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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Zambia

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in Central and Southern Africa

Occurrences in
NW	the Northwest
N	the North
NE	the Northeast
W	the West
C	central areas
E	the East
SW	the Southwest
S	the South
SE	the Southeast
X	most areas
?	unclear

Literature on the distribution

Elapids

Dendroaspis spp., Mambas

Dendroaspis polylepis

X

Naja sp., African cobras

Naja anchietae	X
Naja annulata	N
Naja annulifera	X
Naja mossambica	E+S
Naja nigricollis	X
Naja subfulva	X

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance

Elapsoidea boulengeri	X
Elapsoidea guentherii	X
Elapsoidea semiannulata	X
Pseudohaje goldii	X

Vipers

Atheris spp., African bush vipers

Atheris katangensis	NW
Atheris rungweensis	NE

Atractaspis spp., Mole vipers

Atractaspis bibronii	X
Atractaspis congica	X

Bitis spp., Puff adder, Gaboon viper and others

Bitis arietans	X
Bitis caudalis	S
Bitis gabonica	X

Causus spp., Night adders

Causus bilineatus	X
Causus defilippii	X
Causus rasmusseni	X
Causus resimus	X
Causus rhombeatus	X

Colubrids

A. Dispholidus typus, B. Thelotornis spp., Boomslang and Vine snake

Dispholidus typus	X
Thelotornis capensis	X