Venomous Snakes of South-Africa

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Venomous Snakes of South-Africa.

Common Name ; Scientific Name

Cape Cobra ; Naja Nivea
Coral Snake ; Aspidelaps lubricus
Black Spitting Cobra ; Naja nigricollis woodi
Mozambique Spitting Cobra ; Naja mossambica
Forest Cobra ; Naja melanoleuca
Snouted Cobra ; Naja annulifera
Black Mamba ; Dendroaspis polylepis
Green Mamba ; Dendroaspis angusticeps
Rinkhals ; Hemachatus Haemachatus
Puffadder ; Bitis Arietans
Gaboon Adder ; Bitis gabonica
Boomslang ; Dispholidus Typus
Twig Snake ; Thelotornis capensis


Those which inflict painful but not fatal bites.

Berg Adder ; Bitis Atropos
Horned Adder ; Bitis caudalis
Many-horned Adder ; Bitis cornuta
Desert Mountain Adder ; Bitis xeropaga
Red Adder ; Bitis rubida
Peringuey's Adder ; Bitis peringueyi
Plain Mountain Adder ; Bitis inornata
Namaqua Dwarf Adder ; Bitis schneideri
Southern Adder ; Bitis armata
Albany Adder ; Bitis albanica
Common/Rhombic Night Adder ; Causus rhombeatus
Snouted Night Adder ; Causus defilippii
Many-Spotted Snake ; Amplorhinus multimaculatus
Shield-nose Snake ; Aspidelaps scutatus
Spotted Harlequin Snake ; Homoroselaps lacteus
Boulenger's Garter Snake ; Elapsoidea boulengeri
Sundevall's Garter Snake ; Elapsoidea sundevalli
Olive Grass Snake ; Psammophis mossambicus
Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake ; Pelamis platurus
Bibron's Burrowing Asp, Stiletto Snake ; Atractaspis bibroni
Duerden's Burrowing Asp ; Atractaspis duerdeni