- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold west african green mamba, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the west african green mamba
The western green mamba, also called the West African green mamba, is a long, slender, highly venomous snake native to West Africa from Gambia and southern Senegal to Benin. It lives mainly in coastal tropical rainforest, thicket and woodland, largely where rainfall exceeds 1,500 mm. Bright green fading to yellow or orange toward the tail, with black-edged scales giving a networked pattern, it averages 1.4 to 2.1 m in length. Mostly diurnal, it spends most of its time in the forest canopy and hunts birds and small mammals such as rodents and squirrels. It generally retreats when encountered. A clutch is 6 to 14 eggs.
West African Green Mamba facts
- It has 13 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, fewer than any similar species.
- The oldest recorded individual was a captive that lived 18.7 years.
- It was formerly known as Hallowell's green mamba.
- Bites with envenomation can be fatal in as little as 30 minutes.
Where to see west african green mamba in the U.S.
3 zoos across 2 states
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