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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Snake Species: Hemachatus spp., Rinkhals

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

Hemachatus haemachatus

Republic of South Africa (including Lesotho & Swaziland)

X

Hemachatus nyangensis

Mozambique	W?
Zimbabwe	E	Nyanga district, Maincaland. Seems to be extinct