Snakes of Mauritania
33 snake species are recorded in Mauritania - 17 venomous and 16 non-venomous, from 10 families.
- Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis venomous
- Egyptian Cobra Naja haje venomous
- African Rock Python Python sebae
- African Saw-scaled Viper Echis ocellatus venomous
- Algerian Whip Snake Hemorrhois algirus
- Amsâga Worm Snake Xerotyphlops etheridgei
- Angolan Garter Snake Elapsoidea semiannulata venomous
- Awl-headed Snake Lytorhynchus diadema
- Bouet's Worm Snake Myriopholis boueti
- Brahminy Blindsnake Indotyphlops braminus
- Brown House Snake (fuliginosus) Boaedon fuliginosus
- Cairo Blind Snake Myriopholis cairi
- Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
- Desert Horned Viper Cerastes cerastes venomous
- Dorr's Racer Bamanophis dorri
- Elegant Sand Racer Psammophis elegans venomous
- Gambia Blind Snake Myriopholis algeriensis
- Kalahari Sand Snake Psammophis afroccidentalis venomous
- Mali Cobra Naja katiensis venomous
- Moila Snake Malpolon moilensis venomous
- Müller’s Sand Boa Eryx muelleri
- North African Catsnake Telescopus tripolitanus
- Roman's Saw-scaled Viper Echis leucogaster venomous
- Rukwa Sand Racer Psammophis rukwae venomous
- Sahara Sand Viper Cerastes vipera venomous
- Sahel Egg Eater Dasypeltis sahelensis
- Sahelian Burrowing Asp Atractaspis micropholis venomous
- Small-Scaled Burrowing Asp Atractaspis microlepidota venomous
- Spotted Blind Snake Afrotyphlops punctatus
- Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus venomous
- Trape's Garter Snake Elapsoidea trapei venomous
- Watson's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis watsoni venomous
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus