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Adenium boehmianum, the Bushman poison, is a poisonous succulent endemic to the mostly dry regions of northern Namibia and southern Angola. [1] The San people boil the root sap and latex to prepare arrow poison, which is sufficient for hunting large mammals, as it contains strong cardiotoxic effects. [1]
Carybdea murrayana, the South African box jellyfish, is a venomous species of ... This jellyfish is found from the north of Namibia around the South African coast ...
Species: P. leightoni. ... Namibia and South Africa. [1] Taxonomy. The species P. namibensis and P. trinasalis have been moved to Psammophis leightoni. ...
Bitis schneideri is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to a small coastal region that straddles the border between Namibia and South Africa. [1] [4] [5] B. schneideri is the smallest species in the genus Bitis and possibly the world's smallest viper. [3]
Bitis peringueyi is found in the Namib from southern Angola to Lüderitz, Namibia. Also seen in the Fish River Canyon. They are also found in areas of the Sahara desert and tend to live near sand dunes. The type locality is given as "Damaraland, 10 miles east of Walfisch Bay" [Namibia]. [2]
Namibia will kill more than 700 wild animals and distribute meat to those struggling with food insecurity as the country grapples with its worst drought in 100 years.
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a large and highly venomous snake species native to much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the second longest venomous snake species in the world and is the fastest moving land snake, capable of moving at 4.32 to 5.4 metres per second (16–20 km/h, 10–12 mph).
Namibia has 115 species of fish (five endemic). [1] There are about 50 species of frogs (six endemic) [2] but neither caecilians nor salamanders. [1] Namibia is home to 250 species of reptiles with 59 endemic. [2] There were 1331 recorded species of arachnids with 164 endemic [2] but there are potentially 5650 species. [2]