Snakes of Brazil
416 snake species are recorded in Brazil - 78 venomous and 338 non-venomous, from 10 families.
- Amazon Tree Boa Corallus hortulana
- Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor
- Bushmaster Lachesis muta venomous
- Emerald Tree Boa Corallus caninus
- Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus
- Rainbow Boa Epicrates cenchria
- Yellow Anaconda Eunectes notaeus
- Aesculapian False Coral Snake Erythrolamprus aesculapii
- Alagoas Blind Snake Liotyphlops trefauti
- Albuquerque Ground Snake Atractus albuquerquei
- Alcatrazes Lancehead Bothrops alcatraz venomous
- Almaden Ground Snake Erythrolamprus almadensis
- Alphonse's Ground Snake Atractus alphonsehogei
- Amaral's Blind Snake Trilepida koppesi
- Amaral's Ground Snake Caaeteboia amarali
- Amazon Banded Snake Rhinobothryum lentiginosum
- Amazon Basin Tree Snake Imantodes lentiferus
- Amazon Coastal House Snake Thamnodynastes pallidus
- Amazon Coral Snake Micrurus spixii venomous
- Amazon False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus rhombifer
- Amazon False Fer-de-lance Xenodon severus
- Amazon Puffing Snake Spilotes sulphureus
- Amazon Tropical Forest Snake Erythrolamprus pygmaeus
- Amazon Water Snake Hydrops martii
- Amerotyphlops amoipira
- Amerotyphlops arenensis
- Amerotyphlops caetanoi
- Amerotyphlops illusorium
- Amerotyphlops martis
- Amerotyphlops montanum
- Annellated Coral Snake Micrurus annellatus venomous
- Apiaká Keelback Helicops apiaka
- Apostolepis alphonsehogei
- Apostolepis collaris
- Apostolepis kikoi
- Apostolepis pymi
- Aquatic Coral Snake Micrurus surinamensis venomous
- Argentine Pampas Snake Phimophis guerini
- Argentinian Coral Snake Micrurus pyrrhocryptus venomous
- Arnaldo's Green Racer Philodryas arnaldoi venomous
- Ashmead's Banded Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira ashmeadii
- Atlantic Forest Racer Dendrophidion atlantica
- Atlantic Forest Snail-eater Dipsas sazimai
- Atractus aboiporu
- Atractus akerios
- Atractus altagratiae
- Atractus boimirim
- Atractus caete
- Atractus caxiuana
- Atractus dapsilis
- Atractus edioi
- Atractus francoi
- Atractus hoogmoedi
- Atractus insipidus
- Atractus natans
- Atractus nawa
- Atractus pantostictus
- Atractus potschi
- Atractus ronnie
- Atractus spinalis
- Atractus stygius
- Atractus surucucu
- Atractus tartarus
- Atractus trefauti
- Atractus zebrinus
- Bahia Black-naped Snake Amnesteophis melanauchen
- Banded Cat-eyed Snake (annulata) Leptodeira annulata
- Banded Hognose Snake Xenodon pulcher
- Basin Ground Snake Atractus poeppigi
- Basin Worm Snake Amerotyphlops minuisquamus
- Bates' Tree Boa Corallus batesii
- Beaked Blackhead Apostolepis vittata
- Beautiful calico snake Oxyrhopus formosus
- Big Ground Snake Atractus major
- Big-scaled Blind Snake Trilepida macrolepis
- Black False Boa Pseudoboa nigra
- Black Ground Snake Atractus elaps
- Black-collared Snake Drepanoides anomalus
- Black-headed Coral Snake Micrurus averyi venomous
- Blue Flanked Leaf Litter Snake Echinanthera cyanopleura
- Boddaert's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas boddaerti
- Boettger's Sipo Chironius flavolineatus
- Boicora Coral Snake Micrurus boicora venomous
- Boie's Ground Snake Atractus badius
- Boiruna sertaneja
- Bolivian Coral Snake (obscurus) Micrurus obscurus venomous
- Bolivian Tree Snake Dipsas turgida
- Borrelli's Burrowing Snake Apostolepis borellii
- Boulenger's Tree Snake Dipsas ventrimaculata
- Brazil's Lancehead Bothrops brazili venomous
- Brazil's Lancehead (oligobalius) Bothrops oligobalius venomous
- Brazilian Bird Snake Rhachidelus brazili
- Brazilian Blind Snake Trilepida brasiliensis
- Brazilian Burrowing Snake Gomesophis brasiliensis
- Brazilian Coral Snake Micrurus decoratus venomous
- Brazilian coralsnake Micrurus brasiliensis venomous
- Brazilian Dwarf Boa Tropidophis paucisquamis
- Brazilian False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus trigeminus
- Brazilian Green Racer Philodryas aestiva venomous
- Brazilian Keelback Helicops infrataeniatus
- Brazilian Lancehead Bothrops moojeni venomous
- Brazilian Mussurana Mussurana quimi
- Brazilian Sipo Chironius laevicollis
- Brazilian Snail Eater Dipsas mikanii
- Brazilian Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis longicaudatus
- Brazilian Woodland Racer Drymoluber brazili
- Broadhead Ground Snake Atractus latifrons
- Brongersma's Worm Snake Amerotyphlops brongersmianus
- Brown Rainbow Boa Epicrates maurus
- Brown Sipo Chironius fuscus
- Brown Vinesnake Oxybelis aeneus
- Burrowing Night Snake Philodryas agassizii venomous
- Caaeteboia gaeli
- Caatinga Coral Snake Micrurus ibiboboca venomous
- Caatinga Lancehead Bothrops erythromelas venomous
- Campina Grande Rainbow Boa Epicrates assisi
- Carib Coral Snake Micrurus psyches venomous
- Cascabel Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus venomous
- Catesby's Snail-eater Dipsas catesbyi
- Central Burrowing Snake Apostolepis flavotorquata
- Central Sipo (maculoventris) Chironius maculoventris
- Central Sipo (quadricarinatus) Chironius quadricarinatus
- Cerrado Blackhead Apostolepis albicollaris
- Cerrado Lancehead (pauloensis) Bothrops pauloensis venomous
- Cerrado Racer Philodryas livida venomous
- Chapada Diamantina Sipo Chironius diamantina
- Chlorosoma dunupyana
- Chlorosoma laticeps
- Christine's Blackhead Apostolepis christineae
- Clelia hussami
- Coal Snake Pseudoboa neuwiedii
- Coastal House Snake (strigatus) Thamnodynastes strigatus
- Collared Blind Snake Habrophallos collaris
- Collared Ground Snake Atractus collaris
- Common bilineate Blackhead Apostolepis dimidiata
- Common Green Racer Chlorosoma viridissimum
- Common Peru Blind Snake Epictia diaplocia
- Common Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis leucocephalus
- Cope's Snail-eater Dipsas copei
- Coral Cylinder Snakes Anilius scytale
- Cotiara Bothrops cotiara venomous
- Cropani's Boa Corallus cropanii
- Crown Ground Snake Erythrolamprus viridis
- Crowned False Boa Pseudoboa coronata
- Culebra Paraphimophis rusticus
- Dainty Blind Snake Trilepida dimidiata
- Dark Spotted Anaconda Eunectes deschauenseei
- De Lema's Ground Snake Apostolepis thalesdelemai
- Diana's Coral Snake Micrurus diana venomous
- Diurnal Vine Snake Xenoxybelis argenteus
- Dixon's Ground Snake Erythrolamprus atraventer
- Dotted Brown Snake Sordellina punctata
- Dumeril's Diadem Snake Phalotris lemniscatus
- Duméril's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus clathratus
- Eastern Rainbow Boa Epicrates crassus
- Echinanthera cephalomaculata
- Echinanthera melanostigma
- Epictia borapeliotes
- Epictia clinorostris
- Epictia striatula
- Equatorial Keelback Helicops trivittatus
- Erythrolamprus carajasensis
- Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus
- Erythrolamprus macrosomus
- Erythrolamprus oligolepis
- Erythrolamprus rochai
- Erythrolamprus taeniogaster
- Erythrolamprus trebbaui
- Espiritú Santo Blind Snake Trilepida salgueiroi
- Eutrachelophis papilio
- False Water Cobra Hydrodynastes gigas venomous
- Fanged Water Snake Ptychophis flavovirgatus
- Fer-de-Lance Bothrops atrox venomous
- Fiddle-string Snake Imantodes cenchoa
- Flaming Ground Snake Atractus flammigerus
- Fonseca's Lancehead Bothrops fonsecai venomous
- Franceses island-Lancehead Bothrops sazimai venomous
- Freiberg's Blind Snake Epictia australis
- Frog-eater Snake Echinanthera undulata
- Fronted Ground Snake Lygophis flavifrenatus
- Goias Burrowing Snake Apostolepis goiasensis
- Golden Lancehead Bothrops insularis venomous
- Golden Liophis Erythrolamprus semiaureus
- Golden-belly snake Lygophis anomalus
- Gomes' Burrowing Snake Apostolepis cearensis
- Gomes' Pampas Snake Rodriguesophis iglesiasi
- Green Jararaca Bothrops bilineatus venomous
- Guanabara Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis pulcher
- Guianan Green Snake Xenodon werneri
- Guibe's Flame Snake Oxyrhopus guibei
- Günther's False Fer-de-lance Xenodon guentheri
- Günther's Green Racer Philodryas psammophidea venomous
- Günther's Ground Snake Atractus guentheri
- Hagmann's Keelback Helicops hagmanni
- Hawbeack Blackhead Apostolepis polylepis
- Head-striped Leaf-litter Snake Echinanthera cephalostriata
- Helicops boitata
- Helicops phantasma
- Hemprich's Coral Snake Micrurus hemprichii venomous
- Hensel's Snake Ditaxodon taeniatus
- Herrmann's Water Snake Hydrodynastes bicinctus venomous
- Hoge's Ground Snake Lygophis paucidens
- Hognose Lancehead Bothrocophias hyoprora venomous
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Hudson's Coffee Snake Ninia hudsoni
- Ihering's Snake Lioheterophis iheringi
- Impostor Flame-Snake Oxyrhopus vanidicus
- Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais
- Jabre’s Lancehead Bothrops jabrensis venomous
- Jaeger's Ground Snake Erythrolamprus jaegeri
- Jan's Hognose Snake Xenodon histricus
- Jan's Snail-eater (alternans) Dipsas alternans
- Jararaca Bothrops jararaca venomous
- Jararaca Pintada Bothrops neuwiedi venomous
- Jararacussu Bothrops jararacussu venomous
- Jensen's Ground Snake Xenopholis undulatus
- Jiboinha Tropidodryas striaticeps
- La Villa's Snail-eater Dipsas lavillai
- Langsdorff's Coral Snake Micrurus langsdorffi venomous
- Lema's Ground Snake Lygophis dilepis
- Leopard Keelback Helicops leopardinus
- Lichtenstein's Green Racer Philodryas olfersii venomous
- Lined Ground Snake Lygophis lineatus
- Linnaeus' Sipo Chironius exoletus
- Liotyphlops beui
- Lip-spotted Collared Snake Phalotris labiomaculatus
- Longhead Burrowing Snake Apostolepis longicaudata
- Lutz's Cerrado Lancehead Bothrops lutzi venomous
- Mangrove Snak Erythrolamprus cobella
- Marajó Lancehead Bothrops marajoensis venomous
- Marbled Lancehead Bothrops marmoratus venomous
- Martinique Lancehead Bothrops lanceolatus venomous
- Maryellen's Ground Snake Erythrolamprus maryellenae
- Mastigodryas moratoi
- Mato Grosso Blind Snake (cupinensis) Siagonodon cupinensis
- Mato Grosso Burrowing Snake Phalotris matogrossensis
- Mato Grosso Burrowing Snake (intermedia) Apostolepis intermedia
- Mato Grosso Burrowing Snake (serrana) Apostolepis serrana
- Mato Grosso Hognose Snake Xenodon matogrossensis
- Mato Grosso Lancehead Bothrops mattogrossensis venomous
- Military Ground Snake Erythrolamprus miliaris
- Minacu Blackhead Apostolepis nelsonjorgei
- Minas Gerais Snake Coronelaps lepidus
- Miranda Green Racer (mattogrossensis) Philodryas mattogrossensis venomous
- Misiones Blackhead Apostolepis quirogai
- Moela’s lancehead Bothrops germanoi venomous
- Mossoro Smooth Snake Erythrolamprus mossoroensis
- Mountain Keelback Helicops angulatus
- Mud Snake (caesurus) Hydrops caesurus
- Murici Lancehead Bothrops muriciensis venomous
- Mussurana (maculata) Boiruna maculata
- Mussurana montana
- Natterer's Coral Snake Micrurus nattereri venomous
- Natterer's Hognose Snake Xenodon nattereri
- Neblina coralsnake Micrurus remotus venomous
- Neckband Ground Snake Atractus torquatus
- Neotropical Snail-eater (bucephala) Dipsas bucephala
- Neotropical Snail-eater (indica) Dipsas indica
- Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance Xenodon neuwiedii
- Neuwied's Tree Snake Dipsas neuwiedi
- Norman's Keelback Helicops polylepis
- Northeastern Puffing Snake Phrynonax polylepis
- Northern Calico Snake Oxyrhopus occipitalis
- Northern Snail-eater Dipsas pavonina
- Northern Woodland Racer Drymoluber dichrous
- Ocellated Pampas Snake Tomodon ocellatus
- Olive Keelback Helicops modestus
- Oueimadas Blackhead Apostolepis gaboi
- Pacaraima coral snake Micrurus pacaraimae venomous
- Pachacamac Ground Snake Atractus snethlageae
- Painted Coral Snake Micrurus corallinus venomous
- Painted Lancehead Bothrops diporus venomous
- Pale Collared Scarlet Snake Pseudoboa martinsi
- Pampas Lancehead Bothrops pubescens venomous
- Pampas Snake Tomodon dorsatus
- Panama Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis cervinus
- Pantanal Coral Snake Micrurus tricolor venomous
- Pantanal Threadsnake Epictia vellardi
- Paraguay Green Racer Philodryas nattereri venomous
- Paraguayan Ground Snake Atractus paraguayensis
- Paraná False Boa Pseudoboa haasi
- Paraná Forest Snake Calamodontophis ronaldoi
- Parrot Snake Leptophis ahaetulla
- Pará Blackhead Apostolepis nigrolineata
- Pará Coral Snake Micrurus paraensis venomous
- Patagonia Green Racer Philodryas patagoniensis venomous
- Pernambuco Worm Snake Amerotyphlops paucisquamus
- Peru Burrowing Snake Apostolepis nigroterminata
- Peru Keelback Helicops yacu
- Phalotris concolor
- Phalotris lativittatus
- Phalotris multipunctatus
- Phalotris nasutus
- Piraja's Lancehead Bothrops pirajai venomous
- Plee's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pleii
- Plumbeous Mussurana Clelia plumbea
- Pointed Ground Snake Atractus punctiventris
- Potyguara Coral Snake Micrurus potyguara venomous
- Prado's Coastal House Snake Thamnodynastes rutilus
- Psomophis joberti
- Putumayo Coral Snake Micrurus putumayensis venomous
- Raddi's Lizard-eating Snake Elapomorphus quinquelineatus
- Redtail Coral Snake Micrurus mipartitus venomous
- Reinhardt's Burrowing Snake Apostolepis assimilis
- Reticulate Ground Snake Atractus reticulatus
- Ringed Snail Sucker Sibon annulatus
- Rio Grande do Sul Blind Snake Epictia munoai
- Rio Tropical Racer Palusophis bifossatus
- Rivero's Ground Snake Atractus riveroi
- Rodriguesophis chui
- Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus
- Rondonia Blackhead Apostolepis striata
- Royal Ground Snake Erythrolamprus reginae
- Ruthven's Burrowing Snake Apostolepis tenuis
- Sand dunes Blackhead Apostolepis arenaria
- Sao Paulo Blind Snake Liotyphlops schubarti
- Sao Paulo False Coral Snake Simophis rhinostoma
- Sao Paulo Ground Snake Atractus serranus
- Sao Paulo Keelback Helicops gomesi
- Sao Paulo Lancehead Bothrops itapetiningae venomous
- Sao Paulo Sharp Snake Uromacerina ricardinii
- Sauvage's Snail-eater Dipsas albifrons
- Savannah Racer Erythrolamprus aenigma
- Schach's Ground Snake Atractus schach
- Schlegel's Golden Snake Cercophis auratus
- Serra do Cariri Snail Eater Dipsas bothropoides
- Serra Snake Tropidodryas serra
- Seven-striped Blind Snake Siagonodon septemstriatus
- Short Ground Snake Erythrolamprus breviceps
- Short-nosed Groundsnake Taeniophallus brevirostris
- Siagonodon exiguum
- Silvia coralsnake Micrurus silviae venomous
- Sipo (carinatus) Chironius carinatus
- Slender Coral Snake Micrurus filiformis venomous
- Small-eyed Toadhead Bothrocophias microphthalmus venomous
- South American Coral Snake Micrurus lemniscatus venomous
- South American Hognose Snake Xenodon dorbignyi
- South American Pond Snake (plicatilis) Pseudoeryx plicatilis
- South American Sipo (foveatus) Chironius foveatus
- South American Sipo (multiventris) Chironius multiventris
- South American Sipo (septentrionalis) Chironius septentrionalis
- Southeast Brazilian Sipo Chironius brazili
- Southeastern Scarlet Snake Pseudoboa serrana
- Southern Coral Snake Micrurus frontalis venomous
- Southern Ground Snake Atractus trihedrurus
- Southern Reticulated Collared Snake Phalotris reticulatus
- Southern Sharpnose Snake Xenoxybelis boulengeri
- Southern Striped Snake Lygophis meridionalis
- Speckled Forest Pit Viper Bothrops taeniatus venomous
- Spirit Ground Snake Psomophis genimaculatus
- Spotted Ground Snake Atractus maculatus
- Steinbach's Snake Baliodryas steinbachi
- Swamp Keelback Helicops nentur
- Swamp Liophis Erythrolamprus frenatus
- São Paulo Reticulated Collared Snake Phalotris mertensi
- São Salvador burrow-snake Apostolepis adhara
- São Sebastião Blind Snake Liotyphlops caissara
- Taeniophallus affinis
- Taeniophallus nicagus
- Taeniophallus occipitalis
- Taeniophallus poecilopogon
- Taeniophallus quadriocellatus
- Tantilla boipiranga
- Tapajós Keelback Helicops tapajonicus
- Taylor's Mato Grosso Blind Snake Liotyphlops taylori
- Ternetz's Blind Snake Liotyphlops ternetzii
- Thales De Lema's Tellurian Snake Atractus thalesdelemai
- Thamnodynastes chaquensis
- Thamnodynastes hypoconia
- Thamnodynastes lanei
- Thamnodynastes longicauda
- Thamnodynastes nattereri
- Thamnodynastes phoenix
- Thamnodynastes sertanejo
- Thamnodynastes silvai
- Three-lined Ground Snake Atractus trilineatus
- Tikuna coralsnake Micrurus tikuna venomous
- Tocantins Blackhead Apostolepis sanctaeritae
- Triangle Water Snake Hydrops triangularis
- Tricolored Burrowing Snake Phalotris tricolor
- Trilepida fuliginosa
- Trilepida jani
- Trinidad Blind Snake Typhlophis squamosus
- Trinidad coralsnake Micrurus diutius venomous
- Tropical Flat Snake Siphlophis compressus
- Tropical Forest Snake Calamodontophis paucidens
- Tropidophis grapiuna
- Tropidophis preciosus
- Troschel's Pampas Snake Phimophis guianensis
- Tschudi's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus melanogenys
- Tucuman Threadsnake Epictia albipuncta
- Two-colored Mussurana Mussurana bicolor
- Two-headed Sipo Chironius bicarinatus
- Uruguayan coralsnake Micrurus altirostris venomous
- Uruguayan Sipo Chironius gouveai
- Urutu Bothrops alternatus venomous
- Variegated Snail-eater Dipsas variegata
- Velasco Blackhead Apostolepis phillipsae
- Velvet Swampsnake Erythrolamprus typhlus
- Venezuela Coral Snake Micrurus isozonus venomous
- Vitória's Lancehead Bothrops otavioi venomous
- Wagler's Blind Snake Epictia albifrons
- Wagler's Sipo Chironius scurrulus
- Wagler's Snake Xenodon merremii
- White-banded Coral Snake Micrurus albicinctus venomous
- Whitetail Lancehead Bothrops leucurus venomous
- Wide Ground Snake Psomophis obtusus
- Wied's Keelback Helicops carinicaudus
- Wilder's Blind Snake Liotyphlops wilderi
- Worontzow's Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis worontzowi
- Wucherer's Ground Snake Xenopholis scalaris
- Wucherer's Lizard-eating Snake Elapomorphus wuchereri
- Xenopholis werdingorum
- Yellow-bellied Snake Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus
- Yonenga Worm Snake Amerotyphlops yonenagae
- Zidok's Ground Snake Atractus zidoki