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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Guinea & Guinea Bissau

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
Dendroaspis viridis	X

Naja sp., African cobras

Naja guineensis	X	Guinea and NE Guinea Bissau
Naja katiensis	X	Northern Guinea only
Naja nigricollis	X
Naja savannula	X
Naja senegalensis	N

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance

Elapsoidea semiannulata

X

Vipers

Atheris spp., African bush vipers

Atheris chlorechis

SW+SE

SW and SE Guinea only

Atractaspis spp., Mole vipers

Atractaspis aterrima	X
Atractaspis branchi	SE	SE Guinea
Atractaspis dahomeyensis	X
Atractaspis irregularis	X

Bitis spp., Puff adder, Gaboon viper and others

Bitis arietans	X
Bitis nasicornis	SE	SE Guinea only
Bitis rhinoceros	W+SW+S+SE+X

Causus spp., Night adders

Causus lichtensteini	X
Causus maculatus	X
Causus rhombeatus	X

Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers

Echis jogeri	X	Eastern Guinea Bissau, Northern and Central Guinea
Echis ocellatus	N+E	Northern and Eastern Guinea

Colubrids

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

Dispholidus typus	X
Thelotornis kirtlandii	X