<Li> Lower labials: 11 - 13 (occasionally 10--14) </Li> <Li> Temporal: 2 + 3 (variable) </Li> <P> The black mamba has a wide and fragmented range within sub-Saharan Africa . Specifically, it has been observed in north east Democratic Republic of the Congo, south western Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, eastern Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, southwards to Mozambique, Swaziland, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana to KwaZulu - Natal in South Africa, and Namibia; then north easterly through Angola to south eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo . The black mamba's distribution contains gaps within the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria and Mali . These gaps may lead physicians to misidentify black mamba bites and administer an inappropriate antivenom . </P> <P> In 1954 the black mamba was recorded in West Africa, in the Dakar region of Senegal . However, this observation, and a subsequent observation that identified a second specimen in the region in 1956, has not been confirmed and thus the snake's distribution in this area is inconclusive . The black mamba is not commonly found at altitudes above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), although its distribution does reach 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) in Kenya and 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) in Zambia . </P>

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