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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Niger

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in North Africa, Near and Middle East

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

Naja sp., African cobras

Naja haje	C+S
Naja katiensis	S
Naja melanoleuca	X
Naja nigricollis	C+S
Naja nubiae	C
Naja savannula	SW
Naja senegalensis	SW

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance

Elapsoidea semiannulata

S

Vipers

Atractaspis spp., Mole vipers

Atractaspis micropholis	X
Atractaspis watsoni	S

Bitis spp., Puff adder, Gaboon viper and others

Bitis arietans

X

Causus spp., Night adders

Causus rhombeatus

S

Cerastes spp., African desert horned vipers

Cerastes cerastes	N
Cerastes vipera	X

Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers

Echis leucogaster	X
Echis ocellatus	SW
Echis romani	S