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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 ...
Afrotyphlops schlegelii, commonly known as Schlegel's beaked blind snake [2] or Schlegel's giant blind snake, [1] is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [3] [4] [5] The species is endemic to eastern and southern Africa, and bears the distinction of being the world's largest typhlopid. [2]
The Sloughi is an ancient breed, treasured in North Africa for its natural prey drive, coursing skills, speed, agility, and endurance over long distances. It is a robust, yet elegant and racy, sighthound with evenly proportioned limbs, back and tail.
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.
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 ...
Species of Lamprophis exhibit a wide variety of pattern variation, and may be spotted, striped, or solid in color. House snakes are sexually dimorphic, the females grow significantly larger, to about 120 cm (47 in) in some species, and some specimens have been recorded over 150 cm (59 in), the males only grow to around 75 cm (30 in).
African giant blind snake (Afrotyphlops mucruso W. Peters, 1854) Kenyan dwarf blind snake (Afrotyphlops nanus Broadley & Wallach, 2009) Bicoloured blind snake (Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus Broadley & Wallach, 2000) Malawi blind snake (Afrotyphlops obtusus W. Peters, 1865) Tanga blind snake (Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus Sternfeld, 1910)
Scaphiophis is a genus of African snakes in the family Colubridae. Common names include hook-nosed snakes [1] and shovel-nosed snakes. Species.