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This
list of snakes of Africa
includes all snakes in the continent of Africa.
Philothamnus natalensis
;
Echis megalocephalus
;
Echis leucogaster
[
1
]
Roman's carpet viper
[
1
]
Naja melanoleuca
;
all species of the genus
Afrotyphlops
;
Bitis caudalis
;
Bitis peringueyi
;
Bitis heraldica
[
2
]
Dispholidus typus
;
Spitting cobra
(Many species);
Dendroaspis polylepis;
Vipera monticola
[
3
]
Namibiana rostrata
;
Malpolon moilensis
;
Bitis gabonica
;
Afrotyphlops schlegelii
;
Berg adder
;
Amblyodipsas
;
Aparallactus lunulatus
[
1
]
Bicoloured blind snake
;
Amblyodipsas concolor
;
Amblyodipsas dimidiata
;
Amblyodipsas katangensis
;
Amblyodipsas polylepis
;
[
4
]
Puff adder
;
Bitis heraldica
;
Bitis nasicornis
;
Calabar python
;
Damara threadsnake
;
Calabresi's blind snake
;
Dasypeltis confusa
;
Cape cobra
;
Dasypeltis scabra
;
Cape file snake
;
Drewes's worm snake
;
Cape wolf snake
;
Dwarf water cobra
;
Damara threadsnake
;
Dasypeltis confusa
;
Dasypeltis sahelensis
[
1
]
Polemon neuwiedi
;
Polemon ater
;
Polemon christyi
;
Red adder
Thelotornis kirtlandii
[
5
]
all species of the genus
Boaedon
[
1
]
all species of the genus
Prosymna
[
1
]
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.
Bonn Zoological Bulletin
.
62
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doi
:
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ISSN
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.
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.
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ISSN
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2024-11-01
.
↑
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Vipera monticola
in Morocco"
.
Basic and Applied Herpetology
.
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doi
:
10.11160/bah.249
.
ISSN
2255-1476
.
↑
Conradie, Werner; Pinto, Pedro Vaz (2021-01-27).
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.
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.
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.
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Maritz, Robin; Conradie, Werner; Sardinha, Celso Inácio; Peto, Alberto; Chechene, Acácio Hélio Domingos; Maritz, Bryan (2019-11-08). "Ophiophagy and cannibalism in African vine snakes (Colubridae:
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African Journal of Ecology
.
58
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543–
547.
doi
:
10.1111/aje.12702
.
ISSN
0141-6707
.
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