Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.):
countries with most species

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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Madagascar
 83
No. 2
Congo-Kinshasa
 80
No. 3
Tanzania
 63
No. 4
Cameroon
 58
No. 5
South Africa
 55
No. 6
Central African Republic
 47
No. 7
Nigeria
 47
No. 8
Angola
 46
No. 9
Kenya
 46
No. 10
Congo-Brazzaville
 45
No. 11
Namibia
 44
No. 12
Ghana
 43
No. 13
Mozambique
 43
No. 14
Uganda
 39
No. 15
Ivory Coast
 38
No. 16
Zimbabwe
 37
No. 17
Ethiopia
 36
No. 18
Guinea
 36
No. 19
Zambia
 36
No. 20
Togo
 35
No. 21
Somalia
 34
No. 22
South Sudan
 33
No. 23
Botswana
 32
No. 24
Eswatini
 29
No. 25
Malawi
 29
No. 26
Benin
 28
No. 27
Sierra Leone
 25
No. 28
Gabon
 24
No. 29
Chad
 23
No. 30
Liberia
 23
No. 31
Mali
 23
No. 32
Senegal
 23
No. 33
Burkina Faso
 22
No. 34
Rwanda
 22
No. 35
Equatorial Guinea
 21
No. 36
Burundi
 20
No. 37
Sudan
 19
No. 38
Gambia
 17
No. 39
Niger
 17
No. 40
Guinea-Bissau
 14
No. 41
Eritrea
 13
No. 42
Mauritania
 10
No. 43
Lesotho
 9
No. 44
Egypt
 8
No. 45
Philippines
 8
No. 46
Israel
 7
No. 47
Djibouti
 6
No. 48
Jordan
 6
No. 49
Algeria
 5
No. 50
India
 5
No. 51
Libya
 5
No. 52
Morocco
 5
No. 53
Saudi Arabia
 5
No. 54
Yemen
 5
No. 55
Iran
 4
No. 56
Pakistan
 4
No. 57
Syria
 4
No. 58
Western Sahara
 4
No. 59
Afghanistan
 3
No. 60
Indonesia
 3
No. 61
Iraq
 3
No. 62
Lebanon
 3
No. 63
Oman
 3
No. 64
Tunisia
 3
No. 65
Azerbaijan
 2
No. 66
Brunei
 2
No. 67
Cambodia
 2
No. 68
China
 2
No. 69
Comoro Islands
 2
No. 70
Italy
 2
No. 71
Kuwait
 2
No. 72
Laos
 2
No. 73
Malaysia
 2
No. 74
Mayotte [France]
 2
No. 75
Myanmar
 2
No. 76
Nepal
 2
No. 77
Qatar
 2
No. 78
Thailand
 2
No. 79
Turkmenistan
 2
No. 80
United Arab Emirates
 2
No. 81
Vietnam
 2
No. 82
Albania
 1
No. 83
Armenia
 1
No. 84
Bahrain
 1
No. 85
Bangladesh
 1
No. 86
Bhutan
 1
No. 87
Bosnia & Herzegovina
 1
No. 88
Bulgaria
 1
No. 89
Croatia
 1
No. 90
Cyprus
 1
No. 91
France
 1
No. 92
Georgia
 1
No. 93
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 94
Greece
 1
No. 95
Kazakhstan
 1
No. 96
Kyrgyzstan
 1
No. 97
Macedonia
 1
No. 98
Mongolia
 1
No. 99
Montenegro
 1
No. 100
Portugal
 1
No. 101
Russia
 1
No. 102
Sao Tome & Principe
 1
No. 103
Seychelles
 1
No. 104
Singapore
 1
No. 105
Slovenia
 1
No. 106
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
 1
No. 107
Spain
 1
No. 108
Taiwan
 1
No. 109
Tajikistan
 1
No. 110
Turkey
 1
No. 111
Uzbekistan
 1