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= endemic EX = extinct or assumed extinct
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Genus
Grayia (Equatorial African Water Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Colubridae/GIF/Grayia_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Grayia_bibliography_link.gif) |
Family
Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) | ![](../maps1/TAX/FAM_ORDER_CLASS/GIF/Elapidae_1_60h.gif) | ![](../links/Elapidae_1_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Naja (Typical Cobras) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Naja_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Naja_bibliography_link.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Naja_nigricollis_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Naja nigricollis
Black-necked Spitting Cobra | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993
Spawls & Branch 1995
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
![](../DIV/Transparent_160x10.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Elapidae_1/GIF/Naja_subfulva_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Naja subfulva
Brown Forest Cobra | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
David & Ineich 1999 [as N. melanoleuca]
Spawls & Branch 1995 [as N. melanoleuca]
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as N. melanoleuca]
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018 [as N. melanoleuca]
Wuster, Chirio, Trape, Ineich, Jackson, Greenbaum, Barron, Kusamba, Nagy, Storey, Hall, Wuster, Barlow & Broadley 2018
![](../DIV/Transparent_160x10.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Atractaspis_irregularis_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
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Atractaspis irregularis
Variable Stiletto Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley & Howell 1991
David & Ineich 1999
Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993
Pitman 1974
Spawls & Branch 1995
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
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Genus
Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Boaedon_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Boaedon_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Buhoma (African Forest Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Buhoma_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Buhoma_bibliography_link.gif) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Limaformosa_chanleri_160h.gif) ![](../DIV/Transparent_160x3.gif) |
| ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Limaformosa chanleri
Unicolor File Snake | ![](../DIV/Transparent_500x1.gif)
Broadley & Howell 1991 [as unicolor]
Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018
Derleyn 1978 [as Mehelya capensis unicolor]
Lanza & Broadley 2014
Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002 [as unicolor]
Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018
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Genus
Mehelya (Greater File Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Mehelya_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Mehelya_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Polemon (African Snake Eaters) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Polemon_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Polemon_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Psammophis (Old World Sand Snakes and Grass Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Lamprophiidae/GIF/Psammophis_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Psammophis_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Python (Typical Pythons) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Pythonidae/GIF/Python_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Python_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Letheobia (African Gracile Blind Snakes) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Typhlopidae/GIF/Letheobia_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Letheobia_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Atheris (African Bush Vipers) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Viperidae/GIF/Atheris_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Atheris_bibliography_link.gif) |
Genus
Bitis (African Adders) |
![](../maps1/TAX/Serpentes/Viperidae/GIF/Bitis_60h.gif) |
![](../links/Bitis_bibliography_link.gif) |
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