Venomous Reptile Genus index

This page been created as an index for our visitors from pets.startpage.co.za and serves as an introduction to the various types of venomous reptiles we have dealt with. Each in genus in turn is dealt with by the species within that Genus that are popular in the pet trade. Information on each species is arranged under the headings:- Natural Habitat, Captive care (care sheets), Breeders, Pictures, More information, Other information and Taxonomy.

Genus	Description of Content


African (Vipers)(Sp. Bitis)	Various links relative to the species followed by detailed coverage of: Berg Adder (Bitis atropos), Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica), Gaboon adder (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros ), Horned Adder (Bitis Caudalis), Horned Adder (Bitis Caudalis), Many Horned Adder (Bitis Cornuta), Plain Mountain Adder (Bitis inornata), Puff Adder (Bitis arietans), Red Adder (Bitis rubida), Rhinoceros Viper (Bitis nasicornis).
Boomslang	Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) is dealt with on its own..
Cobra	Various links relative to the species followed by detailed coverage of: Black Spitting Cobra (Naja nigricollis), Cape Cobra (Naja nivea), Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje ), Forest Cobra (Naja melanoleuca), Indonesian spitting cobra (Naja sputatrix), King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), Monacled Cobra (Naja Kaouthia), Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica), Nubian Spitting Cobra (Naja nubiae), Red Spitting Cobra (Naja pallida), Samar Cobra (Naja samarensis), Snouted Cobra (Naja annulifera), Spectacled cobra (Naja naja), Spitting Asian Cobras (Naja sp.)
Rinkhals (H. haemachatus)	A single species that is not a true Cobra species.
Mamba	Some back ground info on the four Mamba species, followed by detailed coverage of: Black Mamba (D. polylepis), Green Mamba (D. angusticeps), Green Mamba (D. virids) Western, Jameson's Mamba (D. jamesoni)
Rattlesnakes	Some back ground info on Rattlessnake species, followed by detailed coverage of:Blacktail Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus), Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus), Lower California Rattlesnake (Crotalus enyo),Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus), Mojave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus), Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius)(aka Pygmy Rattlesnake),Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus rubber),San Esteban Island Rattlesnake, Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii), Tiger Rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris), Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), Western (Prairie) Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis), Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus Atrox)
Viper: Asian Pit Vipers	Links relative to the species Trimeresurus, which we have grouped under this heading.
Viper:Vipers	A section in which we cover all the sites we have discovered, relation to Vipers in general. Theses include the following species :Vipera wagneri, Russell's Viper (Vipera russelli ), Malayan Pitviper, Eyelash Pit Viper (Bothriechis Schlegelii),
Viper: African Bush Vipers	A section in which we cover all the sites we have discovered, relation to African Vipers of the Sp Atheris.