Lesotho Snake Species

 Family Leptotyphlopidae 

1. Leptotyphlops conjunctus (Jan, 1861) Cape Thread Snake 
2. Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Peters, 1854) Peters’ Thread Snake 

Family Typhlophidae 

1. Afrotyphlops bibronii (Smith, 1846) Bibron’s Blind Snake  
2. Rhinotyphlops lalandei (Schlegel, 1839) Delalande’s Beaked Blind Snake 

Family Viperidae 

1. Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820) Puff Adder 
2. Bitis atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) Berg Adder 

Family Atractaspididae 

1. Homoroselaps lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758) Spotted Harlequin Snake 

Family Colubridae 

1. Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) Red-lipped Snake, Herald Snake 
2. Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) Rhombic Egg-eater 

Family Elapidae 

1. Hemachatus haemachatus (Bonnaterre, 1790) Southern Rinkhals 
2. Naja nivea (Linnaeus, 1758) Cape Cobra  

Family Lamprophiidae 

1. Boaedon capensis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) Brown House Snake  
2. Lamprophis aurora (Linnaeus, 1758) Aurora House Snake  
3. Alopecion guttatus (Smith, 1843) Spotted Rock Snake  
4. Lycodonomorphus rufulus (Lichtenstein, 1823) Brown Water Snake  

Family Psammophiidae  

1. Psammophis crucifer (Daudin, 1803) Cross-marked Whip Snake  
2. Psammophylax rhombeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Spotted Grass Snake 

Family Prosymnidae 

1. Prosymna sundevallii (Smith 1849) Sundevall's Shovel-snout 

Family Pseudaspididae

1. Pseudaspis cana (Linnaeus, 1758) Mole Snake 

Family Pseudoxyrhophiidae 

1. Duberria lutrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Slug-eater
2. Amplorhinus multimaculatus (Smith, 1847) Many Spotted Snake