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Gulf of CaliforniaVenomous animals in Ghana
83 venomous and poisonous animals live in Ghana. The most dangerous come first.
30 animals here can be deadly.
- Deadly9
- Can kill21
- Needs a doctor13
- Just hurts29
- Harmless11
The most dangerous here
Black mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
DeathstalkerScorpionsDeadly
Egyptian cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
Puff adderVipers & addersDeadly
Jameson's mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
Northeast African carpet viperVipers & addersDeadly
Silver-cheeked toadfishOther poisonous animalsDeadly
West African carpet viperVipers & addersDeadly
Western green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
BoomslangRear-fanged snakesCan kill
Fat-tailed scorpionScorpionsCan kill
Gaboon viperVipers & addersCan killCobras, mambas & kraits
Black mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadlyEgyptian cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadlyJameson's mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadlyWestern green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
Black-necked spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Forest cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Red spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Black forest cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Goldie's tree cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Mali cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Senegalese cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
West African banded cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
East African garter snakeCobras, mambas & kraitsJust hurtsVipers & adders
Puff adderVipers & addersDeadlyNortheast African carpet viperVipers & addersDeadlyWest African carpet viperVipers & addersDeadlyGaboon viperVipers & addersCan kill
Rhinoceros viperVipers & addersCan kill
West African Gaboon viperVipers & addersCan kill
Joger's saw-scaled viperVipers & addersCan kill
White-bellied carpet viperVipers & addersCan kill
Horned adderVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Spiny bush viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Variable bush viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Lowland swamp viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Mount Rungwe bush viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Sahara sand viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Western bush viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Rhombic night adderVipers & addersJust hurts
Forest night adderVipers & addersJust hurts
Green night adderVipers & addersJust hurts
Uzungwe viperVipers & addersJust hurtsRear-fanged snakes
BoomslangRear-fanged snakesCan kill
Forest twig snakeRear-fanged snakesCan kill
Small-scaled burrowing aspRear-fanged snakesCan kill
Variable burrowing aspRear-fanged snakesCan kill
Blanding's tree snakeRear-fanged snakesNeeds a doctor
Slender burrowing aspRear-fanged snakesNeeds a doctor
Montpellier snakeRear-fanged snakesJust hurts
Eastern Montpellier snakeRear-fanged snakesJust hurts
Schokari sand racerRear-fanged snakesHarmlessVenomous lizards
Desert monitorSpiders
Brown widow
Noble false widow
White widow
Wasp spider
Barn funnel weaverTarantulas & funnel-webs
Featherleg baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websNeeds a doctor
Togo starburst tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websNeeds a doctor
King baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websJust hurts
Cameroon red baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websJust hurts
Gibraltar funnel-web spiderTarantulas & funnel-websJust hurts
European purseweb spiderTarantulas & funnel-websHarmlessScorpions
Arabian fat-tailed scorpion
Black fat-tailed scorpion
Common yellow scorpion
Emperor scorpion
European yellow-tailed scorpionCentipedes
Mediterranean banded centipedeBees, wasps & hornets
Western honey bee
Large velvet ant
Emerald cockroach wasp
Mammoth waspAnts
Matabele ant
African stink ant
Electric antCaterpillars & bugs
Pine processionaryCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
White-spotted assassin bugCaterpillars & bugsJust hurts
Pine-tree lappetCaterpillars & bugsJust hurtsDo not touch
Common backswimmerCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
House pseudoscorpionCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
Water scorpionCaterpillars & bugsHarmlessCone snails & octopuses
Turtle coneVenomous fish
Smooth freshwater stingrayPoison frogs, toads & newts
Common toadOther poisonous animals
Silver-cheeked toadfishOther poisonous animalsDeadly
Fahaka pufferfishOther poisonous animalsCan kill
African crested ratOther poisonous animalsNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Common quailOther poisonous animalsJust hurts
Spur-winged gooseOther poisonous animalsJust hurts
Red-striped oil beetleOther poisonous animalsJust hurtsDo not touchBitten or stung?
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