On 14 September 2006 the authors received from Mr. Piet Basson a small collection of reptiles he had made over a period of many years. Although these were without specific locality or date of collection, they were found within the confines of the Farm Varianto (farmhouse location: 19°23'06"S, 17°43'38"E, 1530 m), Tsumeb District, Oshikoto Region, Namibia. Among the snakes was a single Hemirhagerrhis viperina (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ R-18745).