Naja nivea occurs through the western half of the Republic of South Africa north to southern Namibia and adjacent Botswana (Branch 1998). To our knowledge, there is one valid report of helminths of N. nivea: Xenopharynx sola (Digenea); Oochoristica rostellata, Ophiotaenia sp. (Cestoda) and Rhabdias fuscovenosa (Nematoda) (Fantham & Porter, 1950). Both Yamaguti (1959) and Schmidt (1986) list Ophiotaenia marenzelleri as a parasite of N. nivea, however, we believe this to be a misreading of Fantham and Porter (op. cit.) whose statement was - Ophiotaenia near, if not identical with, O. marenzelleri La Rue‖. The purpose of this note is to reassess and add to the helminth list of N. nivea.