Snake Species: Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers
Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in Central and Southern Africa
Echis coloratus
| Sudan | NE |
Echis hughesi
| Somalia | N |
Echis jogeri
| Guinea & Guinea Bissau | X | Eastern Guinea Bissau, Northern and Central Guinea |
| Senegal (including Gambia) | X | |
| Sierra Leone | NE |
Echis leucogaster
| Benin | N | |
| Burkina Faso | N | |
| Central African Republic | N | |
| Nigeria | N | |
| Senegal (including Gambia) | X | |
| Sudan | W+C+SW |
Echis megalocephalus
| Ethiopia & Eritrea | X | Nokra Island (Red Sea) only |
Echis ocellatus
| Benin | X | |
| Burkina Faso | X | |
| Ghana | X | |
| Guinea & Guinea Bissau | N+E | Northern and Eastern Guinea |
| Ivory Coast | X | |
| Nigeria | W | |
| Senegal (including Gambia) | E? | |
| Togo | X |
Echis pyramidum
| Ethiopia & Eritrea | X | |
| Kenya | X | |
| Rwanda & Burundi | ? | |
| Somalia | N | |
| South Sudan | NE? | |
| Sudan | NE+E |
Echis romani
| Cameroon | N | |
| Central African Republic | N | |
| Nigeria | X | |
| South Sudan | N? | |
| Sudan | S |