From: Snakes and snakebite envenoming in Northern Tanzania: a neglected tropical health problem
Scientific name | Common name | Family | Number of specimens identified | Venomous or non-venomous |
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Bitis arietans | Puff adder | Viperidae | 5 | Venomous |
Naja nigricollis | Black-necked spitting cobra | Elapidae | 2 | Venomous |
Dasypeltis scabra | Common egg eater | Colubridae | 1 | Non-venomous |
Ramphiophis rostratus | Rufous-beaked snake | Colubridae | 2 | Venomousa |
Eryx colubrinus | Kenyan sand boa | Boidae | 1 | Non-venomous |
Dendroaspis polylepis | Black mamba | Elapidae | 1 | Venomous |
Lamprophis fuliginosus | Brown house snake | Colubridae | 2 | Non-venomous |