Amblyodipsas is a genus of snakes found in Africa.

Although rear-fanged, all species are considered harmless, but their venom has not been well studied.

They should not be confused with the glossy snakes of the genus Arizona, which are found in North America.

[3] Maxillary very short, with five teeth gradually increasing in size and followed, after an interspace, by a large grooved fang situated below the eye.

Head small, not distinct from neck; eye minute, with round pupil; nostril in a single very small nasal; no internasals; no loreal; no preocular; no anterior temporal.