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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Uganda

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

Elapids

Dendroaspis spp., Mambas

Dendroaspis jamesoni	X
Dendroaspis polylepis	X

Naja sp., African cobras

Naja ashei	NE
Naja haje	X
Naja nigricollis	X
Naja pallida	NE
Naja subfulva	X

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance

Elapsoidea laticincta	X
Elapsoidea loveridgei	X
Pseudohaje goldii	X

Vipers

Atheris spp., African bush vipers

Atheris acuminata	SW
Atheris hispida	SW+S
Atheris nitschei	SW
Atheris squamigera	X

Atractaspis spp., Mole vipers

Atractaspis aterrima	X
Atractaspis irregularis	X

Bitis spp., Puff adder, Gaboon viper and others

Bitis arietans	X
Bitis gabonica	X
Bitis nasicornis	X

Causus spp., Night adders

Causus bilineatus	?
Causus lichtensteini	X
Causus resimus	X
Causus rhombeatus	X

Colubrids

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

Dispholidus typus	X
Thelotornis kirtlandii	X