Snakes of Botswana
69 snake species are recorded in Botswana - 31 venomous and 38 non-venomous, from 11 families.
- Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis venomous
- Boomslang Dispholidus typus venomous
- Puff Adder Bitis arietans venomous
- Twig Snake Thelotornis capensis venomous
- African Garter Snake Elapsoidea sundevallii venomous
- Anchieta's Cobra Naja anchietae venomous
- Angola Shovel-snout Prosymna angolensis
- Angolan Garter Snake Elapsoidea semiannulata venomous
- Aurora House Snake Lamprophis aurora
- Bangweulu Water Snake Limnophis bangweolicus
- Barotse Water Snake Crotaphopeltis barotseensis
- Beaked Burrowing Asp Atractaspis duerdeni venomous
- Bibron's Blind Snake Afrotyphlops bibronii
- Bibron's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis bibronii venomous
- Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
- Boulenger's Garter Snake Elapsoidea boulengeri venomous
- Boyle's Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops boylei
- Brown House Snake (capensis) Boaedon capensis
- Brown House Snake (fuliginosus) Boaedon fuliginosus
- Brown Water Snake (rufulus) Lycodonomorphus rufulus
- Cape Centipede Eater Aparallactus capensis venomous
- Cape Cobra Naja nivea venomous
- Cape Wolf Snake (capense) Lycophidion capense
- Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
- Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis
- Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus venomous
- Common Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas polylepis venomous
- Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops lalandei
- Dwarf Beaked Snake Dipsina multimaculata
- Dwarf Sand Snake Psammophis angolensis venomous
- Elongate Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus mechowii venomous
- Frade’s Brown House Snake Boaedon fradei
- Green Water Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster
- Grey-bellied Grass Snake Psammophylax variabilis
- Horned Adder Bitis caudalis venomous
- Jalla's Sand Snake Psammophis jallae venomous
- Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata venomous
- Lesser African Python Python natalensis
- Lined Olympic Snake Psammophis lineatus venomous
- Lined Shovel-snout Prosymna lineata
- Long-tailed Thread Snake Myriopholis longicauda
- Mole Snake Pseudaspis cana
- Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
- Mozambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica venomous
- Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea
- Olive Whip Snake Psammophis mossambicus venomous
- Ornate Green Snake Philothamnus ornatus
- Peter's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons
- Plumbeous Centipede Eater Aparallactus lunulatus venomous
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Schinz's Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops schinzi
- Schlegel's Giant Blind Snake Afrotyphlops schlegelii
- Semiornate Smooth Snake Meizodon semiornatus
- Short-snouted Grass Snake Psammophis brevirostris venomous
- Slender Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus bicolor venomous
- Snouted Cobra Naja annulifera venomous
- Snouted Night Adder Causus defilippii venomous
- Southern Shovel-snout Prosymna sundevalli
- Speckled Shield Cobra Aspidelaps scutatus venomous
- Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
- Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Psammophis subtaeniatus venomous
- Striped Skaapsteker Psammophylax tritaeniatus
- Tiger Cat Snake Telescopus semiannulatus
- Transvaal Quillsnout Snake Xenocalamus transvaalensis venomous
- Two-striped Shovel-snout Prosymna bivittata
- Variegated Wolf Snake Lycophidion variegatum
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Green Snake Philothamnus angolensis
- Whip Snake Psammophis notostictus venomous