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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Ghana

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 jamesoni	X
Dendroaspis viridis	X

Naja sp., African cobras

Naja guineensis	S
Naja katiensis	N
Naja melanoleuca	S?
Naja nigricollis	X
Naja savannula	X
Naja senegalensis	N

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance

Elapsoidea semiannulata	X
Pseudohaje goldii	X
Pseudohaje nigra	X

Vipers

Atheris spp., African bush vipers

Atheris chlorechis	S
Atheris hirsuta	?
Atheris squamigera	?+X

Atractaspis spp., Mole vipers

Atractaspis aterrima	X
Atractaspis corpulenta	X
Atractaspis dahomeyensis	X
Atractaspis irregularis	X

Bitis spp., Puff adder, Gaboon viper and others

Bitis arietans	X
Bitis nasicornis	C+S
Bitis rhinoceros	C+S

Causus spp., Night adders

Causus lichtensteini	X
Causus maculatus	X

Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers

Echis ocellatus

X

Colubrids

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

Dispholidus typus	X
Thelotornis kirtlandii	X