Identify snakes
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All danger levels
101 snakesAlbany adder
DangerousIndigenous
Anchieta’s Cobra
Very dangerousIndigenous
Angola Green Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Aurora House Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Beetz’s Tiger Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Berg Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Bibron’s Blind Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Black-headed Centipede-eater
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Black-necked Spitting Cobra
Very dangerousIndigenous
Black File Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Black mamba
Very dangerousIndigenous
Black spitting cobra
Very dangerousIndigenous
Black Thread Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Boomslang
Very dangerousIndigenous
Boulenger’s Garter Snake
DangerousIndigenous
Brown House Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Cape cobra
Very dangerousIndigenous
Cape Coral Snake
DangerousIndigenous
Common Brown Water Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Common Egg-eater
HarmlessIndigenous
Common File Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Common Night Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Common Purple-glossed Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Common Slug-eater
HarmlessIndigenous
Common Wolf Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Cross-marked Grass Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Delalande’s Beaked Blind Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Desert Mountain Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Dusky-bellied Water Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Dwarf Beaked Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Dwarf Sand Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
East-African Shovel-snout
HarmlessIndigenous
East African Egg-eater
HarmlessIndigenous
Eastern Bark Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Eastern Natal Green Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Eastern Purple-glossed Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Eastern Tiger Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Fisk’s House Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Forest Cobra
Very dangerousIndigenous
Fork-marked Sand Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Fornasini’s Beaked Blind Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Gaboon Adder
Very dangerousIndigenous
Green Mamba
Very dangerousIndigenous
Green Water Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Herald or Red-lipped Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Highveld Garter Snake
DangerousIndigenous
Horned Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Indochinese spitting cobra
Very dangerousExotic
Intermediate Shield-nose Snake
DangerousIndigenous
Jan’s Shovel-snout
HarmlessIndigenous
Karoo Sand Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Kunene Coral Snake
DangerousIndigenous
Many-horned Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Many-spotted Reed Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Marbled Tree Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Mole Snake
Inflicts painful biteIndigenous
Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Very dangerousIndigenous
Namaqua Dwarf Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Namib Sand Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Natal Black Snake
DangerousIndigenous
Night Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Olive Grass Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Olive Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Péringuey’s Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Peters’ Thread Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Plain Mountain Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Puff Adder
Very dangerousIndigenous
Pygmy Wolf Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Red Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Reticulated Centipede-eater
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Rinkhals
Very dangerousIndigenous
Rufous Beaked Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Schlegel’s Blind Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Semiornate Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Short-snouted Grass Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Snouted Cobra
Very dangerousIndigenous
Snouted Night Adder
DangerousIndigenous
South-western Shovel-snout
HarmlessIndigenous
Southern Adder
DangerousIndigenous
Southern African Python
DangerousIndigenous
Southern Brown Egg-eater
HarmlessIndigenous
Southern Vine Snake
Very dangerousIndigenous
Speckled Shield-nose Snake
DangerousIndigenous
Spotted Bush Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Spotted Harlequin Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Spotted Rock Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Spotted Skaapsteker
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Stiletto Snake
DangerousIndigenous
Striped Harlequin Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Striped Skaapsteker
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Sundevall’s Shovel-snout
HarmlessIndigenous
Swazi Rock Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Variegated Slug-eater
HarmlessIndigenous
Western Keeled Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
Western Natal Green Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake
Mildly venomousIndigenous
White-lipped tree viper
DangerousExotic
Yellow-bellied House Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Zambezi Blind Snake
HarmlessIndigenous
Zebra Cobra
Very dangerousIndigenous