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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Algeria

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in North Africa, Near and Middle East

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

Naja sp., African cobras

Naja haje

N

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance

Elapsoidea semiannulata

?

Vipers

Bitis spp., Puff adder, Gaboon viper and others

Bitis arietans

S?

Cerastes spp., African desert horned vipers

Cerastes cerastes	X
Cerastes vipera	X

Daboia spp., Oriental vipers, Orientalische Vipern

Daboia deserti	X
Daboia mauritanica	N

Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers

Echis leucogaster

NE+S

Macrovipera spp., Large palearctic vipers

Macrovipera lebetinus

N

Vipera spp., European vipers

Vipera latasti

N