lanza & Broadley 2014 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
Genus Hemirhagerrhis (Bark Snakes)
 
Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia

Southeastern Bark Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Hughes 2000 Broadley 1983 Haagner 1990 Jacobsen 1989
Genus Homoroselaps (African Harlequin Snakes)
 
Homoroselaps dorsalis

Striped Harlequin Snake

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Spawls & Branch 1995 Waal 1978
 
Homoroselaps lacteus

Spotted Harlequin Snake

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
Genus Inyoka (Swazi Rock Snake)
 
Inyoka swazicus

Swazi Rock Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt & Scott 2003
Genus Lamprophis (SubSaharan House Snakes)
 
Lamprophis aurora

Aurora House Snake

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
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Lamprophis fiskii

Cape House Snake

Barts, Schneider, Boone, Marais, Branch & Haacke 2012 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Baard 1987 Marais 1981
 
Lamprophis fuscus

Yellow-bellied House Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Visser 1979 Waal 1978
Genus Limaformosa (Venus File Snakes)
 
Limaformosa capensis

Cape File Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
Genus Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water Snakes)
 
Lycodonomorphus inornatus

Olive-brown House Snake

Bates 1991 Bates 1992 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Waal 1978
 
Lycodonomorphus laevissimus

Dusky-bellied Water Snake

Bates 1996 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Haagner & Branch 1994 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris

Floodplain Water Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kyle, Alexander & Preez 2021
 
Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Common Brown Water Snake

Bates 1988 Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
Genus Lycophidion (African Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycophidion capense

Cape Wolf Snake

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1976 Branch 1989 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1996 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Laurent 1968 Loveridge 1957 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
 
Lycophidion pygmaeum

Pygmy Wolf Snake

Armstrong 2001 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 [as L. semiannule] Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 [as L. semiannule] Broadley 1996
 
Lycophidion variegatum

Variegated Wolf Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1976 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1996 Jacobsen 1989 Raw 1971 Raw 1975
Genus Macrelaps (Natal Black Snake)
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Macrelaps microlepidotus

Natal Black Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Venter & Nicolau 2012 Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Johnson & Raw 1989 Spawls & Branch 1995
Genus Montaspis (Cream-spotted Mountain Snake)
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Montaspis gilvomaculata

Cream-spotted Mountain Snake

Armstrong 2001 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1991 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998
Genus Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)
 
Prosymna bivittata

Two-striped Shovel-snout

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Warner & Combrink 2010 Waal 1978
 
Prosymna frontalis

Southwestern Shovel-snout

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Visser 1981
 
Prosymna janii

Mozambique Shovel-snout

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1970 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983
 
Prosymna lineata

Lineolate Shovel-snout

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Huyssteen & Jordaan 2021 Jacobsen 1989 Stander 2021
 
Prosymna stuhlmannii

East African Shovel-snout

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1970 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Miller 2009 Raw 1971
 
Prosymna sundevallii

Southern African Shovel-snout

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley & Blaylock 2013 Broadley 1980 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Visser 1979 Visser 1981 Waal 1978
Genus Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes)
 
Psammophis angolensis

Dwarf Sand Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Psammophis brevirostris

Short-snouted Grass Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Haagner 1999 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Fitzsimons 1956 [as P. sibilans] Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Psammophis crucifer

Cross-marked Grass Snake

Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Waal 1978
 
Psammophis jallae

Zimbabwe Sand Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989
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Psammophis leightoni

Cape Sand Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002
 
Psammophis mossambicus

East African Olive Grass Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 [as P. phillipsii] Broadley 2002 Jacobsen 1989 [as P. phillipsii] Maritz & Alexander 2007 Trape, Crochet, Broadley, Sourouille, Mane, Burger, Boehme, Saleh, Karan, Lanza & Mediannikov 2019
 
Psammophis namibensis

Namib Sand Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006
 
Psammophis notostictus

Karoo Sand Snake

Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates 2010 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Burger 1993 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Waal 1978
 
Psammophis subtaeniatus

Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Psammophis trigrammus

Western Sand Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002
 
Psammophis trinasalis

Kalahari Sand Snake

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1977 Broadley 1983 Broadley 2002 Baard, Villiers & Villiers 1988 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Jacobsen 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 [as P. leightoni] Waal 1978
Genus Psammophylax (Skaapstekers)
 
Psammophylax rhombeatus

Spotted Skaapsteker

Bates & Douglas 1992 Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bauer 2000 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1976 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Conradie, Reeves, Mdoko, Pamla & Gxabhu 2020 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
 
Psammophylax tritaeniatus

Southern Striped Skaapsteker

Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
Genus Pseudaspis (African Mole Snake)
 
Pseudaspis cana

African Mole Snake

Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen 1989 Loveridge 1957 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
Genus Rhamphiophis (Beaked Snakes)
 
Rhamphiophis rostratus

Rufous Beaked Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Chirio & Ineich 1991 Jacobsen 1989
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Leptotyphlops (Typical Thread Snakes)
 
Leptotyphlops conjunctus

Cape Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates 1992 Bates 1996 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Hahn 1980 Jacobsen 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Waal 1978
 
Leptotyphlops distanti

Transvaal Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Leptotyphlops incognitus

Incognito Thread Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Hahn 1980 Jacobsen 1989 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
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Leptotyphlops jacobseni

Lydenburg Thread Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Broadley & Broadley 1999
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Leptotyphlops nigricans

South African Black Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
 
Leptotyphlops scutifrons

Zambezi Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates 1991 Bates 1992 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Fitzsimons 1956 Hahn 1980 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978
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Leptotyphlops sylvicolus

Southern Forest Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Wallach 1997
Genus Myriopholis (Many-scaled Thread Snakes)
 
Myriopholis longicauda

Southern African Long-tailed Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley & Watson 1976 Broadley 1983 Jacobsen 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Pietersen & Pietersen 2001 Schmidt 2002
Genus Namibiana (Southwest African Thread Snakes)
 
Namibiana gracilior

Slender Thread Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
 
Namibiana occidentalis

Western Namaqua Thread Snake

Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Broadley & Broadley 1999 Broadley 1983 Hahn 1980 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Python (Typical Pythons)
 
Python natalensis

Southern Rock Python

Bates 1996 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Branch 2016 Broadley & Howell 1991 Broadley 1983 Broadley 1984 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Masterson, Lephuting, Mathebula & Shirinda 2012 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Afrotyphlops (African Giant Blind Snakes)
 
Afrotyphlops bibronii

Southern African Blind Snake

Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Fitzsimons 1956 Hahn 1980 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Raw 1975 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Waal 1978
 
Afrotyphlops fornasinii

East African Blind Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Afrotyphlops mucruso

Zambezi Giant Blind Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Jacobsen 1989
 
Afrotyphlops schlegelii

Variable Giant Blind Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1970 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Hahn 1980 Jacobsen 1989
Genus Rhinotyphlops (African Beaked Blind Snakes)
 
Rhinotyphlops lalandei

Cape Blind Snake

Bates & Douglas 1992 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Bauer 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Conradie, Doucette-Riise, Vanhooydonck, Engelbrecht, Measey & Tolley 2011 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 Hahn 1980 Jacobsen 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Raw 1975 Schmidt 2002 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Warner & Combrink 2010 Waal 1978
 
Rhinotyphlops schinzi

Black-spotted Beaked Blind Snake

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley & Wallach 2009 Broadley 1983 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bitis (African Adders)
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Bitis albanica

Albany Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Branch 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007
 
Bitis arietans

Common Puff Adder

Alexander & Kruger 2010 Alexander & Maritz 2010 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Burger 1993 Conradie, Reeves, Brown & Venter 2016 David & Ineich 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Fitzsimons 1956 Girard 1999 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Kirchhof 2011 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Phelps 2009 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Schmidt & Gruschwitz 2004 Schmidt 2002 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Tolley, Whitaker & Turner 2006 Witberg 2012 Waal 1978
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Bitis armata

Southern Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Branch 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007
 
Bitis atropos

Cape Mountain Adder

Bates 1988 Bates 1991 Bates 1997 Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995 Visser 1979 Waal 1978
 
Bitis caudalis

Horned Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch & Braack 1989 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Conradie, Engelbrecht, Herrel, Measey, Nielsen, Vanhooydonck & Tolley 2011 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Fitzsimons & Brain 1958 Jacobsen 1989 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Phelps & Els 2006 Schmidt 2002 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Visser 1979
 
Bitis cornuta

Many-horned Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1998 Branch 1999 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Visser 1979
 
Bitis gabonica

Gaboon Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Pitman 1974 Spawls & Branch 1995
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Bitis inornata

Plain Mountain Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Branch 1999 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007
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Bitis rubida

South African Red Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1997 Branch 1998 Branch 1999 Broadley 1983 [as inornata] Dobiey & Vogel 2007
 
Bitis schneideri

Namaqua Dwarf Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Maritz & Alexander 2011 Spawls & Branch 1995
 
Bitis xeropaga

Desert Mountain Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bauer & Branch 2001 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Spawls & Branch 1995
Genus Causus (Night Adders)
 
Causus defilippii

Snouted Night Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Kirchhof, Kramer, Linden & Richter 2010 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023
 
Causus rhombeatus

Rhombic Night Adder

Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014 Bourquin 1989 Bourquin 2004 Branch 1998 Broadley 1983 David & Ineich 1999 Dobiey & Vogel 2007 Fitzsimons 1956 Jacobsen & Randall 2013 Jacobsen 1989 Johnson & Raw 1989 Maritz & Alexander 2007 Masterson, Maritz, Mackay & Alexander 2009 Reeves, Mdoko, Rebelo & Conradie 2021 Spawls & Branch 1995 Tolley, Telford, Makhubo, Power & Alexander 2023 Waal 1978