Common names include serpent ceropegia, snake creeper, and slangkambro.

Ceropegia stapeliiformis is a prostrate, creeping, trailing or climbing succulent creeper[1] with fibrous roots (which develop where the warty, trailing stems[2] touch the ground) and has clear sap.

The flowers are 5–7 cm long and have a distinctive funnel or flask-shape,[4] which create a pitfall in which pollinators may be temporarily trapped.

Two subspecies have been described: The subspecies stapeliiformis is known from areas of karroid scrub in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa,[1] with a distribution from Uitenhage and Willowmore to Graaff Reinet and King William's Town.

The subspecies serpentina, which was initially described as Ceropegia serpentina by E. A. Bruce, has a distribution which ranges from Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini to Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa, where it occurs in scrub bush.