Scientific name Common name
Amblyodipsas concolor……………………………Natal Purple-glossed Snake
Amblyodipsas dimidiata
Amblyodipsas katangensis katangensis
Amblyodipsas katangensis ionidesi
Amblyodipsas microphthalma……………………….Eastern Purple-glossed Snake
Amblyodipsas polylepis hildebrandtii
Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis
Amblyodipsas rodhaini
Amblyodipsas teitana
Amblyodipsas unicolor
Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata……………………..Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake
Aparallactus capensis bocagei
Aparallactus capensis capensis………………………………Cape Centipede-eater
Aparallactus capensis luebberti
Aparallactus capensis punctatolineatus
Aparallactus guentheri………………………………………Black Centipede-eater
Aparallactus jacksonii
Aparallactus lineatus
Aparallactus lunulatus lunulatus………………………Reticulated Centipede-eater
Aparallactus lunulatus nigrocollaris
Aparallactus lunulatus scortecci
Aparallactus modestus modestus
Aparallactus modestus ubangensis
Aparallactus moeruensis
Aparallactus niger
Aparallactus nigriceps…………………………………Mozambique Centipede-eater
Aparallactus turneri
Aparallactus werneri
Atractaspis aterrima…………………………………………Slender burrowing asp
Atractaspis battersbyi………………………………….Battersby’s Burrowing Asp
Atractaspis bibronii bibronii………………………………Bibron’s Burrowing asp
Atractaspis bibroni rostrata
Atractaspis boulengeri boulengeri………………….Central African burrowing asp
Atractaspis boulengeri mixta
Atractaspis boulengeri schmidti
Atractaspis boulengeri schultzei
Atractaspis boulengeri vanderborghti
Atractaspis boulengeri matschiensis
Atractaspis coalescens………………………………………..Black burrowing asp
Atractaspis congica congica…………………………………Congo Burrowing asp
Atractaspis congica leleupi
Atractaspis congica orientalis
Atractaspis corpulenta corpulenta………………………………..Fat burrowing asp
Atractaspis corpulenta kivuensis
Atractaspis corpulenta leucura
Atractaspis dahomeyensis…………………………………..Dahomey burrowing asp
Atractaspis duerdeni……………………………………….Duerden’s Burrowing asp
Atractaspis engaddensis…………………………………..Ein Geddi burrowing asp
Atractaspis engdahli……………………………………….. Engdahl’s burrowing asp
Atractaspis fallax
Atractaspis irregularis angeli
Atractaspis irregularis bipostocularis
Atractaspis irregularis conradsi
Atractaspis irregularis irregularis…………………………….Variable burrowing asp
Atractaspis irregularis parkeri
Atractaspis irregularis uelensis
Atractaspis leucomelas……………………………………….Ogaden Burrowing asp
Atractaspis microlepidota microlepidota………………small-scaled burrowing asp
Atractaspis microlepidota andersonii…..small-scaled burrowing asp(SW arab peninsula)
Atractaspis microlepidota magrettii
Atractaspis micropholis**
Atractaspis phillipsi**
Atractaspis magrettii**
Atractaspis reticulata brieni
Atractaspis reticulata heterochilus
Atractaspis reticulata reticulata……………………………Reticulated burrowing asp
Atractaspis scortecci…………………………………………Somali burrowing asp
Brachyophis revoili revoili
Brachyophis revoili cornii
Brachyophis revoili krameri
Chilorhinophis butleri…………………….Butlers black and yellow burrowing snake
Chilorhinophis carpenteri carpenteri…Carpenters black and yellow burrowing snake
Chilorhinophis carpenteri liwalensis
Chilorhinophis gerardi gerardi………….Gerard’s black and yellow burrowing snake
Chilorhinophis gerardi tanganyikae
Hypoptophis wilson
Elapotinus picteti
Macrelaps microlepidotus………………………………………Natal Black Snake
Micrelaps bicoloratus
Micrelaps boettgeri
Micrelaps muelleri
Micrelaps vaillanti
Polemon acanthias
Polemon barthii
Polemon bocourti
Polemon christyi
Polemon collaris brevior
Polemon collaris collaris
Polemon collaris longior
Polemon fulvicollis fulvicollis
Polemon fulvicollis gracilis
Polemon fulvicollis graueri
Polemon fulvicollis laurenti
Polemon gabonensis gabonensis
Polemon gabonensis schmidti
Polemon gracilis
Polemon griseiceps
Polemon leopoldi
Polemon neuwiedi
Polemon notatum notatum
Polemon notatum aemulans
Polemon robustus
Xenocalamus bicolor australis
Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor……………………..Bicolored Quill-snouted Snake
Xenocalamus bicolor concavorostralis
Xenocalamus bicolor lineatus
Xenocalamus bicolor machadoi
Xenocalamus bicolor maculatus
Xenocalamus bicolor pernasutus
Xenocalamus mechowi inornatus
Xenocalamus mechowii mechowii…………………Elongated Quill-snouted Snake
Xenocalamus michellii………………………………Mitchell’s Quill-snouted Snake
Xenocalamus sabiensis……………………………………..Sabi Quill-snouted Snake
Xenocalamus transvaalensis…………………………Transvaal Quill-snouted Snake
** these species are up in the air sometimes considered as subspecies of A. m. microlepidota
