SOUTHERN AFRICAN SNAKES
| Common Names | Scientific Names |
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| Albany Adder | Bitis albanica |
| Anchieta's Cobra | Naja annulifera anchieta |
| Anchieta's Dwarf Python | Python anchietae |
| Angola File Snake | Mehelya vernayi |
| Angola Shovel-snout | Prosymna angolensis |
| Angolan Coral Snake | Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi |
| Angolan Garter Snake | Elapsoidea semiannulata |
| Aurora House Snake | Lamprophis aurora |
| Barotse Water Snake | Crotaphopeltis barotseensis |
| Beetz's Tiger Snake | Telescopus beetzii |
| Berg Adder | Bitis atropos |
| Bibron's Blind Snake | Typhlops bibronii |
| Bicloured Quill-snouted Snake | Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor |
| Black Centipede Eater | Aparallactus guentheri |
| Black File Snake | Mehelya nyassae |
| Black Mamba | Dendroaspis polylepis |
| Black Spitting Cobra | Naja nigricollis woodi |
| Black Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops nigricans |
| Black White-lipped Snake | Amblyodipsas microphthalma nigra |
| Black-necked Spitting Cobra | Naja nigricollis nigricollis |
| Boomslang | Dispholidus typus typus |
| Boulenger's Garter Snake | Elapsoidea boulengeri |
| Boyle's Beaked Blind Snake | Rhinotyphlops boylei |
| Brown House Snake | Lamprophis fuliginosus |
| Cape Centipede Eater | Aparallactus capensis |
| Cape Cobra | Naja nivea |
| Cape Coral Snake | Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus |
| Cape File Snake | Mehelya capensis capensis |
| Cape Sand Snake | Psammophis leightoni leightoni |
| Cape Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops conjunctus conjunctus |
| Cape Wolf Snake | Lycophidion capense |
| Common Brown Water Snake | Lycodonomorphus rufulus |
| Common Or Rhombic Egg Eater | Dasypeltis scabra |
| Common Or Rhombic Night Adder | Causus rhombeatus |
| Common Purple-glossed Snake | Amblyodipsas polylepis hildebrandtii |
| Common Purple-glossed Snake | Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis |
| Common Slug Eater | Duberria lutrix lutrix |
| Common Tiger Snake | Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus |
| Cream-spotted Mountain Snake | Montaspis gilvomaculata |
| Cross-barred Tree Snake | Dipsadoboa flavida broadleyi |
| Cross-marked Or Montane Grass Snake | Psammophis crucifer |
| Damara Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops labialis |
| Damara Tiger Snake | Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus |
| De Coster's Garter Snake | Elapsoidea sundevalii decosteri |
| Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake | Rhinotyphlops lalandei |
| Desert Mountain Adder | Bitis xeropaga |
| Distant's Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops distanti |
| Duerden's Or Beaked Burrowing Asp | Atractaspis duerdeni |
| Dusky-bellied Water Snake | Lycodonomorphus laevissimus |
| Dwarf Beaked Snake | Dipsina multimaculata |
| Dwarf Sand Snake | Psammophis angolensis |
| Dwarf Wolf Snake | Lycophidion nanum |
| East African Egg Eater | Dasypeltis medici medici |
| East African Shovel-snout | Prosymna stuhlmannii |
| Eastern Bark Or Mopane Snake | Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia |
| Eastern Congo Burrowing Asp | Atractaspis congica orientalis |
| Eastern Green Snake | Philothamnus natalensis occidentalis |
| Eastern Purple-glossed Snake | Amblyodipsas microphthalma microphthalma |
| Eastern Shield-nose Snake | Aspidelaps scutatus fulafula |
| Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake | Psammophis subtaeniatus orientalis |
| Eastern Striped Swamp Snake | Limnophis bangweolicus |
| Eastern Twig Or Vine Snake | Thelotornis capensis mossambicanus |
| Eastern Wolf Snake | Lycophidion semiannule |
| Elongate Quill-snouted Snake | Xenocalamus mechowii inornatus |
| Fisk's House Snake | Lamprophis fiskii |
| Floodplain Water Snake | Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris |
| Flowerpot Snake | Ramphotyphlops braminus |
| Forest Cobra | Naja melanoleuca |
| Forest Marsh Snake | Natriciteres variegata sylvatica |
| Forest Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops sylvicolus |
| Fork-marked Sand Snake | Psammophis leightoni trinasalis |
| Fornasini's Blind Snake | Typhlops fornasinii |
| Gaboon Adder | Bitis gabonica gabonica |
| Gerard's Black And Yellow Burrowing Snake | Chilorhinophis gerardi gerardi |
| Green Mamba | Dendroaspis angusticeps |
| Green Water Snake | Philothamnus hoplogaster |
| Grey-bellied Grass Snake | Psammophylax variabilis variabilis |
| Guenther's Garter Snake | Elapsoidea guentheri |
| Hellmich's Wolf Snake | Lycophidion hellmichi |
| Herald Or Red-lipped Snake | Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia |
| Highveld Garter Snake | Elapsoidea sundevalii media |
| Horned Adder | Bitis caudalis |
| Incognito Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops conjunctus incognitus |
| Intermediate Shield-nose Snake | Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius |
| Jalla's Sand Snake | Psammophis jallae |
| Kalahari Garter Snake | Elapsoidea sundevalii fitzsimonsi |
| Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake | Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata |
| Karoo Sand Snake Or Whip Snake | Psammophis notostictus |
| Leopard Grass Snake | Psammophis brevirostris leopardinus |
| Lined Olympic Snake | Dromophis lineatus |
| Lineolate Shovel-snout | Prosymna sundevallii lineata |
| Long-tailed Garter Snake | Elapsoidea sundevalii longicauda |
| Long-tailed Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops longicaudus |
| Lowland Swamp Viper | Proatheris superciliaris |
| Many-horned Adder | Bitis cornuta |
| Many-spotted Snake | Amplorhinus multimaculatus |
| Marbled Tree Snake | Dipsadoboa aulica |
| Mole Snake | Pseudaspis cana |
| Mozambique Centipede Eater | Aparallactus nigriceps |
| Mozambique Shovel-snout | Prosymna janii |
| Mozambique Spitting Cobra Or M'fezi | Naja mossambica |
| Mulanje Water Snake | Lycodonomorphus leleupi mlanjensis |
| Namaqua Dwarf Adder | Bitis schneideri |
| Namib Sand Snake | Psammophis leightoni namibensis |
| Namibian Wolf Snake | Lycophidion namibianum |
| Natal Black Snake | Macrelaps microlepidotus |
| Natal Green Snake | Philothamnus natalensis natalensis |
| Natal Purple-glossed Snake | Amblyodipsas concolor |
| Oates'vine Snake | Thelotornis capensis oatseii |
| Olive Grass Snake | Psammophis mossambicus |
| Olive House Snake | Lamprophis inornatus |
| Olive Marsh Snake | Natriciteres olivacea |
| Ornate Green Snake | Philothamnus ornatus |
| Peringuey's Adder | Bitis peringueyi |
| Peter's Giant Blind Snake | Rhinotyphlops schlegelii petersii |
| Peter's Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops scutifrons scutifrons |
| Plain Mountain Adder | Bitis inornata |
| Puff Adder | Bitis arietans arietans |
| Pygmy Wolf Snake | Lycophidion pygmaeum |
| Red Adder | Bitis rubida |
| Reticulated Centipede Eater | Aparallactus lunulatus lunulatus |
| Rinkhals | Hemachatus haemachatus |
| Rufous Beaked Snake | Rhamphiophis rostratus |
| Sabi Quill-snouted Snake | Xenocalamus sabiensis |
| Schinz's Beaked Blind Snake | Rhinotyphlops schinzi |
| Schlegel's Giant Blind Snake | Rhinotyphlops schlegelii schlegelii |
| Semiornate Snake | Meizodon semiornatus |
| Shield-nose Snake | Aspidelaps scutatus scutatus |
| Short-snouted Grass Snake | Psammophis brevirostris brevirostris |
| Slender Blind Snake | Typhlops obtusus |
| Slender Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops gracilior |
| Snouted Cobra | Naja annulifera annulifera |
| Snouted Night Adder | Causus defilippii |
| South-western Shovel-snout | Prosymna frontalis |
| Southern Adder | Bitis armata |
| Southern African Python | Python natalensis |
| Southern Brown Egg Eater | Dasypeltis inornata |
| Southern Or Bibron's Burrowing Asp | Atractaspis bibronii |
| Spotted Bush Snake | Philothamnus semivariegatus |
| Spotted Harlequin Snake | Homoroselaps lacteus |
| Spotted House Snake | Lamprophis guttatus |
| Spotted Or Rhombic Skaapsteker | Psammophylax rhombeatus rhombeatus |
| Spotted Wolf Snake | Lycophidion multimaculatum |
| Stripe-bellied Sand Snake | Psammophis subtaeniatus subtaeniatus |
| Striped Harelquin Snake | Homoroselaps dorsalis |
| Striped Quill-snouted Snake | Xenocalamus bicolor lineatus |
| Striped Skaapsteker | Psammophylax tritaeniatus |
| Sundevall's Garter Snake | Elapsoidea sundevalii sundevalii |
| Sundevall's Or Southern Shovel-snout | Prosymna sundevallii sundevallii |
| Swazi Rock Snake | Lamprophis swazicus |
| Tello's Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops telloi |
| Transvaal Quill-snouted Snake | Xenocalamus transvaalensis |
| Twig Or Vine Snake | Thelotornis capensis capensis |
| Two-striped Shovel-snout | Prosymna bivittata |
| Variegated Or Spotted Slug Eater | Duberria variegata |
| Variegated Wolf Snake | Lycophidion variegatum |
| Viperine Bark Snake | Hemirhagerrhis viperinus |
| Visser's Shovel-snout | Prosymna visserii |
| Waterberg Quill-snouted Snake | Xenocalamus bicolor australis |
| Western Barred Spitting Cobra | Naja nigricollis nigricincta |
| Western Coral Snake | Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus |
| Western Green Snake | Philothamnus angolensis |
| Western Keeled Snake | Pythonodipsas carinata |
| Western Sand Snake | Psammophis trigrammus |
| Western Thread Snake | Leptotyphlops occidentalis |
| Yellow-bellied House Snake | Lamprophis fuscus |
| Yellow-bellied Sea Snake | Pelamis platurus |
| Zambezi Blind Snake | Rhinotyphlops schlegelii mucrosa |
| Zimbabwean Slug Eater | Duberria lutrix rhodesiana |