Herpetofauna of the eastern African forests - Biogeography and Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa - page 183

Daspeltis medici (Bianconi, 1859)

Southern Kenya south
through Tanzania,
Mozambique, Malawi,
and eastern Zimbabwe to
Zululand.

ATRACTASPIDAE
Atractaspis atmima (Gunther, 1863)

West through Uganda to
Guinea.

x x

ELAPIDAE
+*Elapsoidea nigra (Gunther, 1888) x x (x) x

Naja melanoleuca (Hallowell, 1857)

Forested and formerly
forested areas of
subsaharan Africa, Pugu,
other coastal forests.

x x

VIPERIDAE
Bitis gabonica (Dumfril & Bibron, 1854)

Pugu forest; Rondo
Plateau; forested areas
from Zululand and
Angola north to Sudan
and Guinea.

x x

Bitis nasiconis (Shaw, 1802)

Known in Tanzania from
only 2 specimens.
Guinea east to southen
Sudan, Uganda, western
Kenya southwest through
Rwanda, Burundi, Zai:re
to Angola.

x

Atheris nitschei (Tonier, 1902)

Western Tanzania,
Rwanda, Burundi and
adjacent Za:re,
northeastern Zambia,
and northern Malawi.

x

+*Atheis ceratophorus (Wener, 1895)

x x x x

+*Adenorhinos barbouri (Loveridge, 1930) x x

No te: Key: +, species present in Tanganyika-Nyasa forests; x , found in forest group indicated; * , Tanzanian endemic. U, West Usambara; EU, East
Usambara; NGU, Nguru; UKA, Ukaguru; ULU, Uluguru; UZU, Uzungwa; UKI, Ukinga; UBE, Ubena; POR, Poroto; RUN, Rungwe; SH, Southen
Highlands, no further details given; (x), some doubt as to exact locality.