Atractaspididae (Atractaspidid Snakes)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

LC

Aparallactus lunulatus

Micrelaps vaillanti

Aparallactus capensis

Atractaspis bibronii

Chilorhinophis gerardi

Insufficient data

LC

Amblyodipsas polylepis

Insufficient data

LC

Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata

Xenocalamus mechowii

Atractaspis fallax

Homoroselaps lacteus

Aparallactus guentheri

Insufficient data

LC

Amblyodipsas microphthalma

Xenocalamus bicolor

Xenocalamus transvaalensis

Insufficient data

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📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

5–10

Jan

5–10

Feb

5–10

Mar

5–10

Apr

<5

May

<5

Jun

<5

Jul

<5

Aug

5–10

Sep

<5

Oct

10–20

Nov

5–10

Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Atractaspidid Snakes

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	P(≥1)
1	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	3	30–40%
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data
	Cape Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
	Reticulated Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
2	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	20–30%
	Reticulated Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
	Black-headed Micrelaps			Insufficient data
3	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	5	20–30%
	Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake			Insufficient data
	Elongate Quill-snouted Snake			Insufficient data
	Common Purple-glossed Snake			Insufficient data
	Cape Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data
4	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2	20–30%
	Cape Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data
5	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	6	10–20%
	Common Purple-glossed Snake			5–10%
	Cape Centipede-Eater			<5%
	Eastern Purple-glossed Snake			Insufficient data
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data
	Slender Quill-snouted Snake			Insufficient data
	Transvaal Quillsnout Snake			Insufficient data
6	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2	10–20%
	Common Purple-glossed Snake			Insufficient data
	Reticulated Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
7	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	10–20%
	Cape Centipede-Eater			5–10%
	Mole Viper			<5%
	Common Purple-glossed Snake			<5%
	Reticulated Centipede-Eater			<5%
	Eastern Purple-glossed Snake			Insufficient data
8	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	1	10–20%
	Congo Two-headed Snake			Insufficient data
9	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	10–20%
	Common Purple-glossed Snake			Insufficient data
10	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	2	10–20%
	Cape Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data
11	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1	5–10%
	Congo Two-headed Snake			Insufficient data
12	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	5–10%
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data
	Black Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
13	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	1	5–10%
	Reticulated Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
14	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	5–10%
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data
	Slender Quill-snouted Snake			Insufficient data
15	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	5–10%
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data
16	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	5–10%
	Spotted Harlequin Snake			5–10%
17	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Spotted Harlequin Snake			<5%
18	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Spotted Harlequin Snake			<5%
19	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	<5%
	Black Centipede-Eater			Insufficient data
20	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	<5%
	Black-headed Micrelaps			Insufficient data
21	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	<5%
	Common Purple-glossed Snake			Insufficient data
22	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	1	<5%
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data
23	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	1	<5%
	Mole Viper			Insufficient data

Atractaspidid Snakes

Species in this group

Reticulated Centipede-Eater

Black-headed Micrelaps

Cape Centipede-Eater

Mole Viper

Congo Two-headed Snake

Common Purple-glossed Snake

Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake

Elongate Quill-snouted Snake

Mole Viper

Spotted Harlequin Snake

Black Centipede-Eater

Eastern Purple-glossed Snake

Slender Quill-snouted Snake

Transvaal Quillsnout Snake

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see Atractaspidid Snakes

Parks Ranked