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Some medically important venomous snakes found in Africa*

Some medically important venomous snakes found in Africa*
Consult a regional poison control center or clinician with expertise in treating bites caused by African snakes for medical therapy including indications for giving antivenom, specific antivenom to use, and dosing.
Common name Scientific name Additional effects Antivenom
Snakes causing paralysis
Green and black mambas Dendroaspis species Paralysis only typical; green mambas occasionally cause local tissue injury Polyvalent
Desert black snake Walterinnesia aegyptia Paralysis only typical, occasionally local swelling, pain Polyvalent
Egyptian cobra Naja haje Local pain, swelling, blistering Polyvalent
Forest cobra Naja melanoleuca Paralysis only typical, local swelling Polyvalent
Rinkhals spitting cobra, ring-necked spitting cobra Hemachatus haemachatus Local, can spit venom Polyvalent
Cape cobra Naja nivea Paralysis only Polyvalent
Berg adder Bitis atropos Local swelling None available
Snakes causing local tissue damage and systemic illness without paralysis
Puff adder Bitis arietans Coagulopathy, hemorrhage, tissue necrosis, hypotension, and acute kidney injury Polyvalent
East African gaboon pit viper Bitis gabonica Coagulopathy, hemorrhage, tissue necrosis, hypotension, and acute kidney injury Polyvalent
Rhinoceros viper Bitis nasicornis Coagulopathy, hemorrhage, tissue necrosis, hypotension, and acute kidney injury Polyvalent
Carpet or saw scaled vipers Echis species Hemorrhage, coagulopathy, tissue necrosis, and acute kidney injury Polyvalent and monovalent (do not use antivenoms raised against non-African Echis spp.)
Horned viper Cerastes species Coagulopathy Polyvalent
Bush vipers Atheris, Proatheris spp. Coagulopathy None available, but consider SAVP anti-Echis AV
Mozambique spitting cobra Naja mossambica Tissue necrosis, venom spitter Polyvalent
Black necked spitting cobra Naja nigricollis Tissue necrosis, venom spitter Polyvalent
* Antivenom name and manufacturer, comprehensive listings of venomous African snakes by geographical region, and more precise geographic distribution of specific snake species may be found at Toxinology snake search.
¶ Local effects include swelling, blistering, hemorrhagic skin changes, and bruising.
Data from:
  1. White J. Overview of venomous snakes of the world. In: Medical Toxicology, 3rd ed, Dart RC (Ed), Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004, p.1543.
  2. Clinical toxinology resources. www.toxinology.com (Accessed March 26, 2013).
  3. Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization.
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