Snakes of southern Africa

All 150

Brown House Snake ¹
Boaedon capensis

Swazi Rock Snake
Inyoka swazicus

Aurora House Snake ²
Lamprophis aurora

Fisk's House Snake ³
Lamprophis fiskii

Yellow-bellied House Snake
Lamprophis fuscus

Spotted House Snake
Lamprophis guttatus

Black House Snake ⁴
Lycodonomorphus inornatus

Dusky-bellied Water Snake
Lycodonomorphus laevissimus

Lycodonomorphus mlanjensis
Lycodonomorphus rufulus mlanjensis

Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris
Lycodonomorphus whytii obscuriventris

Common Brown Water Snake ⁵
Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Cape Wolf Snake ⁶
Lycophidion capense

Kaokoveld Wolf Snake
Lycophidion hellmichi

Cape Wolf Snake
Lycophidion multimaculatum

Namibian Wolf Snake
Lycophidion namibianum

Dwarf Wolf Snake
Lycophidion nanum

Pygmy Wolf Snake ⁷
Lycophidion pygmaeum

Eastern Wolf Snake
Lycophidion semiannule

Variegated Wolf Snake
Lycophidion variegatum

Cape File Snake ⁸
Gonionotophis capensis

Black File Snake
Gonionotophis nyassae

Angola File Snake
Gonionotophis vernayi

Cream-spotted Mountain Snake
Montaspis gilvomaculata

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