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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;
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a species of highly venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae.It is native to parts of sub-Saharan Africa.First formally described by Albert Günther in 1864, it is the second-longest venomous snake after the king cobra; mature specimens generally exceed 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and commonly grow to 3 m (9.8 ft).
Mambas are fast-moving, highly venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis (which literally means "tree asp") in the family Elapidae.Four extant species are recognised currently; three of those four species are essentially arboreal and green in colour, whereas the black mamba, Dendroaspis polylepis, is largely terrestrial and generally brown or grey in colour.
Central African egg-eating snake; Central African rock python; Cerastes vipera; Chilorhinophis carpenteri; Mali cobra; Snouted cobra; Common brown water snake ...
The Central African rock python kills its prey by constriction and often eats animals up to the size of antelope, occasionally even crocodiles. The snake reproduces by egg-laying. Unlike most snakes, the female protects her nest and sometimes even her hatchlings. The snake is widely feared, though it is nonvenomous and very rarely kills humans.
African beaked snake; B. Ball Python; Bird snake; Black-headed snake; Mexican black kingsnake; Black rat snake; Black snake. Red-bellied black snake; Blind snake ...
Scaphiophis albopunctatus, the African shovel-nosed snake, is a non-venomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. [2]This snake is found across Central and Western Africa, and some areas of Eastern and Southern Africa, including in Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia ...
Psammophis mossambicus, the olive grass snake, is a snake species in the family Psammophiidae, the sand and whip snakes (not to be confused with the Australian olive whipsnake, Demansia olivacea). Distribution