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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Mozambique

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in Central and Southern Africa

Occurrences in
NW	the Northwest
N	the North
NE	the Northeast
W	the West
C	central areas
E	the East
SW	the Southwest
S	the South
SE	the Southeast
X	most areas
?	unclear

Literature on the distribution

Vipers

Atheris spp., African bush vipers

Atheris mabuensis	NW
Atheris superciliaris (= Proatheris superciliaris)	NE+C

Atractaspis spp., Mole vipers

Atractaspis bibronii

N

Bitis spp., Puff adder, Gaboon viper and others

Bitis arietans	X
Bitis atropos	W
Bitis gabonica	C+S

Causus spp., Night adders

Causus defilippii	X
Causus resimus	X
Causus rhombeatus	X

Colubrids

A. Dispholidus typus, B. Thelotornis spp., Boomslang and Vine snake

Dispholidus typus	X
Thelotornis capensis	X
Thelotornis mossambicanus	C

Elapids

Dendroaspis spp., Mambas

Dendroaspis angusticeps	X
Dendroaspis polylepis	X

Hemachatus spp., Rinkhals

Hemachatus nyangensis

W?

Naja sp., African cobras

Naja annulifera	C+S
Naja mossambica	X
Naja subfulva	X

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance

Aspidelaps scutatus	S
Elapsoidea boulengeri	X
Elapsoidea semiannulata	X