The early Miocene of Arrisdrift (Namibia) has produced a relatively rich fauna of squamates. It comprises the lizard Varanus (one or two species), an indeterminate amphisbaenian, and various snakes. The latter include a Boidae (Python cf. P. sebae), an indeterminate colubrid, an Elapidae (cf. Naja), a snake that is either a colubrid or an elapid, and two Viperidae (Bitis sp. and either Vipera (of the 'oriental group') or Daboia). On the whole, the fauna shows a pattern characteristic of Africa south of the Sahara. However, one of the Viperidae (Vipera or Daboia) represents a more northern, perhaps non-African, taxon in the fauna.