Snakes of Burkina Faso
54 snake species are recorded in Burkina Faso - 24 venomous and 30 non-venomous, from 11 families.
- Ball Python Python regius
- Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis venomous
- Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis venomous
- Boomslang Dispholidus typus venomous
- Egyptian Cobra Naja haje venomous
- Puff Adder Bitis arietans venomous
- Adler's Worm Snake Myriopholis adleri
- African Brown Water Snake Afronatrix anoscopus
- African File Snake Limaformosa crossi
- African Rock Python Python sebae
- African Saw-scaled Viper Echis ocellatus venomous
- Angolan Garter Snake Elapsoidea semiannulata venomous
- Bouet's Worm Snake Myriopholis boueti
- Brown House Snake (fuliginosus) Boaedon fuliginosus
- Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
- Dorr's Racer Bamanophis dorri
- Dull Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas unicolor venomous
- Elegant Sand Racer Psammophis elegans venomous
- Gans' Egg Eater Dasypeltis gansi
- Ghana Herald Snake Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis
- Irregular Green Snake Philothamnus irregularis
- Ivory Coast Snake-eater Polemon neuwiedi venomous
- Kalahari Sand Snake Psammophis afroccidentalis venomous
- Lined Olympic Snake Psammophis lineatus venomous
- Lycophidion semicinctum
- Mali Cobra Naja katiensis venomous
- Mole Viper (aterrima) Atractaspis aterrima venomous
- Mole Viper (dahomeyensis) Atractaspis dahomeyensis venomous
- Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
- Müller’s Sand Boa Eryx muelleri
- North African Catsnake Telescopus tripolitanus
- Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea
- Ornate Olympic Snake Psammophis praeornatus venomous
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Roman's Saw-scaled Viper Echis leucogaster venomous
- Rukwa Sand Racer Psammophis rukwae venomous
- Sahel Egg Eater Dasypeltis sahelensis
- Sahelian Burrowing Asp Atractaspis micropholis venomous
- Senegalese Cobra Naja senegalensis venomous
- Smith's African Water Snake Grayia smithii
- Southern Sahel Speckled Shovel-snout Prosymna greigerti
- Spotted Blind Snake Afrotyphlops punctatus
- Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
- Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus venomous
- Striped House Snake Boaedon lineatus
- Striped Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans venomous
- Sudanese Sand Snake Psammophis sudanensis venomous
- Two-colored Blind Snake Tricheilostoma bicolor
- Variable Cat Snake Telescopus variegatus
- Variable Marsh Snake (variegata) Natriciteres variegata
- Watson's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis watsoni venomous
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Crowned Snake Meizodon coronatus
- White-bellied Worm Snake Myriopholis albiventer