| Species | Authority | Subsp.* | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dendroaspis angusticepsT | (Smith, 1849) | 0 | Eastern green mamba | Found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, western South Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, Niger, Central African Republic, Chad |
| Dendroaspis jamesoni | (Traill, 1843) | 2 | Jameson's mamba | Found in Central Africa in Sudan, South Sudan, Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Central African Republic, Benin, Ghana |
| Dendroaspis polylepis | Günther, 1864 | 0 | Black mamba | Found in eastern Africa and southern Africa in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, eastern Uganda, Tanzania, southwards to Mozambique, Swaziland, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Rwanda, Djibouti and Botswana to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and Namibia; then northeasterly through Angola to the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Dendroaspis viridis | (Hallowell, 1844) | 0 | Western green mamba | Found only in western Africa in southern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and southwest Nigeria |
* Including the nominate subspecies.
T Type species.
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