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Any reptile of the suborder Ophidia, typically having a scaly cylindrical limbless body, fused eyelids, and a jaw modified for swallowing large prey: includes venomous forms such as cobras and rattlesnakes, large nonvenomous constrictors, and small harmless types such as the grass snake. (Source: CED)

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Weise FJ, Van Vuuren RJ, Echemet KE, Cleverley MP, Van Vuuren M 2013. Successful snakebite treatment in three juvenile African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) with polyvalent antivenom: A Namibian case report. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 84 (1)

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Website link:http://www.jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/982/1072

Stuart CT 1976. A note of Pythonodipsas carinata Gunther (Western keeled snake) in South West Africa, with new distribution records. Madoqua 9 (4) 63-64

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Demasius E 2014. Greater Kestrel prey to African Rock Python in Etosha. Lanioturdus 47 (3) 26-27

Fitzsimons V 1962. A new worm-snake (Leptotyphlops) from South West-Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 24 239-240

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Bauer AM, Branch WR, Haacke WD 1993. The herpetofauna of the Kamanjab area and adjacent Damaraland, Namibia. Madoqua 18 (2) 117-145

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The herpetofauna of the Kamanjab area and adjacent Damaraland.pdf	2.2 MB

Hoffman LAC 1989. An annotated list of amphibian and reptile observations from the Etosha National Park. Madoqua 16 (2) 87-92

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An annotated list of amphibian and reptile observations from the Etosha National Park_1989.pdf	507.76 KB

Snakes of Northern Namibia (Caprivi – Kavango Region).

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Bauer AM, Lamb T, Branch WR, Babb RD 2001. New records of two rare snakes from northern Namibia, with comments on the trans-Kunene distribution of mopaneveld squamates (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetozoa 14 (1/2) 75-79

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New records of two rare snakes from northern Namibia.pdf	2.11 MB

Bates M, Broadley D, Barlow A, Wuster W, Tolley K 2012. Taxonomy and distribution of the African egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis. 58 27-28

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Taxonomy and distribution of the African egg_eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis.pdf	205.07 KB

Barlow A, Baker K, Hendry C, Peppin L, Phelps T, Tolley K, Wuster W 2012. Retracing Pleistocene refugial isolation in southern Africa: a case study of the widespread African puff adder (Bitis arietans). 27

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McLachlan GR 1987. A first record for Prosymna visseri in southern Africa. Madoqua 15 (1) 89-90

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Haacke WD 1981. The file-snakes of the genus Mehelya in southern Africa with special reference to South West Africa/Namibia. Madoqua 12 (4) 217-224

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The file-snakes of the genus Mehelya_SWA.pdf	888.05 KB

Barker D, Barker T 1995. The maintenance and reproduction of the Dwarf Python of Angola and Namibia. The Vivarium 7 (1) 30-34

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Dwarf Python of Angola and Namibia.pdf	2.62 MB

Linder HP, de Klerk HM, Born J, Burgess ND, Fjeldsa J, Rahbek C 2012. The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biogeography 39 (7) 1189-1205

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02728.x/abstract

Cunningham P 2013. Psammophis namibensis (Broadley, 1975) Predation. 24-25

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Psammophis namibensis predation.pdf	324.14 KB

van Vuuren PAJ 1984. Do Fish Eagles eat reptiles?. African Wildlife 38 (1) 30

2002. Snake endemism.

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Snake endemism.zip	143.89 KB

2002. Snake diversity.

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Broadley DG 1972. The Horned Viper "Bitis caudalis" (A. Smith) in the central Kalahari. Botswana Notes and Records 4 263-264

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979335

Maurer FW 1975. Observation of a mating pair of African Puff Adders, "Bitis arietans arietans". Botswana Notes and Records 7 198-201

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979444

Haagner GV, Carpenter G 1992. Notes on the captive breeding of the black spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis Woodi (Serpentes: Elapidae). The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41 (1) 22-24

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1992.9650352#.VHnWbWctBHg

Branch WR, Shine R, Harlow PS, Webb JK 1997. Sexual dimorphism, diet and aspects of reproduction of the western keeled snake, Pythonodipsas carinata (Serpentes: Colubridae). African Journal of Herpetology 46 (2) 89-97

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.1997.9649982#.VHbYMmctBHg

Broadley DG 1992. The taxonomy and zoogeography of the genus Lycophidion (Serpentes: Colubridae). The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 40 (1) 30-36

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1992.9650318#.VHWaAGctBHg

Berger-Dell'Mour HAE 1987. Some new data on the Herpetology of South West Africa. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 33 (1) 5-8

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1987.9650168#.VHQ981ItBHg

Haacke WD 1985. Occurance of the Spotted Bush-Snake (Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus) in the arid south-west of southern Africa. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 31 (1) 7-9

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1985.9650144#.VGrxVlItBHg

Douglas R 1981. Notes on the reproduction of the common horned adder (Bitis caudalis) in the central Namib Desert. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 25 (1) 5-6

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1981.9650041#.VGReulItBHg

Hoffmann LAC 1988. Note on the ecology of the horned adder Bitis caudalis (A. Smith) from Gobabeb, Namib Naukluft Park. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 35 (1) 33-34

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1988.9650205#.VGNe_VItBHg

Hoffman L 1987. Notes on snakes from Gobabeb, Namib-Naukluft Park. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 33 (1) 39

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1987.9650178#.VGMigVItBHg

Bates MF, Nuttall R 2013. A case of death-feigning in the Striped Grass Snake Psammophylax tritaeniatus (Günther), with a review on the occurrence of this phenomenon in Southern and Eastern African snakes. 5-9

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Sullivan S, Low C 2014. Shades of the rainbow serpent? A KhoeSan animal between myth and landscape in Southern Africa -Ethnographic contextualisations of rock art representations. Arts (3) 215-244

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Citizen Science projects: Atlas of reptiles - snakes.

Website link:http://www.the-eis.com/atlas/

Citizen Science projects: Atlas of reptiles - non-snakes.

Website link:http://www.the-eis.com/atlas/

Hauptfleisch M, Theart F 2018. A spatial and temporal assessment of human-snake conflicts in Windhoek, Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment (2) 128-133

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Griffin M, Panagis C, Berriman N 1989. The eastern national water carrier: A preliminary assessment of its impact on the herpetofauna. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa (36) 36-37

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/04416651.1989.9650220

Hughes B 2014. Descriptions of black boomslang (Dispholidus typus "nigra") in the literature. (61) 11-15

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African Snakebite Institute.

Website link:https://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/

Kandiwa E, Mushonga B, Samkange A, Fabiano E 2018. Quantitative characterization of the hemorrhagic, necrotic, coagulation-altering properties and Edema-forming effects of Zebra snake (Naja nigricincta nigricincta) venom. Journal of Toxicology 2018 1-8

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Haacke WD 2013. Description of a new Tiger Snake (Colubridae, Telescopus) from south-western Africa. Zootaxa 3737 (3) 280-288

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Broadley DG 1998. A review of the African Elapsoidea semiannulata complex (Serpentes: Elapidae). African Journal of Herpetology 47 (1) 13-23

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.1998.9649995

Broadley DG 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of Latitude 12° S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51 (2) 83-119

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.2002.9635466?src=recsys

Shine R 1998. Reproductive biology and food habits of Horned Adders, Bitis caudalis (Viperidae), from southern Africa. Copeia 1998 (2) 391-401

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African Herp News.

Website link:https://africanherpetology.org/african-herp-news/

1990. Analysis of a Python anchietae faecal sample. 30-32

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Haacke WD 1995. Viperidae: Bitis caudalis: Horned Adder - Size . 45

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Viperidae_Bitis caudalis_Horned Adder_Size.pdf	2.64 MB

Cunningham P 2002. Colubridae: Lamprophis fuliginosus - Brown House-Snake. 28-29

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Hebbard S 2002. Boidae: Python anchietae - Angola or Anchieta's Dwarf Python. 8-9

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Cunningham PL 2002. Elapidae: Naja nigricollis nigricincta - Western Barred Spitting Cobra or Zebra Snake. 12-13

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Naja nigricollis nigrlcincta_Western Barred Spitting Cobra or Zebra Snake.pdf	2.24 MB

Bauer AM, Jackman TR 2007. Colubridae: Hemirhagerrhis viperina (Bocage, 1873) - Viperine Rock Snake. 26

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Visser J 2010. Viperidae: Bitis peringueyi Boulenger, 1888 - Peringuey's Adder. 16-18

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Visser J 2010. Variation in the hemipenes of different colour phases of Pseudaspis cana (Linneaus) warrants re-evaluation of the species. 2-3

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