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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.
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).
Calabresi's blind snake; Cape cobra; Cape file snake; Cape wolf snake; Causus bilineatus; Causus defilippii; Causus lichtensteinii; Causus rhombeatus; Central African egg-eating snake; Central African rock python; Cerastes vipera; Chilorhinophis carpenteri; Mali cobra; Snouted cobra; Common brown water snake; Compsophis laphystius ...
Polemon fulvicollis, or the African snake-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. [2] It is endemic to Africa. [3]
African puff adder; Rhombic night adder; Sand adder. Dwarf sand adder; Namib dwarf sand adder; Water adder; Aesculapian snake; Anaconda. Bolivian anaconda; De Schauensee's anaconda; Green anaconda; Yellow anaconda; Arafura file snake; Asp. European asp; Egyptian asp; African beaked 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.
The snake's typical size is about 1.0 m (39.3 in) in total length (body and tail) and very stout. Large specimens of 190 cm (75 in) total length, weighing over 6.0 kg (13.2 lb) and with a girth of 40 cm (16 in) have been reported. Specimens from Saudi Arabia are not as large, usually no more than 80 cm (31 in) in total length.