List of snakes of South Asia (Colubridae)

The following is a list of colubrid snakes of South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

, Bhutan

Bhutan

Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

, parts of Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

and the Andaman

Andaman Islands

The Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal between India to the west, and Burma , to the north and east...

and Nicobar

Nicobar Islands

The Nicobar Islands are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean...

Island chains. This forms part of the complete list of snakes of South Asia.

Order Squamata - suborder Serpentes

Ahaetulla

Gunther's vine snake Ahaetulla dispar
Ahaetulla dispar
The Gunther's Vine Snake Ahaetulla dispar is a species of slender tree snake found in India in the Western Ghats.-Description:Snout pointed and projecting, without dermal appendage, not quite twice as long as the eye...

Southwest India
Green vine snake Ahaetulla nasuta
Ahaetulla nasuta
The Green vine snake , is a slender green tree snake found in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.-Description:...

India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China
Oriental green snake Ahaetulla prasina
Ahaetulla prasina
Ahaetulla prasina, commonly known as the Asian vine snake or the Oriental whipsnake, is a widespread species of tree snake found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.-Description:...

Eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
Brown vine snake Ahaetulla pulverulenta
Ahaetulla pulverulenta
Brown-speckled Whipsnake Ahaetulla pulverulenta is a species of tree snake found in the Western Ghats of India.-Description:Snout pointed, terminating in a dermal appendage which is longer than the eye, formed below by the rostral, and covered above with numerous small scales or warts; the length...

Southwest India, Sri Lanka

Amphiesma

Boulenger's keelback Amphiesma parallelum
Amphiesma parallelum
The Yunnan keelback is a snake species found in India, primarily in the province of Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. It is also found in Myanmar, Vietnam, Yunnan province of southern China, Tibet and Nepal.-Description:...

India, Nepal, Myanmar, China, Indo-China
Eastern striped keelback Amphiesma platyceps
Amphiesma platyceps
The Himalayan keelback is a species of grass snake found in South Asia.It is known from India along the sub-Himalayan region, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan and China between 1000 to 3600 m elevation.-Description:...

India (Kashmir, Northeast), Nepal
Buff-striped keelback Amphiesma stolatum
Amphiesma stolatum
The buff striped keelback is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake found across Asia. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It pretty much resembles an Asian version of...

Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China
Amphiesma khasiense
Amphiesma khasiense
The Khasi Hills keelback is a snake species found in India , Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and parts of China .-Description:...
Hill Keelback Amphiesma monticola
Amphiesma monticola
Amphiesma monticola is a harmless colubrid snake species found in the Western Ghats of India. They are especially well known from the Kodagu and Wayanad regions of the Western Ghats.-Description:...

India
Amphiesma nicobariense
Amphiesma nicobariense
The Nicobar Island keelback is a species of colubrid snake found in the Nicobar Islands of India.-References:* Sclater,W.L. 1891 Notes on a collection of snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LX: 230-250...
Amphiesma pealii
Amphiesma pealii
The Assam keelback is a species of snake found in India .-References:* Sclater,W.L. 1891 Notes on a collection of snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LX: 230-250...
Amphiesma xenura
Amphiesma xenura
Wall's keelback is a species of snake found in Assam in India.-References:* Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 . Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.* Wall, Frank. 1907. Some new Asian snakes....
Amphiesma modestum
Amphiesma modestum
The modest keelback is a species of snake found in India , Burma, northern Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and China .-Description:...
Amphiesma sieboldii
Amphiesma sieboldii
The Sikkim keelback is a species of grass snake found in South Asia. It is closely related to Amphiesma platyceps, and some treat this species as a synonym. .-Distribution:...

Aspidura

Boie's rough-sided snake Aspidura brachyorrhos Sri Lanka
Cope's rough-sided snake Aspidura copei Sri Lanka
Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake Aspidura deraniyagalae Sri Lanka
Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake Aspidura drummondhayi Sri Lanka
Gunther's rough-sided snake Aspidura guentheri Sri Lanka
Common rough-sided snake Aspidura trachyprocta Sri Lanka

Atretium

Olive keelback water snake Atretium schistosum
Atretium schistosum
The Split Keelback or Olive keelback snake, Atretium schistosum, is a species of snake found in South Asia. It is a common and harmless watersnake.- Distribution :...

India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Boiga

Barnes' cat snake Boiga barnesii
Boiga barnesii
Boiga barnesii is a species of cat snake found in Sri Lanka known as the Barnes' cat snake in English and panduru mapila in Sinhala. It is a member of the snake family Colubridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka and is distributed in the lowlands and midlands up to ~600m above sea level...

Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cat snake Boiga ceylonensis
Boiga ceylonensis
The Sri Lanka cat snake, Boiga ceylonensis, is a species of colubrid snake found in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of India.-Description:...

India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Green cat snake Boiga cyanea
Boiga cyanea
The green cat snake, Boiga cyanea, is a species of nocturnal snake found in India , Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand , Myanmar , West Malaysia The green cat snake, Boiga cyanea, is a species of nocturnal snake found in India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh[ (Chessa, Van Vihar - Papum...

India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China
Forsten's cat snake Boiga forsteni
Boiga forsteni
Forsten's cat snake is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India . The specific name is in honor of Dutch naturalist Eltio Alagondas Forsten ....

India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Many-spotted cat snake Boiga multomaculata
Boiga multomaculata
The many-spotted cat snake, Boiga multomaculata, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid.-Description:Dorsally it is gray-brown with two alternating series of round dark brown spots and two other series of smaller spots lower on the sides. On the head it has two blackish bands which diverge...

Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China
Orange cat snake Boiga ochracea
Boiga ochracea
The tawny cat snake, Boiga ochracea, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in Andamans, Bhutan, India , Myanmar, and Nepal.-References:...

East and Northeast India, Myanmar
Common cat snake Boiga trigonata
Boiga trigonata
The Indian gamma Snake or common cat snake is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in South Asia.-Description:B. trigonata has anterior palatine and mandibular teeth scarcely larger than the posterior. Its eyes are as long as the distance from its nostril; the rostral is broader than deep with...

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Nicobarese cat snake Boiga wallachi
Boiga wallachi
The Nicobar cat snake, Boiga wallachi, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in the Nicobar Islands.-References:* Whitaker, Romulus and Ashok Captain 2004 Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp....

India (Nicobars)
Boiga multifasciata
Boiga multifasciata
The many-banded tree snake, Boiga multifasciata, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid.-Description:Dorsally it is grayish with oblique black cross-bars, and has a series of whitish spots along the vertebral line...
Boiga quincunciata
Boiga quincunciata
Boiga quincunciata is a species of cat snake, a rear-fanged colubrid, found in Myanmar , India Boiga quincunciata is a species of cat snake, a rear-fanged colubrid, found in Myanmar (= Burma), India Boiga quincunciata is a species of cat snake, a rear-fanged colubrid, found in Myanmar (= Burma),...
Boiga ocellata
Boiga ocellata
Gray Cat Snake or Eyed Cat Snake is a species of snake found in northwest Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bangladesh,and India ....
Boiga nuchalis
Boiga nuchalis
Boiga nuchalis is a species of rear-fanged colubrid snake found in India and Nepal.Also Called as Ashahar' cat snake, on the honour of Central indian herpetologist Ashahar Khan as he Studied it for half decade....
Boiga gokool
Boiga gokool
The arrowback tree snake, Boiga gokool, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in Bhutan, Bangladesh and India The arrowback tree snake, Boiga gokool, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in Bhutan, Bangladesh and India The arrowback tree snake, Boiga gokool, is a species of rear-fanged...
Boiga dightoni
Boiga dightoni
The Pirmad cat snake is a species of rear-fanged colubrid found in the Western Ghats. It is named after Pirmedu , a place in Kerala, India, elevation 3,300 feet . The specific name or epithet, dightoni, is in honor of S...
Boiga dendrophila
Boiga dendrophila
The gold-ringed cat snake or mangrove snake is a species of rear-fanged colubrid. It is one of the biggest cat snake species, averaging 6-8 feet in length...
Boiga cynodon
Boiga cynodon
The dog-toothed cat snake is a nocturnal species of rear-fanged colubrid snake.-Geographic range:*Indonesia ;...
Boiga beddomei
Boiga beddomei
Beddome's cat snake, Boiga beddomei, is a species of colubrid snake found in Sri Lanka and India . It was named after Richard Henry Beddome , British army officer and botanist.-References:* Whitaker, Romulus and Ashok Captain 2004 Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp.* Wall,F...
Boiga andamanensis
Boiga andamanensis
The Andaman cat snake is a species of colubrid snake found in the Andaman Islands.-References:* Whitaker, Romulus and Ashok Captain 2004 Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp....

Cerberus

Dog-faced water snake Cerberus rynchops
Cerberus rynchops
New Guinea bockadam or Dog-faced Water Snake Cerberus rynchops is a species of a Colubrid snake found in coastal waters of Asia and Australia....

Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malay region

Chrysopelea

Ornate flying snake Chrysopelea ornata
Chrysopelea ornata
Chrysopelea ornata is a colubrid snake found in South and Southeast Asia. It is, along with the other species in its genus Chrysopelea, very unusual in that it is capable of a type of gliding flight. It is also rear-fanged. Currently, three subspecies are recognized, including the typical form...

Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India
Sri Lankan flying snake Chrysopelea taprobanica Southwest India, Sri Lanka
Paradise flying snake Chrysopelea paradisi
Chrysopelea paradisi
Paradise Tree Snake or Paradise Flying Snake Chrysopelea paradisi is a species of snake found in Asia. It can, like all species of its genus Chrysopelea, glide by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. It is mostly found in moist forests and can cover a horizontal distance of...

Coluber

Glossy-bellied racer Coluber ventromaculatus
Coluber ventromaculatus
The Glossy-bellied Racer or Hardwicke's Rat Snake or Gray's rat snake is a species of rat-snake or Racer.-Distribution:...

India, Sri Lanka
Coluber rhodorachis
Coluber rhodorachis
Braid Snake or Jan's Cliff Racer Coluber rhodorachis is a species of snake found in Central Asia.-Distribution:Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Sudan?, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Chad, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iraq, Iran , Afghanistan, W Pakistan, Yemen, S...
Coluber karelini
Coluber karelini
Spotted Desert Racer Coluber karelini is a species of snake found in West Asia and Central Asia.-Distribution:Pakistan, Iran , Afghanistan, S Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kashmir....
Coluber gracilis
Coluber gracilis
Graceful Racer Coluber gracilis is a species of snake found in India.-Description:Snout is obtuse; rostral nearly as deep as broad, just visible from above; suture between the internasals a little shorter than that between the prefrontals; frontal slightly longer than its distance from the end of...
Coluber bholanathi
Coluber bholanathi
Sharma's Racer, Coluber bholanathi, is a species of colubrid snake, which is found in India....
Coluber vittacaudatus
Coluber vittacaudatus
Coluber vittacaudatus is a species of snake found in Darjeeling, India.-Distribution:Type locality: from "vicinity of Darjiling" . Known only from the type locality....

Dendralaphis

Boulenger's bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis bifrenalis
Dendrelaphis bifrenalis
Boulenger's Bronzeback, Dendrelaphis bifrenalis. is a species of snake found in Sri Lanka.-References:* Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp....

India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
Stripe-tailed bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus India, Sri Lanka
Blue bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
Wall's Bronzeback or Dendrelaphis cyanochloris is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia.-Distribution:India , Bangladesh, Myanmar, S. Thailand, West Malaysia .Type locality: Eastern Himalaya, Assam, Nicobars, Myanmar-References:* Das, I...

India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
Painted bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis pictus
Dendrelaphis pictus
Painted Bronzeback Dendrelaphis pictus is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia and India.-Description:In the Painted Bronzeback the maxillary teeth number from 23 to 26, the eye is as long as the distance between the nostril and eye. The rostral scale is more broad than deep, and is visible...

Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malay region
Common bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis tristis
Dendrelaphis tristis
The Bronzeback Dendrelaphis tristis is a species of tree-snake found in South Asia.-Description:It is a long slender snake with a pointed head and a bronze coloured line running down its back. Feeds on geckos and frogs. This harmless snake prefers the tree tops to life on the ground...

Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Dendrelaphis humayuni
Dendrelaphis humayuni
Tiwari's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis humayuni is a species of snake found in the Nicobar Islands of India.This is a widely distributed species found in the central and southern Nicobar but absent in the Car Nicobar. Island of Chowra appears to be its northern range boundary and Great Nicobar Island is...
Dendrelaphis grandoculis
Dendrelaphis grandoculis
Southern Bronzeback Dendrelaphis grandoculis is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats in India.-References:* Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.* Meise,Wilhelm & Hennig,Willi 1932...
Dendrelaphis gorei
Dendrelaphis gorei
Dendrelaphis gorei is a species of tree snake. It can be found in parts of India , Myanmar, Vietnam, and China ....

Dryocalamus

Gunther's bridal snake Dryocalamus gracilis
Dryocalamus gracilis
Scarce Bridal Snake Dryocalamus gracilis is a species of snake found in South India and Sri Lanka.-References:* Günther, A. 1864 The Reptiles of British India. London , xxvii + 452 pp....

India, Sri Lanka, False Island (off the Arakan coast of Myanmar)
Common bridal snake Dryocalamus nympha
Dryocalamus nympha
Common Bridal Snake is a species of snake found in southern India and Sri Lanka.The yellow mark on the back of the head suggests a bridal veil....

India, Sri Lanka

Elachistodon

Indian egg-eating snake Elachistodon westermanni India, Nepal, Bangladesh

Elaphe

Yellow-striped trinket snake Elaphe flavolineata
Elaphe flavolineata
Black Copper Rat Snake or Yellow striped Snake is a species of snake.-Distribution:-References:* Boulenger, George A. 1894 Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum . Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. , London, xi, 382 pp.* Das, I...

India (Andamans), Malay region
Common trinket snake Elaphe helena
Elaphe helena
Trinket Snake, Coelognathus helenus, is a non-venomous constrictor species of colubrid snake native to south Central Asia.-Distribution:Sri Lanka, Southern India, Pakistan , Nepal, BangladeshType locality: India: Vishakhapatnam ....

Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Himalayan trinket snake Elaphe hodgsonii India (Himalayas), Nepal
Elaphe mandarina
Elaphe mandarina
The Mandarin Rat Snake, Elaphe mandarina, is a species of snake found in Asia. It is a relatively small rat snake; adult size is 1 m or less. It is closely related to Elaphe conspicillata, the Japanese Forest Rat Snake.-Distribution:...
Elaphe porphyracea
Elaphe porphyracea
Oreocryptophis porphyracea is a rat snake species, commonly called the black-banded trinket snake, red bamboo snake or red mountain racer, found in mid to upper-level elevations of forested hills in Asia, ranging from evergreen tropical to dry seasonal forests depending on the subspecies and...
Elaphe prasina
Elaphe prasina
Green Trinket Snake, Green Bush Rat Snake or Green Ratsnake Elaphe prasina is a species of colubrid snake found in Asia.-Description:...
Copperhead trinket snake Elaphe radiata
Elaphe radiata
The Radiated Ratsnake or Copperhead Rat Snake, Coelognathus radiata, is a species of Colubrid snake.-Distribution:*Indonesia ,*Malaysia and Brunei ; Borneo,*Singapore Island,...

India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Indo-China, China
Elaphe taeniura

Enhydris

Dussumier's water snake Enhydris dussumieri
Enhydris dussumieri
Dussumier's Water Snake is a species of snake found in India and Bangladesh.-References:*Duméril, A. M. C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A. H. A., 1854 Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux...

India
Common smooth water snake Enhydris enhydris
Enhydris enhydris
The Rainbow Water Snake, Enhydris enhydris, is a species of snake.-Distribution:SE China, Indonesia ;, Bangladesh; Cambodia; C/E India; Laos;...

Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Malay region
Rice Paddy Snake Enhydris plumbea
Enhydris plumbea
The Rice Paddy Snake is a species of snake found in South Asia, including in India, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Southeast China, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...
Siebold's Water Snake Enhydris sieboldii

Gerardia

Cat-eyed fishing snake Gerardia prevostiana
Gerardia prevostiana
Gerard's water snake or the cat-eyed water snake is a species of water snake found in Asia.-Diet:They feed almost exclusively on crabs, which they tear into bite-sized pieces by pulling them through their coils, in contrast to most other snakes which swallow their prey whole.-Description:Frontal a...

Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malay region

Gongylosoma

Gongylosoma nicobariensis
Gongylosoma nicobariensis
Gongylosoma nicobariensis is a species of snake found in the Nicobar Islands of India. Species known only from its holotype.-Description:...
Gonyosoma cantoris
Gonyosoma cantoris
Gonyosoma cantoris is a species of snake found in the Himalayas in India and Nepal as well as the Khasi and Garo Hills in Myanmar.-References:...
Gonyosoma frenatum
Gonyosoma frenatum
Gonyosoma frenatum is a species of colubrid snake found in Southeast Asia.-Description:Gonyosoma frenatum is about 2 feet 9 inches long with a 9.5 inch tail. They are uniform bright green above with a black streak along each side of the head, passing through the eye...
Red-tailed Green Ratsnake Gonyosoma oxycephalum
Gonyosoma oxycephalum
The Red-tailed Green Ratsnake is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia. It is a thin snake with powerful and rough scales on its belly, ideal for climbing and moving in trees...

Liopeltis

Lesser stripe-necked snake Liopeltis calamaria
Liopeltis calamaria
Calamaria Reed Snake Liopeltis calamaria is a species of snake found in Sri Lanka and India.-Description:The following description is from Malcolm A. Smith's The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma...

Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
Liopeltis rappi
Liopeltis rappi
Liopeltis rappi is a species of snake found in Nepal and India .-References:* Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp....
Liopeltis stoliczkae
Liopeltis stoliczkae
Liopeltis stoliczkae is a species of snake found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.-Description:The following description is from The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma by Malcolm Smith:...

Lycodon

Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon fasciatus
Lycodon fasciatus
The banded wolf snake, Lycodon fasciatus, is a species of colubrid snake.-Distribution:It is found in India , Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Tibet, SW China...
Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake Lycodon flavomaculatus
Lycodon flavomaculatus
The yellow-spotted wolf snake is a species of colubrid snake found in the Western Ghats of India.-References:* Lanza,B. 1999 A new species of Lycodon from the Philippines, with a key to the genus . Tropical Zoology 12: 89-104* Wall, Frank 1907 Some new Asian snakes. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17 :...
Laotian Wolf Snake Lycodon laoensis
Lycodon laoensis
The Laotian wolf snake, Lycodon laoensis, is a species of colubrid snake.-Distribution:It is found in India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, China , and West Malaysia.-Description:...
Mackinnon's Wolf Snake Lycodon mackinnoni
Lycodon mackinnoni
Mackinnon's wolf snake, Lycodon mackinnoni, is a species of colubrid snake found in Pakistan .-References:* Lanza,B. 1999 A new species of Lycodon from the Philippines, with a key to the genus . Tropical Zoology 12: 89-104* Wall,F. 1906 A new Himalayan snake . J. Bombay NHS xvii: 29-30* Wall,F...
Andaman Wolf Snake Lycodon tiwarii
Lycodon tiwarii
The Andaman wolf snake is a species of colubrid snake found in the Andaman Islands of India....
Zaw's Wolf Snake Lycodon zawi
Lycodon zawi
Zaw's wolf snake is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake.-Description:Lycodon zawi is black with white bands. It can grow to .5 m in total length.-Habitat:...
Common wolf snake Lycodon aulicus
Lycodon aulicus
The Indian wolf snake is a species of nonvenomous snake found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Early naturalists have suggested its resemblance to the venomous common krait as an instance of Batesian mimicry.-Description:...

Pakistan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Andamanese wolf snake Lycodon capucinus
Lycodon capucinus
Lycodon capucinus also known as the common wolf snake is a species of colubrid snake, which is found in the Indo-Australian Archipelago.-Distribution:...

India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Hong Kong
Yellow-speckled wolf snake Lycodon jara
Lycodon jara
The twin-spotted wolf snake is a species of colubrid snake.-Distribution: It is found in India, Nepal, Java and Bangladesh. More specifically, this snake is known from Assam, northern Orissa Ganjam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh, Nepal and parts of Uttar Pradesh.-Description:Snout much depressed;...

Nepal, India, Bangladesh
Shaw's wolf snake Lycodon striatus
Lycodon striatus
The northern wolf snake Lycodon striatus is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake.-Geographic range:It is found in Sri Lanka, NW India , Pakistan, S Turkmenistan , W Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, E/NE Iran, and Afghanistan....

Transcapsia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
Travancore wolf snake Lycodon travancoricus
Lycodon travancoricus
The Travancore wolf snake is a species of colubrid snake.-Distribution:It is found in Pakistan and India .-Description:...

India

Macropisthodon

Green Keelback Macropisthodon plumbicolor Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Oligodon

Theobald's Kukri Snake Oligodon theobaldi
Oligodon theobaldi
Theobald's Kukri Snake Oligodon theobaldi is a species of snake found in Myanmar and India .-References:* Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.* Günther, A. 1868 Sixth account of new...
Kukri Snake Oligodon affinis
Oligodon affinis
The Western Kukri is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India south of the Goa Gap. They are brown above with a reddish patch appearing like a bird silhouette on the head. The underside is patterned in yellow and black....
White-striped kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus
Oligodon albocinctus
Light-barred Kukri Snake Oligodon albocinctus is a species of snake.Distribution:Nepal, Bangladesh,India , Myanmar China -References:* Boulenger, George A...

India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Common kukri snake Oligodon arnensis
Oligodon arnensis
Common kukri snake or Banded kukri Oligodon arnensis is a species of nonvenomous snakefound in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Nepal.-Description:The following description is from Boulenger and Smith ....

Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Templeton's kukri snake Oligodon calamarius Sri Lanka
Cantor's kukri snake Oligodon cyclurus
Oligodon cyclurus
Cantor's Kukri Snake Oligodon cyclurus is a species of snake found in Asia.-Distribution:India , Myanmar , Thailand , Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China dorsolateralis: Thailand, Myanmar , India -References:...

Bangladesh, Eastern India
Spot-tailed kukri snake Oligodon dorsalis
Oligodon dorsalis
Gray's Kukri Snake or Bengalese Kukri Snake Oligodon dorsalis is a common Indian species of snake.Distribution:India , Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar , Thailand.-References:...

India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Half-lined kukri snake Oligodon sublineatus
Oligodon sublineatus
Dumeril's kukri snake or Pulli Dath Ketiya is a species of nonvenomous Kukri Snakefound in Sri Lanka....

Sri Lanka
Variegated kukri snake Oligodon taeniolatus
Oligodon taeniolatus
Streaked Kukri Snake is a species of nonvenomous snake found in Asia. Also known as the Variegated Kukri or the Russell's Kukri.-References:...

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Black-spotted kukri snake Oligodon venustus
Oligodon venustus
Oligodon venustus, commonly known as Jerdon's Kukri Snake, is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India .-References:...

India
Nagarkot Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrogaster
Oligodon erythrogaster
Nagarkot Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrogaster is a species of snake found in India and Nepal....
Günther's Kukri Snake Oligodon cinereus
Oligodon cinereus
Günther's Kukri Snake or Ashy Kukri Snake Oligodon cinereus is a species of snake.-Description:Nasal divided; portion of rostral seen from above as long as its distance from tho frontal or a little shorter; suture between the internasals usually shorter than that between the prefrontals: frontal as...
Assam Kukri Snake Oligodon catenata
Oligodon catenata
Assam Kukri Snake Oligodon catenata is a species of snake.Distribution:India, Myanmar , Vietnam, Cambodia, S Chinaeberhardti: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China -External links:...
Shorthead Kukri Snake Oligodon brevicauda
Oligodon brevicauda
Shorthead Kukri Snake Oligodon brevicauda is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India.-Description:Rostral in contact with and partly separating the prefrontals. No internasals ; no loreal touching the preocular; seven supralabials, 3rd and 4th touching the eye; 1 anterior temporal....
Abor Hills Kukri Snake Oligodon melanozonatus
Oligodon melanozonatus
Abor Hills Kukri Snake Oligodon melanozonatus is a species of snake found in India and parts of China .-References:* Smith, M.A. 1943 The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 . Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.*...
Nikhil's Kukri Snake Oligodon nikhili
Oligodon nikhili
Nikhil's Kukri Snake Oligodon nikhili is a species of snake found in the Palni Hills of south India. The species is named after Nikhil, the son of Romulus Whitaker.-References:...
Oligodon woodmasoni
Oligodon woodmasoni
Oligodon woodmasoni is a species of snake found in the Nicobar Islands of India. M.A. Smith reported that the holotype of this species was missing from the ZSI Kolkata collections...
Namsang Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrorhachis
Oligodon erythrorhachis
Namsang Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrorhachis is a species of snake found in India .-References:...
Walnut Kukri Snake Oligodon juglandifer
Oligodon juglandifer
Walnut Kukri Snake Oligodon juglandifer is a species of snake found in NE India.-References:* Smith, M.A. 1943 The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 . Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.* Wall,F. 1909 Notes on...
Bluebelly Kukri Snake Oligodon melaneus
Oligodon melaneus
Bluebelly Kukri Snake Oligodon melaneus is a species of snake found in India.-References:* Wall,F. 1909 Notes on snakes from the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 : 337-357...
Oligodon templetoni
Oligodon templetoni
Oligodon templetoni is a species of snake.Named in honour of Dr. R. Templeton who obtained the first known Ceylon specimen.-References:* Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.* Günther,...

Psammodynastes

Mock viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus
Psammodynastes pulverulentus
The Common Mock Viper is a species of snake native to Asia. It is one of the few snake species to possess three hemipenes.-Distribution:The Common Mock Viper is known from Bangladesh, Burma , Cambodia,...

India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay region
Painted Mock Viper Psammodynastes pictus
Psammodynastes pictus
Painted Mock Viper is a species of snake.Distribution: Indonesia ;Brunei Darussalam; Pulau Bangka, Pulau Belitung, Malaysia ; Singapore....

Psammophis

Condanarus sand snake Psammophis condanarus
Psammophis condanarus
Sand Snake Psammophis condanarus is a species of snake found in northern India, Pakistan and Nepal.-Description:Rostral as deep as broad, visible from above; nasal divided or semidivided; internasals rather more than half the length of the prefrontals; frontal very narrow, as long as or longer than...

Pakistan, India, Nepal
Leith's sand snake Psammophis leithii
Psammophis leithii
Pakistan Sand Racer or Leith's Sand Snake Psammophis leithii is a species of snake found in Pakistan, Afghanistan and western India .-Description:...

Pakistan, India
Desert sand snake Psammophis schokari
Psammophis schokari
Schokari Sand Racer is a species of snake found in parts of Asia and Africa.-Distribution:NW India, Afghanistan , Pakistan, S Turkmenistan, Western Sahara ?, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Syria,...

Pakistan, India
Long Sand Racer Psammophis longifrons
Psammophis longifrons
Long Sand Racer Psammophis longifrons is a species of snake found in India . It can grow to a maximum length of 57 inches.-External links:*...

Ptyas

Indo-Chinese rat snake Ptyas korros
Ptyas korros
Chinese Ratsnake or Indo-Chinese Rat Snake is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia.-Description:Snout obtuse, projecting; eye very large...

India, China, Myanmar, Malay region
Indian rat snake Ptyas mucosus
Ptyas mucosus
Dhaman or Oriental Ratsnake Ptyas mucosus is a common species of colubrid snake found in parts of South and Southeast Asia. Growing to nearly two metres, they are large snakes and their colour varies from pale browns in dry regions to nearly black in moist forest areas...

Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Sumatra, Java
Black-margined rat snake Ptyas nigromarginatus
Ptyas nigromarginatus
Green Rat Snake Ptyas nigromarginatus is a species of snake.Distribution:Nepal, India ,N Myanmar , N Vietnam ?China -External links:...

India, China, Myanmar

Pseudoxenodon

False cobra Pseudoxenodon macrops
Pseudoxenodon macrops
The Large-eyed Bamboo Snake, Pseudoxenodon macrops, is a species of snake. It is a fairly variable species with brownish and almost blackish shades with short cross stripes....

Bhutan, India, Nepal (Himalayan foothills)

Rhabdops

Brown Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops bicolor
Rhabdops bicolor
Brown Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops bicolor is a species of snake found in India , N Myanmar and China .-References:...
Olive Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops olivaceus
Rhabdops olivaceus
Olive Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops olivaceus is a species of snake.-External links:* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Rhabdops_olivaceus.jpg* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Rhabdops_olivaceus2.jpg...

Rhabdophis

Himalayan keelback Rhabdophis himalayanus
Rhabdophis himalayanus
The orange-collared keelback is a species of snake. As with its congenerics, this is a reared-fanged species. The toxicity of its venom is not known, but it overpowers its prey quickly...

India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar
Red-necked keelback Rhabdophis subminiatus
Rhabdophis subminiatus
The red-necked keelback is a species of snake.-Description:The snake has a greenish hue with red and yellow regions near the head. It grows to 70 to 90 cm in length.-Venom:...

Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Indo-China, Malay region

Sibynophis

Günther's Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis bistrigatus
Sibynophis bistrigatus
Günther's Many-tooth Snake is a species of snake found in Myanmar , India .-References:...
Common Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis collaris
Sibynophis collaris
The Common Many-tooth Snake is a species of snake found in South Asia.-Description:Rostral scales twice as broad as deep, just visible from above; suture between the inter-nasals shorter than that between the prefrontals; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the...
Cantor's blackheaded snake Sibynophis sagittarius
Sibynophis sagittarius
Sibynophis sagittarius is a species of snake found in C/NE India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan.-References:* Cantor, T. 1839 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1839: 49....

Nepal, India, Bangladesh
Spotted blackheaded snake Sibynophis subpunctatus
Sibynophis subpunctatus
Dumeril's black-headed snake is a species of snake found in India and Sri Lanka....

India, Sri Lanka

Spalerosophis

Red-spotted snake Spalerosophis arenarius
Spalerosophis arenarius
The red spotted royal snake or red-spotted diadem snake is a species of colubrine snake.-Geographic range:It is found in India and Pakistan .-Description:...

India, Pakistan
Royal snake Spalerosophis diadema
Spalerosophis diadema
The diadem snake is a species of large colubrine snake.-Geographic range:It is found in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Western Pakistan, Northern India,...

Turkestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India

Trachischium

Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium fuscum
Trachischium fuscum
The blackbelly worm-eating snake, Trachischium fuscum, is a species of colubrid snake. The specific name, fuscum, is Latin for "dusky" or "dark brown".-Description:...
Rosebelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium guentheri
Trachischium guentheri
The rosebelly worm-eating snake is a species of colubrid snake. The epithet, guentheri, honors Albert Günther , German-born zoologist at the British Museum.-Geographic range:...
Olive Oriental Slender Snake Trachischium laeve
Trachischium laeve
The olive Oriental slender snake is a species of colubrid snake.-Description:The dorsum is uniform grayish brown. The throat, belly, underside of tail, and first row of dorsal scales are yellowish....
Mountain Worm-eating Snake Trachischium monticola
Trachischium monticola
The mountain worm-eating snake, Trachischium monticola, is a species of colubrid snake.-Geographic range:It is found in India , Bangladesh, Nepal and China ....
Yellow-bellied Worm-eating Snake Trachischium tenuiceps
Trachischium tenuiceps
The yellowbelly worm-eating snake is a species of colubrid snake.-Geographic range:It is found in Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Tibet....

Xenochrophis

Sri Lankan checkered keelback Xenochrophis asperrimus Sri Lanka
Dark-bellied marsh snake Xenochrophis cerasogaster
Xenochrophis cerasogaster
Painted Keelback Xenochrophis cerasogaster is a species of Colubrid snake found in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and India . This snake is also called the "Dark Bellied Marsh Snake."...

Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
Andamanese keelback water snake Xenochrophis melanzostus India (Andamans)
Checkered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator
Xenochrophis piscator
The Chequered Keelback or Asiatic Water Snake is a common species of non-venomous snake found in Asia.-Description:...

Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Indo-China
Yellow-Spotted Keelback Xenochrophis flavipunctatus
Xenochrophis flavipunctatus
The Yellow-Spotted Keelback or Xenochrophis flavipunctatus is a species of snake.-Distribution:India, Thailand, China, West Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia Race schnurrenbergeri: Nepal...
Xenochrophis punctulatus
Xenochrophis punctulatus
Xenochrophis punctulatus is a species of snake found in E India, Myanmar and Thailand .-References:* Günther, A. 1858 Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281...
St. John's Keelback Xenochrophis sanctijohannis
Xenochrophis sanctijohannis
St. John's Keelback Xenochrophis sanctijohannis is a species of snake found in Pakistan and India .-References:* George Albert Boulenger 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia]]. Taylor and Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp....
Triangle Keelback Xenochrophis trianguligerus
Xenochrophis trianguligerus
The Triangle Keelback is a species of snake.Distribution: Brunei Darussalam, Burma , Cambodia, India , Indonesia , Laos, Malaysia ,...

Xylophis

Perrotet's Mountain Snake Xylophis perroteti
Xylophis perroteti
Perrotet's Mountain Snake Xylophis perroteti is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India.-References:* Duméril, A.M.C., G. Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril 1854 Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 . Paris, xvi + 780 S.* Günther, A. 1858 Catalogue of...
Günther's Mountain Snake Xylophis stenorhynchus
Xylophis stenorhynchus
Günther's Mountain Snake Xylophis stenorhynchus is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India.-References:* Beddome, R.H. 1878 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1878: 576...
Captain's Wood Snake Xylophis captaini

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