<p>Predicted changes in species richness globally and in example regions.</p>

Maps of current global species richness for all snakes of medical importance (A) and predicted number of individual species gained (D) or lost (G) in each grid cell by 2090 according to median model projections. Insets show zoomed in maps for example regions West Africa (red border; B, E, H) and North-Eastern South America (black border; C, F; I) and mostly show species gained across the Andes and northern West Africa. Maps were created in ESRI ArcPro 3.1.0 [52]. Basemap shows WHO admin 0 country boundaries 2024 (CC BY 4.0). The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WHO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of is authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.