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  1. Terrestrial snakes
  2. Central and Southern Africa
  3. Distribution

Country: Zimbabwe

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in Central and Southern Africa

Elapids

Dendroaspis spp., Mambas
Dendroaspis angusticeps E
Dendroaspis polylepis X
Hemachatus spp., Rinkhals
Hemachatus nyangensis E Nyanga district, Maincaland. Seems to be extinct
Naja sp., African cobras
Naja anchietae W
Naja annulifera X
Naja mossambica X
Naja subfulva W
Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance
Aspidelaps scutatus SW
Elapsoidea guentherii X
Elapsoidea semiannulata X

Vipers

Atractaspis spp., Mole vipers
Atractaspis bibronii X
Bitis spp., Puff adder, Gaboon viper and others
Bitis arietans X
Bitis atropos E
Bitis caudalis X
Bitis gabonica E
Causus spp., Night adders
Causus defilippii X
Causus rhombeatus X

Colubrids

A. Dispholidus typus, B. Thelotornis spp., Boomslang and Vine snake
Dispholidus typus X
Thelotornis capensis X
Thelotornis mossambicanus E