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Venomous animals of Africa

Mambas, puff adders, spitting cobras and thick-tailed scorpions. 215 creatures.

Cobras, mambas & kraits 38Vipers & adders 57Rear-fanged snakes 20Venomous lizards 1Spiders 24Tarantulas & funnel-webs 10Scorpions 31Centipedes 6Bees, wasps & hornets 7Ants 4Caterpillars & bugs 3Venomous fish 1Poison frogs, toads & newts 8Other poisonous animals 5
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The most dangerous here

Black mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeathstalkerScorpionsEgyptian cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsPuff adderVipers & addersCape cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsEastern green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsJameson's mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsNortheast African carpet viperVipers & addersWest African carpet viperVipers & addersWestern green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsRoman's saw-scaled viperVipers & addersBoomslangRear-fanged snakes

Cobras, mambas & kraits

Black mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsEgyptian cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCape cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsEastern green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsJameson's mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsWestern green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsAshe's spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsBanded water cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsBlack-necked spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsDesert black snakeCobras, mambas & kraitsForest cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsMozambique spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsRed spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsSnouted cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsZebra spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsRinkhalsCobras, mambas & kraitsAnchieta's cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsBlack forest cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsBlack tree cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsBrown forest cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCongo water cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsGoldie's tree cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsMali cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsNubian spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsSenegalese cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsSão Tomé cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsWest African banded cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsBurrowing cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCape coral snakeCobras, mambas & kraitsDwarf water cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsShield-nosed cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsAngolan garter snakeCobras, mambas & kraitsBoulenger's garter snakeCobras, mambas & kraitsCentral African garter snakeCobras, mambas & kraitsEast African garter snakeCobras, mambas & kraitsGünther's garter snakeCobras, mambas & kraitsSundevall's garter snakeCobras, mambas & kraitsUsambara garter snakeCobras, mambas & kraits

Vipers & adders

Puff adderVipers & addersGaboon viperVipers & addersNortheast African carpet viperVipers & addersWest African carpet viperVipers & addersRhinoceros viperVipers & addersWest African Gaboon viperVipers & addersHorned adderVipers & addersLataste's viperVipers & addersSaharan horned viperVipers & addersSpiny bush viperVipers & addersVariable bush viperVipers & addersPeringuey's adderVipers & addersRhombic night adderVipers & addersRoman's saw-scaled viperVipers & addersBig-headed carpet viperVipers & addersEthiopian mountain adderVipers & addersHughes' saw-scaled viperVipers & addersJoger's saw-scaled viperVipers & addersMoorish viperVipers & addersPainted saw-scaled viperVipers & addersWhite-bellied carpet viperVipers & addersAcuminate bush viperVipers & addersBale Mountains adderVipers & addersBerg adderVipers & addersBroadley's bush viperVipers & addersCameroon bush viperVipers & addersDesert mountain adderVipers & addersGreat Lakes bush viperVipers & addersKenya horned viperVipers & addersLowland swamp viperVipers & addersMany-horned adderVipers & addersMatilda's horned viperVipers & addersMayombe bush viperVipers & addersMount Kenya bush viperVipers & addersMount Rungwe bush viperVipers & addersSahara sand viperVipers & addersShaba bush viperVipers & addersTai hairy bush viperVipers & addersUsambara eyelash viperVipers & addersWestern bush viperVipers & addersAlbany adderVipers & addersAngolan adderVipers & addersAtlas dwarf viperVipers & addersForest night adderVipers & addersGreen night adderVipers & addersKenya montane viperVipers & addersMount Mabu forest viperVipers & addersNamaqua dwarf adderVipers & addersPlain mountain adderVipers & addersRasmussen's night adderVipers & addersRed adderVipers & addersSnouted night adderVipers & addersSouthern adderVipers & addersTunisian crowned sand viperVipers & addersTwo-striped night adderVipers & addersUzungwe viperVipers & addersWest African night adderVipers & adders

Rear-fanged snakes

BoomslangRear-fanged snakesCape twig snakeRear-fanged snakesForest twig snakeRear-fanged snakesBibron's stiletto snakeRear-fanged snakesMadagascar leaf-nosed snakeRear-fanged snakesMontpellier snakeRear-fanged snakesEastern twig snakeRear-fanged snakesSmall-scaled burrowing aspRear-fanged snakesVariable burrowing aspRear-fanged snakesBlanding's tree snakeRear-fanged snakesFat burrowing aspRear-fanged snakesSlender burrowing aspRear-fanged snakesEastern Montpellier snakeRear-fanged snakesNatal black snakeRear-fanged snakesOlive grass snakeRear-fanged snakesSpotted harlequin snakeRear-fanged snakesHissing sand snakeRear-fanged snakesSchokari sand racerRear-fanged snakesStripe-bellied sand snakeRear-fanged snakesStriped harlequin snakeRear-fanged snakes

Venomous lizards

Desert monitorVenomous lizards

Spiders

Mediterranean black widowSpidersSix-eyed sand spiderSpidersBrown widowSpidersNoble false widowSpidersDarwin's bark spiderSpidersWasp spiderSpidersBlack button spiderSpidersEast coast button spiderSpidersMadagascar black widowSpidersWest coast button spiderSpidersFalse katipoSpidersKaroo button spiderSpidersMediterranean false widowSpidersMediterranean recluseSpidersPhinda button spiderSpidersWhite widowSpidersZimbabwe brown button spiderSpidersCommon rain spiderSpidersDancing white lady spiderSpidersDesertas wolf spiderSpidersFalse wolf spiderSpidersMoroccan flic-flac spiderSpidersNorthern yellow sac spiderSpidersRadiated wolf spiderSpiders

Tarantulas & funnel-webs

King baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websOrange baboon tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websFeatherleg baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websTogo starburst tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websCameroon red baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websGolden blue-leg baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websHorned baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websMiddle East black tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websStraight-horned baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websAndalusian tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-webs

Scorpions

DeathstalkerScorpionsFat-tailed scorpionScorpionsEmperor scorpionScorpionsArabian fat-tailed scorpionScorpionsTransvaal thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsEuropean yellow-tailed scorpionScorpionsFlat rock scorpionScorpionsBlack fat-tailed scorpionScorpionsEgyptian yellow fat-tailed scorpionScorpionsGranulated thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsMoroccan black scorpionScorpionsAfrican hottentotta scorpionScorpionsBlack hairy thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsCape thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsMoroccan hottentotta scorpionScorpionsMozambique thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsRed Sea thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsRough thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsSchlechter's thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsTunisian yellow scorpionScorpionsFlat lesser thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsHighveld lesser thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsIsraeli gold scorpionScorpionsOlive lesser thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsRobust burrowing scorpionScorpionsSand scorpionScorpionsShiny burrowing scorpionScorpionsStriped lesser thick-tailed scorpionScorpionsTanzanian red-clawed bark scorpionScorpionsWahlberg's burrowing scorpionScorpionsOlive flat rock scorpionScorpions

Centipedes

Mediterranean banded centipedeCentipedesHouse centipedeCentipedesAfrican blue-ring centipedeCentipedesTanzanian blue ringleg centipedeCentipedesWestern Mediterranean centipedeCentipedesFeather-tail centipedeCentipedes

Bees, wasps & hornets

Western honey beeBees, wasps & hornetsEuropean paper waspBees, wasps & hornetsGerman waspBees, wasps & hornetsBuff-tailed bumblebeeBees, wasps & hornetsEmerald cockroach waspBees, wasps & hornetsOriental hornetBees, wasps & hornetsEuropean beewolfBees, wasps & hornets

Ants

Matabele antAntsSiafu driver antAntsAfrican stink antAntsSamsum antAnts

Caterpillars & bugs

Pine processionaryCaterpillars & bugsWhite-spotted assassin bugCaterpillars & bugsRed-spotted assassin bugCaterpillars & bugs

Venomous fish

Smooth freshwater stingrayVenomous fish

Poison frogs, toads & newts

Golden mantellaPoison frogs, toads & newtsIberian ribbed newtPoison frogs, toads & newtsTomato frogPoison frogs, toads & newtsAfrican common toadPoison frogs, toads & newtsBaron's mantellaPoison frogs, toads & newtsBlue-legged mantellaPoison frogs, toads & newtsClimbing mantellaPoison frogs, toads & newtsPainted mantellaPoison frogs, toads & newts

Other poisonous animals

African crested ratOther poisonous animalsCommon quailOther poisonous animalsSpur-winged gooseOther poisonous animalsFahaka pufferfishOther poisonous animalsRed-striped oil beetleOther poisonous animals

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