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