List of snakes by common name
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This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

s are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis.

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  • Adder
    Viperidae
    The Viperidae are a family of venomous snakes found all over the world, except in Antarctica, Australia, Ireland, Madagascar, Hawaii, various other isolated islands, and above the Arctic Circle. All have relatively long, hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of venom. Four...

    • Berg adder
    • Common adder
    • Deaf adder
      Deaf adder
      Deaf adder may refer to:* Heterodon platirhinos, a.k.a. the eastern hognose snake, a harmless species found the United States.* Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, a.k.a. the northern copperhead, a venomous viper species also found in the United States....

    • Death adder
      Agkistrodon contortrix
      Agkistrodon contortrix is a species of venomous snake found in North America, a member of the Crotalinae subfamily. The more common name for the species is "copperhead". The behavior of Agkistrodon contortrix may lead to accidental encounters with humans...

    • Desert death adder
      Desert Death Adder
      The Desert Death Adder, Acanthophis pyrrhus, is a species of snake native to Australia and is one of the most venomous land snakes in the world...

    • Horned adder
      Horned adder
      Horned adder may refer to:* Bitis caudalis, a.k.a. the horned puff adder, a venomous viper species found in the arid region of south-west Africa....

    • Long-nosed adder
    • Many-horned adder
    • Mountain adder
      Mountain adder
      Mountain adder may refer to:* Bitis atropos, a.k.a. the berg adder, a venomous viper species found only in three mountainous regions in southern Africa....

    • Mud adder
      Mud adder
      The Mud Adder , also known as De Vis's banded snake, is found in some regions of the eastern coast of Australia, including south-west Queensland, northern NSW and north-west Victoria. It is from the Elapidae family....

    • Namaqua dwarf adder
    • Night adder
    • Peringuey's adder
    • Puff adder
      • African puff adder
    • Rhombic night adder
    • Sand adder
      Sand adder
      Sand adder may refer to any of the following snakes:* Vipera ammodytes, a.k.a. the nose-horned viper, a venomous viper species found in southern Europe through to the Balkans and parts of the Middle East....

      • Dwarf sand adder
      • Namib dwarf sand adder
    • Water adder
  • Aesculapian snake
    Aesculapian Snake
    The Aesculapian Snake is a nonvenomous snake native to Europe.-Description:They hatch at around 30 cm and average at around 110 cm but can grow up to 200 cm . They are dark, long, slender, and shiny...

  • Anaconda
    Anaconda
    An anaconda is a large, non-venomous snake found in tropical South America. Although the name actually applies to a group of snakes, it is often used to refer only to one species in particular, the common or green anaconda, Eunectes murinus, which is one of the largest snakes in the world.Anaconda...

    • Bolivian anaconda
    • De Schauensee’s anaconda
    • Green anaconda
      Green Anaconda
      Eunectes murinus is a non-venomous boa species found in South America. It is the heaviest known snake species...

    • Yellow anaconda
  • Arafura file snake
    Arafura File Snake
    Acrochordus arafurae is an aquatic snake species found in northern Australia and New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:...

  • Asp
    Asp (reptile)
    Asp is the modern Anglicisation of the word aspis, which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. It is believed that the aspis referred to in Egyptian mythology is the modern Egyptian cobra....

    • European asp
    • Egyptian Asp

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  • Bandy-bandy
    Bandy-bandy
    Bandy-bandy is a species of snake in the Elapidae family. It is endemic to Australia.Individuals are marked with alternating black and white or yellowish bands, which give the species both its common names and the Latin name .-Physical Appearance:Smooth scaled, glossy snake...

  • Barba amarilla
    Barba amarilla
    Barba amarilla, Spanish for "yellow beard", is a name that has found its way into the English language. It may refer to:* Bothrops asper, or the terciopelo, a venomous pitviper species found in Central and northern South America....

  • Beaked snake
    • African beaked snake
    • Dwarf Beaked Snake
    • Rufous beaked snake
  • Bird snake
  • Black-headed snake
  • Raddysnake
    • Southwestern blackhead snake
  • Black Mexican king snake
  • Black rat snake
    Black Rat Snake
    The Western ratsnake — also called black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake — is a nonvenomous colubrid species found in North America. No subspecies are currently recognized....

  • Black snake
    • Red-bellied black snake
      Red-bellied Black Snake
      The Red-bellied Black Snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus, is a species of elapid snake native to eastern Australia. Though its venom is capable of causing significant morbidity, it is not generally fatal and less venomous than other deadly Australian snakes. It is common in woodlands, forests and...

  • Blind snake
    • Brahminy blind snake
    • Texas blind snake
      Texas Blind Snake
      Leptotyphlops dulcis is a blind snake species found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Physical description:...

    • Western blind snake
      Western blind snake
      Leptotyphlops humilis is a blind snake species found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Nine subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...

  • Boa
    • Abaco Island boa
      Abaco Island Boa
      Epicrates exsul is a nonvenomous boa species found in the Bahamas. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:Slender and terrestrial with an iridescent reddish sheen...

    • Amazon tree boa
      Amazon tree boa
      Corallus hortulanus is a non-venomous boa species found in South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description: Adults grow to an average of 5 and 6.5 feet in length. This species exhibits an immense variety of colors and patterns. The basic color can be anywhere from black, brown,...

    • Boa constrictor
      Boa constrictor
      The Boa constrictor is a large, heavy-bodied species of snake. It is a member of the family Boidae found in North, Central, and South America, as well as some islands in the Caribbean. A staple of private collections and public displays, its color pattern is highly variable yet distinctive...

    • Cuban boa
    • Dumeril's boa
      Dumeril's Boa
      Boa dumerili is a non-venomous boa species found on Madagascar and Reunion Island. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:Adults usually grow to 6.5 feet in length with the maximum reported to be 8 foot, 6 inches...

    • Dwarf boa
      Dwarf boa
      The Tropidophiinae, common name dwarf boas, are a subfamily of snakes found from Mexico and the West Indies south to southeastern Brazil. These are small to medium-sized fossorial snakes, some with beautiful and striking color patterns...

    • Emerald tree boa
      Emerald tree boa
      Corallus caninus is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description: Adults grow to about 6 feet in length...

    • Hogg Island boa
    • Jamaican boa
      Jamaican Boa
      The Jamaican Boa,, or yellow snake is non-venomous boa species found in Jamaica. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Geographic range:Found in Jamaica, including Goat Island...

    • Madagascar ground boa
      Madagascar Ground Boa
      Boa madagascariensis is a species of the Boidae family that is endemic to the island of Madagascar. A common name is Madagascar ground boa.-Description:...

    • Madagascar tree boa
      Madagascar Tree Boa
      Boa manditra is a non-venomous boa species endemic to the island of Madagascar. The specific epithet is also the Malagasy common name for this snake...

    • Puerto Rican boa
      Puerto Rican Boa
      The Puerto Rican Boa is a slender, terrestrial, viviparous boa with a dark brown coloration. It grows up to be about six to nine feet long. It feeds on small mammals, birds and lizards. As a member of the rainbow boas , it belongs to the family of the true boas...

    • Rainbow boa
      Rainbow boa
      Epicrates cenchria is a boa species found in Central and South America. Common names include the rainbow boa, and slender boa. A terrestrial species, it is known for its attractive iridescent sheen. Nine subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described...

    • Red-tailed boa
    • Rosy boa
      Rosy boa
      The Rosy Boa is a snake of the Boidae family, one of only two members of that family native to the United States. The other is the Rubber Boa...

    • Rubber boa
      Rubber Boa
      The Rubber Boa is a snake in the family Boidae that is native to the Western United States.-Taxonomy:The Rubber Boa is a snake in the family Boidae and genus Charina. The name Charina is from the Greek for graceful or delightful, and the name bottae honors Dr. Paolo E. Botta, an Italian ship's...

    • Sand boa
    • Tree boa
      Tree boa
      Corallus is a genus of non-venomous boas found in Central America, South America and the West Indies. Seven species are currently recognized.-Description:...

  • Boiga
    Boiga
    Boiga is a large genus of mildly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snakes typically known as the cat-eyed snakes or just cat snakes. They are primarily found throughout southeast Asia, India and Australia, but due to their extremely hardy nature and adaptability have spread to many other suitable...

  • Boomslang
    Boomslang
    The boomslang is a large venomous colubrid snake.-Taxonomy & etymology:It is currently the only species in its genus, although several species and subspecies have been described in the past...

  • Brown snake
    • Eastern brown snake
      Eastern brown snake
      The eastern brown snake , often referred to as the common brown snake, is a species of genus Pseudonaja. This snake is considered the second most venomous land snake based on its value in mice. It is native to Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.-Description:Adult eastern brown snakes are highly...

  • Bull snake
  • Bushmaster
    Lachesis (genus)
    Lachesis is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in remote forested areas of Central and South America. The generic name refers to one of the Three Fates in Greek mythology who determined the length of the thread of life...


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  • Canebrake
    Crotalus horridus
    Crotalus horridus, the timber rattlesnake, is a species of venomous pitviper found in the eastern United States. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States. No subspecies are currently recognized....

  • Cantil
    Agkistrodon bilineatus
    Agkistrodon bilineatus is a venomous pitviper species found in Mexico and Central America as far south as Costa Rica. Four subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...

  • Cascabel
    Crotalus durissus
    Crotalus durissus is a venomous pitviper species found in South America. The most widely distributed member of its genus, this species poses a serious medical problem in many parts of its range...

  • Cascavel
    Crotalus durissus
    Crotalus durissus is a venomous pitviper species found in South America. The most widely distributed member of its genus, this species poses a serious medical problem in many parts of its range...

  • Cat-eyed snake
    • Banded cat-eyed snake
    • Green cat-eyed snake
  • Cat snake
    • Andaman cat snake
    • Beddome's cat snake
    • Dog-toothed cat snake
    • Forsten's cat snake
    • Gold-ringed cat snake
    • Gray cat snake
    • Many-spotted cat snake
    • Nicobar cat snake
    • Sri Lanka cat snake
    • Tawny cat snake
  • Chicken snake
  • Coachwhip snake
  • Cobra
    Cobra
    Cobra is a venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. However, not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even of the same family. The name is short for cobra capo or capa Snake, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake"...

    • Black-necked cobra
    • Cape cobra
      Cape Cobra
      The Cape Cobra or yellow cobra is a moderately sized, highly venomous cobra inhabiting a wide variety of biomes across Southern Africa...

    • Chinese cobra
    • Cobra de capello
    • Common cobra
    • Eastern water cobra
    • Egyptian cobra
      Egyptian cobra
      The Egyptian cobra is a species in the genus Naja found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is one of the largest Naja species in Africa.- Description :...

    • False cobra
      False Cobra
      The false cobra is an opisthoglyphous snake found in parts of Africa and the Middle East. The name "False Cobra" comes from the fact that this is not a cobra. It imitates a cobra's stance by spreading its neck into a hood and hissing like the cobra...

    • False water cobra
      False Water Cobra
      Hydrodynastes gigas is a rear-fanged venomous colubrid species found in South America. It is alternatively known as the false water cobra and Brazilian Smooth Snake. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Common names:...

    • Forest cobra
    • Gold's tree cobra
    • Indian cobra
      Indian Cobra
      Indian Cobra or Spectacled Cobra is a species of the genus Naja found in the Indian subcontinent and a member of the "big four", the four species which inflict the most snakebites in India. This snake is revered in Indian mythology and culture, and is often seen with snake charmers...

    • King cobra
      King Cobra
      The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 5.6 m . This species, which preys chiefly on other snakes, is found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Indonesia...

    • Monocled cobra
    • Mozambique spitting cobra
      Mozambique Spitting Cobra
      The Mozambique Spitting Cobra is a type of cobra, native to Africa.-Description:In color the snake is slate to olive grey, olive or tawny brown above, with some or all scales black-edging...

    • Philippine cobra
      Philippine Cobra
      The Philippine Cobra is a stocky, highly venomous spitting cobra native to the Philippines. The Philippine Cobra is called "ulupong" in Tagalog and "Agwason" in Cebuano-Bisaya.-Description:...

    • Red spitting cobra
      Red Spitting Cobra
      The Red Spitting Cobra , is a species of spitting cobra native to Africa. This species is one of several spittings cobra in Africa. Spitting cobras do not spit their venom...

    • Rinkhals cobra
    • Shield-nosed cobra
    • Spectacle cobra
    • Spitting cobra
      Spitting cobra
      A spitting cobra is one of several species of cobras that have the ability to eject venom from their fangs when defending themselves against predators. The sprayed venom is harmless to intact skin...

    • White-lipped cobra
    • Yellow cobra
  • Collett's snake
    Collett's Snake
    The Collett's Snake - also known as the Down's Tiger Snake, Collett's Black Snake or Colletts Cobra - is a venomous snake native to Australia...

  • Colubrine
  • Congo snake
  • Copperhead
    • American copperhead
    • Australian copperhead
  • Coral snake
    Coral snake
    The coral snakes are a large group of elapid snakes that can be subdivided into two distinct groups, Old World coral snakes and New World coral snakes...

    • Arizona coral snake
    • Beddome's coral snake
      Beddome's coral snake
      Beddome's coral snake is a species of venomous elapid snake. It is named after Richard Henry Beddome , British army officer and naturalist.-References:...

    • Brazilian coral snake
    • Cape coral snake
    • Eastern coral snake
    • False coral snake
    • Harlequin coral snake
    • High Woods coral snake
    • Malayan long-glanded coral snake
    • Western coral snake
  • Corn snake
    Corn Snake
    The Corn Snake , or Red Rat Snake, is a North American species of Rat Snake that subdues its small prey by constriction. The name "Corn Snake" is a holdover from the days when southern farmers stored harvested ears of corn in a wood frame or log building called a crib...

    • South eastern corn snake
  • Cottonmouth
    Agkistrodon piscivorus
    Agkistrodon piscivorus is a venomous snake, a species of pit viper, found in the southeastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite. When antagonized they will stand their ground by coiling their bodies and displaying their fangs...

  • Crowned snake
  • Cuban wood snake
    Cuban Wood Snake
    Tropidophis melanurus is a non-venomous dwarf boa species found mainly in Cuba. Currently, 3 subspecies are recognized, including the typical form described here.-Geographic range:...


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  • Eastern hognose snake
    Eastern Hognose Snake
    The Eastern Hognose Snake is a harmless colubrid species found in North America. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Geographic range:...

  • Egg-eater
    Dasypeltis
    Dasypeltis is a genus of colubrid snakes. It is one of only two taxonomic groups of snakes known to have adapted to feed exclusively on eggs...

    • Indian egg-eater
      Indian Egg-eater
      The Indian egg-eating snake is a rare species of egg-eating snake found in the Indian subcontinent. It is also called Westermann's snake, reflecting its scientific name. The snake belongs to the monotypic genus Elachistodon.-Geographic range:It is found in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal...

    • Eye-lash viper
    • Eastern coral snake

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  • Fer-de-lance
  • Fierce snake
    Fierce Snake
    The Inland Taipan , also known as the Small Scaled Snake and Fierce Snake, is native to Australia and is regarded as the most venomous land snake in the world based on LD50 values in mice. It is a species of taipan belonging to the Elapidae family...

  • Fishing snake
  • Flying snake
    • Golden tree snake
    • Indian flying snake
    • Moluccan flying snake
    • Ornate flying snake
    • Paradise flying snake
    • Twin-Barred tree snake
    • Banded Flying Snake
      Banded Flying Snake
      The Twin-barred Tree Snake , Chrysopelea pelias, is a species of snake found in Asia. It is also called the Banded Flying Snake. It can glide, as with all species of its genus Chrysopelea, by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs...

  • Fox snake
    Fox Snake
    Fox snake is the common name given to two species of North American rat snakes. Neither is any threat to humans. Unfortunately, due to the striking resemblance to the Massasauga rattlesnake , it is killed by many people who mistake it for the Massasauga.The eastern fox snake is...

    • Eastern fox snake
  • Forest flame snake

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  • Garter snake
    Garter snake
    The Garter snake is a Colubrid snake genus common across North America, ranging from Alaska and Canada to Central America. It is the single most widely distributed genus of reptile in North America. The garter snake is also the Massachusettsstate reptile.There is no real consensus on the...

    • Checkered garter snake
    • Common garter snake
      Common Garter Snake
      The Common Garter Snake is a snake indigenous to North America. Most garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown or green background and their average length is about , maximum about .-Subspecies:...

    • San Francisco garter snake
      San Francisco garter snake
      The San Francisco Garter Snake is a slender multi-colored colubrid snake. Designated as an endangered species since the year 1967, it is endemic to California and resides only in San Mateo County, California, and the extreme northern part of coastal Santa Cruz County, California...

    • Texas garter snake
      Texas Garter Snake
      The Texas Garter Snake is a subspecies of the common garter snake from the United States. It is found predominantly in eastern and central Texas, with a disjunct population in Kansas...

  • Glossy snake
    Glossy snake
    Arizona elegans is a medium-sized colubrid snake commonly referred to as the glossy snake. The genus Arizona has only one officially recognized species, A. elegans, with several subspecies. Some have recommended that A...

  • Gopher snake
    • Cape gopher snake
      Cape gopher snake
      The Cape or Baja Gopher Snake is a species of non-venomous, colubrid snake most commonly found in a small area of western Mexico...

  • Grass snake
    Grass Snake
    The grass snake , sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake is a European non-venomous snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians.-Etymology:...

  • Green snake
    Opheodrys
    Opheodrys is a genus of small to medium-sized colubrid snakes commonly referred to as green snakes. In North America the genus consists of two distinct species with five recognized subspecies...

    • Rough green snake
    • Smooth green snake
      Smooth Green Snake
      The smooth green snake is a non-venomous North American colubrid. It is also referred to as the grass snake.-Description:...

  • Ground snake
    Ground Snake
    Ground Snake can refer to two distinct genera of snakes:*Genus Atractus, South American Ground Snakes.*Genus Sonora, North American Ground Snakes....

    • Common ground snake
    • Three-lined ground snake
    • Western ground snake

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  • Habu
    • Himehabu
    • Okinawan habu
      Okinawan habu
      Okinawan habu may refer to:* Trimeresurus flavoviridis, a.k.a. the Kume Shima habu, a venomous pitviper found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.* Ovophis okinavensis, a.k.a. the himehabu, a venomous pitviper found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan....

    • Sakishima habu
    • Tokara habu
  • Harlequin snake
    Harlequin snake
    Harlequin snake may refer to:* Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, a.k.a. the northern copperhead; a venomous viper found in the eastern United States....

    • Elaps harlequin snake
  • Herald snake
  • Hognose snake
    • Blonde hognose snake
    • Dusty hognose snake
    • Eastern hognose snake
      Eastern Hognose Snake
      The Eastern Hognose Snake is a harmless colubrid species found in North America. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Geographic range:...

    • Jan's hognose snake
    • Giant Malagasy hognose snake
    • Mexican hognose snake
    • Plains hognose snake
    • Ringed hognose snake
    • South American hognose snake
    • Southern hognose snake
    • Speckled hognose snake
    • Tri-color hognose snake
    • Western hognose snake
  • Hoop snake
    Hoop snake
    The hoop snake is a legendary creature of the United States and Australia. The hoop snake appears in the Pecos Bill stories; although it is his description of hoop snakes with which most people are most familiar, stories of the creature predate those fictional tales considerably. Several sightings...

  • Hundred pacer


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  • Keelback
    Keelback
    The Keelback is a non-venomous snake found throughout Northern Australia; it is also known as the freshwater snake. It resembles two venomous snakes, the Taipan and the Rough-scaled snake, and this has obviously assisted its evolution. It rarely grows over one metre and feeds mainly on...

    • Andrea's keelback
    • Asian keelback
    • Assam keelback
    • Black-striped keelback
    • Buff striped keelback
    • Burmese keelback
    • Common keelback
      Common Keelback
      The common keelback is a snake of the family Colubridae. It is found mainly in marshy and waterlogged places ....

    • Hill keelback
    • Himalayan keelback
    • Khasi Hills keelback
    • Modest keelback
    • Nicobar Island keelback
    • Nilgiri keelback
    • Orange-collared keelback
    • Red-necked keelback
    • Sikkim keelback
    • Speckle-bellied keelback
    • Tiger keelback
    • Wall's keelback
    • White-lipped keelback
    • Wynaad keelback
    • Yunnan keelback
  • King brown
  • King cobra
    King Cobra
    The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 5.6 m . This species, which preys chiefly on other snakes, is found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Indonesia...

  • King snake
    King Snake
    King Snake is a fictional character who appears in books published by DC Comics universe, usually as an adversary of Tim Drake and Batman. Created by writer Chuck Dixon and artist Tom Lyle, King Snake first appeared in Robin #2...

    • California kingsnake
      California Kingsnake
      The California Kingsnake is a non-venomous colubrid snake found in the western United States and northern Mexico. It is a relatively small subspecies of the Common Kingsnake and is naturally found in a wide variety of habitats...

    • Desert kingsnake
      Desert Kingsnake
      The Desert Kingsnake is a subspecies of kingsnake native to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. It is nonvenomous, colored yellow and black. The desert kingsnake's diet consists of rodents, lizards, and smaller snakes, including rattlesnakes.They normally grow 3–4 feet long with a maximum length of 6.8...

    • Grey-banded kingsnake
      Grey-Banded Kingsnake
      The grey-banded kingsnake, , or more commonly just referred to as the alterna, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake. Some sources list two distinct subspecies of alterna, as L. a. alterna and L. a...

    • North eastern king snake
    • Prairie kingsnake
    • Scarlet kingsnake
      Scarlet Kingsnake
      The Scarlet kingsnake is a species of kingsnake found in the southeastern and eastern portions of the United States. They are found in pine flatwoods hardwood hammocks, prairies, cultivated fields, and suburban areas...

    • Speckled kingsnake
  • Krait
    • Banded krait
    • Blue krait
    • Black krait
    • Burmese krait
    • Ceylon krait
    • Indian krait
    • Lesser black krait
    • Malayan krait
    • Many-banded krait
    • Northeastern hill krait
    • Red-headed krait
      Red-headed Krait
      The red-headed krait , is a large and magnificent venomous elapid snake with dramatic coloration. The red-headed krait can grow up to 2.1 m . The red-headed krait occurs in lowland rain forest, including those on islands, but it is considered uncommon. It feeds primarily on specific snakes,...

    • Sind krait
    • South Andaman krait
    • King Cobra

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  • Large shield snake
  • Lancehead
    • Common lancehead
  • Lora
    Leptophis ahaetulla
    Leptophis ahaetulla, the Lora or Parrot Snake is a medium-sized slender snake of the colubrid family. It is found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago...

    • Grey lora
  • Lyre snake
    • Baja California lyresnake
    • Central American lyre snake
    • Texas lyre snake
    • Western lyre snake

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  • Machete savane
  • Mamba
    Mamba
    Mambas, of the genus Dendroaspis , are a group of highly venomous, fast-moving land-dwelling snakes of Africa. They belong to the family of Elapidae which includes cobras, coral snakes, taipans, brown snakes, tiger snakes, death adders, kraits and, debatably, sea snakes...

    • Black mamba
      Black mamba
      The black mamba , also called the common black mamba or black-mouthed mamba, is the longest venomous snake in Africa, averaging around in length, and sometimes growing to lengths of...

    • Eastern green mamba
      Eastern green mamba
      The Eastern green mamba is a medium to large arboreal highly venomous snake of the family Elapidae.-Description:...

    • Green mamba
      Green mamba
      Green mamba may refer to:* Eastern green mamba* Western green mamba...

    • Western green mamba
      Western green mamba
      The Western green mamba , or also known as the West African green mamba or Hallowell's green mamba, is a long, thin and highly venomous arboreal snake of the family Elapidae.-Geographic range:...

  • Mamushi
    Mamushi
    Gloydius blomhoffii, commonly known as the mamushi, or Japanese mamushi, is a venomous pitviper species found in China, Japan, and Korea. There are four subspecies including the nominate subspecies described here....

  • Mangrove snake
  • Milk snake
    Milk Snake
    The milk snake or milksnake is a species of king snake. There are 25 subspecies among the milk snakes, including the commonly named scarlet kingsnake...

  • Moccasin snake
  • Montpellier snake
  • Mud snake
    • Eastern mud snake
    • Western mud snake
  • Mussurana
    Mussurana
    The mussurana or musurana are six species of oviparous colubrid snakes belonging to the genus Clelia. They are distributed from Guatemala to Brazil. They specialize in ophiophagy, i.e., they attack and eat other snakes...


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  • Night snake
    • Cat-eyed night snake
    • Texas night snake
    • Nichell snake
    • Narrowhead Garter Snake
    • Nose-horned viper
      Nose-horned viper
      Nose-horned viper may refer to:* Vipera ammodytes, a.k.a. the sand viper, a venomous species found in southern Europe through to the Balkans and parts of the Middle East....


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  • Parrot snake
    • Mexican parrot snake
  • Patchnose snake
    Patchnose snake
    Salvadora is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly called patchnose snakes or patch-nosed snakes. They are characterized by having a distinctive scale on the tip of their snout.-Species:*Baird's Patchnose Snake, Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860...

  • Perrotet's shieldtail snake
  • Pine snake
    Pine snake
    Pine snake may refer to:* Pituophis melanoleucus, a harmless colubrid found in North America.* Lampropeltis g. getula, a.k.a. the eastern kingsnake, a harmless colubrid found in the eastern United States....

  • Pipe snake
    • Asian pipe snake
      Asian pipe snake
      The Cylindrophiidae are a monotypic family containing the genus Cylindrophis found in Asia. These are burrowing snakes and all have checkered black-and-white bellies...

    • Dwarf pipe snake
    • Red-tailed pipe snake
      Red-tailed Pipe Snake
      Cylindrophis ruffus is a snake species found in Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:Adults can grow to 39 in in length.Dorsal scales smooth, in 19 or 21 rows...

  • Python
    • African rock python
    • Amethystine python
      Amethystine python
      Morelia amethistina is a non-venomous species of snake, known as the amethystine or scrub python, found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Popular among reptile enthusiasts, and noted for its coloration and size, it is the largest Australian snake...

    • Angolan python
    • Australian scrub python
    • Ball python
      Ball python
      Python regius is a nonvenomous python species found in Africa. This is the smallest of the African pythons and is popular in the pet trade. No subspecies are currently recognized. They are also known as royal pythons or ball pythons. The name ball python refers to the animal's tendency to curl into...

    • Bismarck ringed python
    • Black headed python
      Black Headed Python
      Aspidites melanocephalus, the Black-headed Python, is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae that is native to Australia...

    • Blood python
    • Boelen python
      Boelen python
      Morelia boeleni is a non-venomous python species found in the mountains of New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:...

    • Borneo short-tailed python
    • Bredl's python
    • Brown water python
    • Burmese python
      Burmese Python
      The Burmese Python is the largest subspecies of the Indian Python and one of the 6 largest snakes in the world, native to a large variation of tropic and subtropic areas of Southern- and Southeast Asia. They are often found near water and are sometimes semi-aquatic, but can also be found in trees...

    • Calabar python
      Calabar Python
      Charina reinhardtii is a nonvenomous erycine boa species endemic to west and central Africa. The specific name or epithet, reinhardtii, is dedicated to Danish herpetologist Johannes Theodor Reinhardt .-Taxonomy:...

    • Carpet python
      Carpet python
      Morelia spilota is a large snake of the Pythonidae family found in Australia, Indonesia and New Guinea. There are 6 subspecies listed by ITIS, commonly referred to as Carpet and Diamond pythons.-Description:...

      • Centralian carpet python
      • Coastal carpet python
      • Inland carpet python
      • Jungle carpet python
        Jungle Carpet Python
        Morelia spilota cheynei is a non-venomous python subspecies found in the rainforests of Queensland, Australia.-Geographic range:The type locality given is "Ravenshoe, on the Atheron Tableland, north Queensland, In Lat. 17°36'S, Long 145°29'E" ....

      • New Guinea carpet python
      • Northwestern carpet python
      • Southwestern carpet python
    • Children's python
      Children's python
      Children's python is a nonvenomous python species found in Australia.-Etymology:Both the common name, Children's python, and the specific name or epithet, childreni, are in honor of English scientist John George Children.-Description: Adults grow to an average length of about 1m , with a maximum...

    • Dauan Island water python
    • Desert woma python
    • Diamond python
    • Flinders python
    • Green tree python
      Green Tree Python
      Morelia viridis, the green tree python, is a species of python found in New Guinea, islands in Indonesia, and Cape York Peninsula in Australia.-Description:Adults average in length, with a maximum length of about 7 feet...

    • Halmahera python
    • Indian python
      Indian Python
      Python molurus is a large nonvenomous python species found in many tropic and subtropic areas of Southern and Southeast Asia. It is known by the common names Indian python, black-tailed python, and Indian rock python. Two subspecies are currently recognized: the nominate subspecies and the Burmese...

    • Indonesian water python
    • Macklot's python
    • Mollucan python
    • Oenpelli python
    • Olive python
    • Papuan python
    • Pygmy python
    • Red blood python
    • Reticulated python
      Reticulated Python
      Python reticulatus, also known as the reticulated python is a species of python found in Southeast Asia. Adults can grow to over 8.7 m in length but normally grow to an average of 3-6 m . They are the world's longest snakes and longest reptile, but are not the most heavily built...

      • Kayaudi dwarf reticulated python
      • Selayer reticulated python
    • Rough-scaled python
    • Royal python
    • Savu python
    • Spotted python
      Spotted python
      Antaresia maculosa is a non-venomous python species found in northern Australia. A popular pet among Australian reptile enthusiasts due to its small size and even temperament. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:...

    • Stimson's python
    • Sumatran short-tailed python
    • Tanimbar python
    • Timor python
    • Wetar Island python
    • White-lipped python
      White-lipped python
      White-lipped python may refer to:* Leiopython albertisii, a.k.a. D'Albert's water python, a non-venomous species found in New Guinea.* Liasis mackloti, a.k.a. Macklot's python, a non-venomous species found in Indonesia....

      • Brown white-lipped python
      • Northern white-lipped python
      • Southern white-lipped python
    • Woma python
      Woma Python
      Aspidites ramsayi is a species of snake found in Australia. Once common throughout Western Australia, it has become critically endangered in some regions.One of two species of Aspidites, the Pitless pythons, an Australian genus of the Pythonidae...

      • Western woma python

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  • Racer
    • Bimini racer
    • Buttermilk racer
    • Eastern racer
    • Eastern yellowbelly sad racer
    • Mexican racer
    • Southern black racer
    • Tan racer
    • West Indian racer
  • Rat snake
    Rat snake
    Rat snakes are medium to large constrictors that can be found through a great portion of the northern hemisphere. They feed primarily on rodents and birds and, with some species exceeding 3 m , they can occupy top levels of some food chains. Many species make attractive and docile pets and one,...

    • Baird's rat snake
    • Beauty rat snake
      Beauty rat snake
      The Beauty Rat Snake is a species of long, slender, semi-arboreal snakes that are native to Asia. Their average length is about 5-7 feet, with an unofficial record of slightly under 10 ft...

    • Great Plains rat snake
      Great Plains Rat Snake
      The Great Plains Rat Snake is a species of non-venomous rat snake native to the eastern two thirds of the United States, from New Jersey to Nebraska, to Colorado, south to Texas, and into northern Mexico. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the corn snake, which is commonly kept as a pet...

    • Green rat snake
    • Japanese forest rat snake
    • Japanese rat snake
      Japanese Rat Snake
      The Japanese Rat Snake is a medium sized snake found throughout the Japanese archipelago . In Japanese it is known as the Aodaishō or "Green General". It is a non-venomous snake, and a member of the Colubrid family...

    • King rat snake
    • Mandarin rat snake
    • Persian rat snake
    • Twin-spotted rat snake
    • Yellow-striped rat snake
  • Rattlesnake
    Rattlesnake
    Rattlesnakes are a group of venomous snakes of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus of the subfamily Crotalinae . There are 32 known species of rattlesnake, with between 65-70 subspecies, all native to the Americas, ranging from southern Alberta and southern British Columbia in Canada to Central...

    • Arizona black rattlesnake
    • Aruba rattlesnake
    • Chihuahuan ridge-nosed rattlesnake
    • Coronado Island rattlesnake
    • Durango rock rattlesnake
    • Dusky pigmy rattlesnake
    • Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
    • Grand Canyon rattlesnake
    • Great Basin rattlesnake
      Great Basin rattlesnake
      Great Basin rattlesnake may refer to:* Crotalus oreganus , a.k.a. the western rattlesnake, a venomous pit viper species found in North America in the western United States, parts of British Columbia and northwestern Mexico....

    • Hopi rattlesnake
    • Lance-headed rattlesnake
    • Long-tailed rattlesnake
    • Massasauga rattlesnake
    • Mexican green rattlesnake
    • Mexican west coast rattlesnake
    • Midget faded rattlesnake
    • Mojave rattlesnake
    • Northern black-tailed rattlesnake
    • Oaxacan small-headed rattlesnake
    • Rattler
      Rattler
      Rattler may refer to:* Any member of the genus Crotalus, a.k.a. rattlesnakes, a group of venomous snakes found throughout the Americas.* Agkistrodon piscivorus, a.k.a. the cottonmouth, a venomous snake also found in North America....

    • Red diamond rattlesnake
    • Southern Pacific rattlesnake
    • Southwestern speckled rattlesnake
    • Tancitaran dusky rattlesnake
    • Tiger rattlesnake
      Tiger rattlesnake
      Tiger rattlesnake may refer to:* Crotalus tigris, a venomous pitviper species found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico....

    • Timber rattlesnake
    • Tropical rattlesnake
    • Twin-spotted rattlesnake
    • Uracoan rattlesnake
    • Western diamondback rattlesnake
  • Ribbon snake
    Ribbon snake
    The Ribbon Snake or Ribbonsnake is a common snake found throughout North America. It averages in length and is a member of the garter snake genus...

  • Rinkhals
    Rinkhals
    The Rinkhals also called the Ringhals or Ring-necked Spitting Cobra is a venomous elapid species found in parts of southern Africa...

  • River jack
    River Jack
    -References:* * *...


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  • Sea snake
    • Annulated sea snake
    • Beaked sea snake
    • Dubois's sea snake
    • Hardwicke's sea snake
    • Hook Nosed Sea Snake
    • Olive sea snake
    • Pelagic sea snake
    • Stoke's sea snake
    • Yellow-banded sea snake
    • Yellow-bellied sea snake
    • Yellow-lipped sea snake
  • Shield-tailed snake
    Shield-tailed snake
    The Uropeltidae are a family of primitive burrowing snakes found in southern India and Sri Lanka. The name is derived from the Greek words ura and pelte , indicating the presence of the large keratinous shield at the tip of the tail. Currently, 8 genera are recognized comprising 47 species...

  • Sidewinder
    Crotalus cerastes
    Crotalus cerastes is a venomous pitviper species found in the desert regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...

    • Colorado desert sidewinder
    • Mojave desert sidewinder
    • Sonoran sidewinder
  • Smooth snake
    Smooth snake
    Smooth snake is a common name that has been used to refer to the following species:* Coronella austriaca, a harmless colubrid species found from western Europe as far east as Iran....

    • Brazilian smooth snake
  • Sonoran
  • Stiletto snake
    Stiletto Snake
    Atractaspis bibronii is a venomous snake species found in Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized. The specific epithet, bibronii, is in honor of French herpetologist Gabriel Bibron.-Description:...

  • Striped snake
    • Japanese striped snake
      Japanese striped snake
      Elaphe quadrivirgata, the Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake, or Japanese Striped Snake is a non-venomous snake native to Japan. It is found in all areas of the country apart from the Ryukyu Islands. It typically grows to a length of 1-1.5 meters...

  • Sunbeam snake

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  • Taipan
    Taipan
    The taipans are a genus of large, fast, highly venomous Australasian snakes of the elapid family.-Overview:The taipan was named by Donald Thomson after the word used by the Wik-Mungkan Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.There are three known species: the coastal...

    • Central ranges taipan
    • Inland taipan
  • Tentacled snake
  • Tic polonga
  • Tiger snake
    • Chappell Island tiger snake
    • Common tiger snake
    • Down's tiger snake
    • Eastern tiger snake
    • King Island tiger snake
    • Krefft's tiger snake
    • Peninsula tiger snake
    • Tasmanian tiger snake
    • Western tiger snake
  • Tigre snake
  • Tree snake
    • Blanding's tree snake
    • Blunt-headed tree snake
    • Brown tree snake
      Brown tree snake
      The brown tree snake is an arboreal rear-fanged colubrid snake native to eastern and northern coastal Australia, Papua New Guinea, and a large number of islands in northwestern Melanesia....

    • Long-nosed tree snake
    • Many-banded tree snake
    • Northern tree snake
  • Trinket snake
    • Black-banded trinket snake
  • Twig snake
    Twig snake
    The twig or bird snakes of the genus Thelotornis are a group of back-fanged, colubrid snakes in the family Colubridae. All species have a slender and elongated profile, a long tail, narrow head and pointed snout. The eyes of each species have horizontal pupils, shaped like keyholes, which gives...

    • African twig snake
  • Twin Headed King Snake

Serpent

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  • Vine snake
    • Mexican vine snake
  • Viper
    Viperidae
    The Viperidae are a family of venomous snakes found all over the world, except in Antarctica, Australia, Ireland, Madagascar, Hawaii, various other isolated islands, and above the Arctic Circle. All have relatively long, hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of venom. Four...

    • Asp viper
    • Bamboo viper
      Bamboo viper
      Bamboo viper may refer to:* Trimeresurus stejnegeri, a.k.a. the Chinese green tree viper, a venomous pitviper species found in India Nepal, Burma, Thailand, China and Taiwan....

    • Bluntnose viper
    • Brazilian mud Viper
    • Burrowing viper
    • Bush viper
      • Great Lakes bush viper
      • Hairy bush viper
      • Nitsche's bush viper
      • Rough-scaled bush viper
      • Spiny bush viper
    • Carpet viper
    • Crossed viper
    • Cyclades blunt-nosed viper
    • Eyelash viper
    • Fea's viper
    • Fifty pacer
    • Gaboon viper
    • Hognosed viper
    • Horned desert viper
    • Horned viper
      Horned viper
      Horned viper may refer to:* Cerastes , North African desert vipers, a group of small, venomous species found in the deserts and semi-deserts of northern North Africa eastward through Arabia and Iran...

    • Jumping viper
    • Kaznakov's viper
    • Leaf-nosed viper
    • Leaf viper
    • Levant viper
    • Long-nosed viper
    • McMahon's viper
    • Mole viper
    • Nose-horned viper
      Nose-horned viper
      Nose-horned viper may refer to:* Vipera ammodytes, a.k.a. the sand viper, a venomous species found in southern Europe through to the Balkans and parts of the Middle East....

    • Palestinian viper
    • Pallas' viper
    • Palm viper
      • Amazonian palm viper
      • Black-speckled palm-pitviper
      • Eyelash palm-pitviper
      • Green palm viper
      • Mexican palm-pitviper
      • Guatemalan palm viper
      • Honduran palm viper
      • Siamese palm viper
      • Side-striped palm-pitviper
      • Yellow-lined palm viper
    • Pit viper
      • Banded pitviper
      • Bamboo pitviper
      • Barbour's pit viper
      • Black-tailed horned pit viper
      • Bornean pitviper
      • Brongersma's pitviper
      • Brown spotted pitviper
      • Cantor's pitviper
      • Elegant pitviper
      • Eyelash pit viper
      • Fan-Si-Pan horned pitviper
      • Flat-nosed pitviper
      • Godman's pit viper
      • Green tree pit viper
      • Habu pit viper
      • Hagen's pitviper
      • Horseshoe pitviper
      • Jerdon's pitviper
      • Kanburian pit viper
      • Kaulback's lance-headed pitviper
      • Kham Plateau pitviper
      • Large-eyed pitviper
      • Malabar rock pitviper
      • Malayan pit viper
      • Mangrove pit viper
      • Mangshan pitviper
      • Motuo bamboo pitviper
      • Nicobar bamboo pitviper
      • Philippine pitviper
      • Red-tailed bamboo pitviper
      • Schultze's pitviper
      • Stejneger's bamboo pitviper
      • Sri Lankan pit viper
      • Temple pit viper
      • Tibetan bamboo pitviper
      • Tiger pit viper
      • Undulated pit viper
      • Wagler's pit viper
      • Wirot's pit viper
    • Portuguese viper
    • Rhinoceros viper
    • River jack
      River Jack
      -References:* * *...

    • Russell's viper
    • Sand viper
      Sand viper
      Sand viper may refer to:* Vipera ammodytes, a.k.a. the nose-horned viper, a venomous species found in Europe through to the Balkans and parts of the Middle East....

    • Saw-scaled viper
    • Schlegel's viper
    • Sedge viper
    • Sharp-nosed viper
    • Snorkel viper
    • Temple viper
    • Tree viper
      Tree viper
      Tree viper may refer to:* Trimeresurus stejnegeri, a.k.a. the Chinese tree viper, a venomous pitviper species found in India Nepal, Burma, Thailand, China and Taiwan....

      • Chinese tree viper
      • Guatemalan tree viper
      • Hutton's tree viper
      • Indian tree viper
      • Large-scaled tree viper
      • Malcolm's tree viper
      • Nitsche's tree viper
      • Pope's tree viper
      • Rough-scaled tree viper
      • Rungwe tree viper
      • Sumatran tree viper
      • White-lipped tree viper
    • Ursini's viper
    • Western hog-nosed viper
      Western hog-nosed viper
      Western hog-nosed viper may refer to:* Heterodon nasicus, a.k.a. the western hog-nosed snake, a harmless colubrid species found in the United States....


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  • Wart snake
  • Water moccasin
  • Water snake
    • Bocourt's water snake
    • Northern water snake
      Northern Water Snake
      The Northern water snake is a large, nonvenomous, well-known snake in the Colubridae family that is native to North America.-Behavior:...

  • Whip snake
    • Long-nosed whip snake
  • Wolf snake
    • African wolf snake
    • Barred wolf snake
  • Worm snake
    • Common worm snake
    • Longnosed worm snake
  • Wutu

See also

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