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Contact Royjan Taylor for emergencies: +254718290324 (also available on whatsapp) FOR ALL SNAKEBITES VISIT A HEALTH FACILITY Royjan Taylor Anton Childs David Warrell Anton Childs Wolfgang Wuster Black Mamba Black Necked Blanding’s Tree Boomslang East African Dendroaspis polylepis Spitting Cobra Snake female / male Dispholidus typus Garter Snake IMMEDIATELY! Naja nigricollis Toxicodryas blandingii Elapsoidia loveridgei Wolfgang Wuster Anton Childs Maik Dobiey Patrick Malonza Maik Dobiey David Warrell Maik Dobiey David Warrell Eastern Green Egyptian Cobra Forest Cobra Forest Night Adder Gaboon Viper Gold’s Tree Cobra Green Bush Viper Jameson’s Mamba Mamba Naja haje Naja melanoleuca Causus lichtensteinii Bitis gabonica Pseudohaje goldii Atheris squamiger Dendroaspis jamesoni kaimosi Dendroaspis angusticeps David Warrell Maik Dobiey Wolfgang Wuster Royjan Taylor Danie Theron Anton Childs Royjan Taylor Danie Theron Kenya Horned Viper Kenya Montane Large Brown Mount Kenya North East African Puff Adder Red Spitting Cobra Rhinoceros Viper Bitis wothingtoni Viper Spitting Cobra Bush Viper Carpet Viper Bitis arietans Naja pallida Bitis nasicornis Montatheris hindii Holotype / Naja ashei Atheris desaixi Echis pyramidum Common Venomous Snakes of Kenya Anton Childs Royjan Taylor Anton Childs Anton Childs Royjan Taylor Royjan Taylor Royjan Taylor Rhombic Night Rough-Scaled Bush Savannah Vine Small-Scaled Snouted Night Velvet Green Night Yellow Bellied Sea Adder Viper Snake or Twig Snake Mole Viper Adder Adder Snake Causus rhombeatus Atheris hispida Thelotornis mossambicanus Atractaspis microlepidota Causus defilippi Causus resimus Pelamis platurus.

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