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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Nigeria

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	S
Dendroaspis polylepis	X
Dendroaspis viridis	SW

Naja sp., African cobras

Naja haje	X
Naja katiensis	X
Naja melanoleuca	S
Naja nigricollis	X
Naja savannula	X
Naja senegalensis	NW
Naja subfulva	SE

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance

Elapsoidea semiannulata	X
Pseudohaje goldii	X
Pseudohaje nigra	X

Vipers

Atheris spp., African bush vipers

Atheris broadley	SE?
Atheris chlorechis	SW
Atheris squamigera	S
Atheris subocularis	SE?

Atractaspis spp., Mole vipers

Atractaspis dahomeyensis	X
Atractaspis irregularis	X
Atractaspis micropholis	N
Atractaspis reticulata	?
Atractaspis watsoni	N

Bitis spp., Puff adder, Gaboon viper and others

Bitis arietans	X
Bitis gabonica	S
Bitis nasicornis	S

Causus spp., Night adders

Causus lichtensteini	X
Causus maculatus	X
Causus resimus	X
Causus rhombeatus	E

Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers

Echis leucogaster	N
Echis ocellatus	W
Echis romani	X

Colubrids

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

Dispholidus typus	X
Thelotornis kirtlandii	X