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Gulf of CaliforniaVenomous animals in Tanzania
110 venomous and poisonous animals live in Tanzania. The most dangerous come first.
36 animals here can be deadly.
- Deadly11
- Can kill25
- Needs a doctor20
- Just hurts40
- Harmless14
The most dangerous here
Black mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
DeathstalkerScorpionsDeadly
Egyptian cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
Geography coneCone snails & octopusesDeadly
Puff adderVipers & addersDeadly
Eastern green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
Jameson's mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
Northeast African carpet viperVipers & addersDeadly
West African carpet viperVipers & addersDeadly
Western green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
Devil reef crabOther poisonous animalsDeadly
BoomslangRear-fanged snakesCan killCobras, mambas & kraits
Black mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadlyEgyptian cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadlyEastern green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadlyJameson's mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadlyWestern green mambaCobras, mambas & kraitsDeadly
Black-necked spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Forest cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Mozambique spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Red spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraitsCan kill
Black forest 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 & addersDeadly
Gaboon viperVipers & addersCan kill
West African Gaboon viperVipers & addersCan kill
Joger's saw-scaled viperVipers & addersCan kill
White-bellied carpet viperVipers & addersCan kill
Spiny bush viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Variable bush viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Great Lakes bush viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Lowland swamp viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Matilda's horned viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Mount Rungwe bush viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Sahara sand viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Usambara eyelash viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Western bush viperVipers & addersNeeds a doctor
Rhombic night adderVipers & addersJust hurts
Green night adderVipers & addersJust hurts
Snouted night adderVipers & addersJust hurts
Two-striped 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
Bibron's stiletto snakeRear-fanged snakesNeeds a doctor
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
Orange baboon tarantulaTarantulas & funnel-websJust hurts
Cameroon red baboon spiderTarantulas & funnel-websJust hurts
Gibraltar funnel-web spiderTarantulas & funnel-websJust hurts
European purseweb spiderTarantulas & funnel-websHarmlessScorpions
Fat-tailed scorpion
Arabian fat-tailed scorpion
Black fat-tailed scorpion
Common yellow scorpion
Emperor scorpionCentipedes
Mediterranean banded centipede
Feather-tail centipedeBees, wasps & hornets
Western honey bee
Large velvet ant
Oriental hornet
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
Red-spotted assassin bugCaterpillars & bugsJust hurts
Common backswimmerCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
House pseudoscorpionCaterpillars & bugsHarmless
Water scorpionCaterpillars & bugsHarmlessJellyfish & sea stingers
Plate fire coralCone snails & octopuses
Striated cone
Tulip cone
Omaria cone
Turtle cone
Lettered coneVenomous fish
Reef stonefishVenomous fishCan killDo not touch
Striped eel catfishVenomous fishCan killDo not touch
False stonefishVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Filament-finned stingerVenomous fishNeeds a doctorDo not touch
Leaf scorpionfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Dwarf lionfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Grey stingfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Ocellated waspfishVenomous fishJust hurtsDo not touch
Smooth freshwater stingrayVenomous fishJust hurtsUrchins, stars & worms
Flower urchin
Crown-of-thorns starfish
Black long-spined urchin
LollyfishPoison frogs, toads & newts
Common toadOther poisonous animals
Devil reef crabOther 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 touch
Longhorn cowfishOther poisonous animalsHarmless
Yellow boxfishOther poisonous animalsHarmlessBitten or stung?
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