Black mamba
(Dendroaspis polylepis)[] | |
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Species ID: | 4-56-387-1254-7773 |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Dendroaspis |
Conservation status: | LC - Least Concern |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Links: | IUCN Red List |
Subspecies[]
- D. p. antinori
- D. p. polylepis
Diet[]
- Small birds
- Rodents
- Bats
- Hyraxes
- Bushbabies
- Snakes
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
Locations[]

Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- AT0116 KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0119 Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0125 Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128 Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0203 Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
- AT0701 Angolan Miombo woodlands
- AT0702 Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
- AT0705 East Sudanian savanna
- AT0706 Eastern Miombo woodlands
- AT0707 Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0709 Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0711 Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0714 Serengeti volcanic grasslands
- AT0715 Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0721 Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0722 West Sudanian savanna
- AT0724 Western Zambezian grasslands
- AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726 Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1006 Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1012 Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1309 Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1316 Namibian savanna woodlands