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Anonymous post on September 17, 2004
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hello i know some one who went into east africa , he and his family are interested in snakes , i ve been trying to find out about the dangerous snakes in east africa , how many dangerous snakes there are , which ones are considered the most dangerous and are really likly to run into and which ones are nt so comman and are nt likly to get a bite from.
i know most of you seem to be more into american reptiles but can you please tell me what you can about east africa.
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by Bubba268 on September 17, 2004
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This is probably not an exhaustive listing, but here is a checklist I happened to have saved that lists the venomous species of medical significance in Kenya. I suppose this should be pretty accurate for most of central-East Africa, at least in the countries that border the Indian Ocean. Hope it helps; let me know if I can provide further info. on any of these species.
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VIPERIDAE:
Atheris desaixa (Kenyan Bush Viper)
Atheris hispida ("Hairy" Bush Viper)
Atheris squamigera (African Bush Viper)
Bitis arietans (Puff Adder)
Bitis nasicornis (Rhino Viper)
Bitis worthingtoni (Kenyan Horned Viper)
Causus lichtensteinii (No common name given)
Causus resimus (No common name given)
Causus rhombeatus (Rhombic Night Adder)
Echis pyramidum (N.E. Africa Carpet/Saw-Scaled Viper)
Montatheris hindii (Montane Viper)
ELAPIDAE:
Dendroaspis angusticeps (E.A. Green Mamba)
Dendroaspis jamesoni (Jameson's Mamba)
Dendroaspis polylepis (Black Mamba)
Naja haje (Egyptian Cobra)
Naja melanoleuca (Forest Cobra)
Naja nigricollis (Black Spitting Cobra)
Naja pallida (Red Spitting Cobra)
Pseudohaje goldii (Gold's Tree Cobra)
ONE FOR WHICH I'M UNCERTAIN OF FAMILY:
Elapsoidea loveridgei (No common name given)
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by paleoherp on September 17, 2004
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hey i ve not been here a while no access to a computer, i have now though.
at present just 200 species of snakes are known from east africa. of these 41 are dangerous in that they have front fangs. 5 burrowing asps 14 elapids 21 vipers and 1 comman sea snake (the yellow belly)how dangerous they are depends on where they are for example the puff adder is very dangerous in that its widly distributed it grows large , has very potent venom and comes into contact with people , but a snake like the montane viper is nt as dangerous in that they live in restricted areas and arent very potent and are less likly to come into contact with people .most snakes in east africa are coverd by anti venom apart from asps. to a farmer a puff adder is the most dangerous to those in northen kenya the carpet viper is a major hazard. so it depends on a snakes range and how often they are encounted.
these are the comman names for those snakes on that list where no comman name is shown.
causus lichtensteini-- forest night adder
causus resimus--velvety green night adder
elapsoidea loveridgei--east africa garter snake.
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by paleoherp on September 18, 2004
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yes boomslangs are in the area but i ve just spoke of the more dangerous species that are likly to run into and will bite most of the time there are snakes in east africa that have diffrent lifestyles that are tree dwelling , burrowing , or aquatic and they have caused few or no documented bites these include golds tree cobra, forest cobra , water cobras, vine snakes ,and blandings tree snakes, sea snakes and the boomslang these are more likly to flee and only bite if messed with.
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