Snakes of Cameroon
164 snake species are recorded in Cameroon - 56 venomous and 108 non-venomous, from 12 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
- Gaboon Viper Bitis gabonica venomous
- Puff Adder Bitis arietans venomous
- Adler's Worm Snake Myriopholis adleri
- African Banded Snake Chamaelycus fasciatus
- African Brown Water Snake Afronatrix anoscopus
- African Bush Viper Atheris squamigera venomous
- African File Snake Limaformosa crossi
- African Rock Python Python sebae
- African Saw-scaled Viper Echis ocellatus venomous
- African Shovel-nosed Snake Scaphiophis albopunctatus
- African Snake-eater Polemon fulvicollis venomous
- African Tree Cobra Pseudohaje goldii venomous
- Afrotyphlops rouxestevae
- Angola blind snake Afrotyphlops angolensis
- Angolan Garter Snake Elapsoidea semiannulata venomous
- Angolan Shovel-snout Prosymna ambigua
- Battersby's Green Snake Philothamnus battersbyi
- Beaked Skaapsteker Kladirostratus acutus
- Bequaert's Green Snake Philothamnus bequaerti
- Black-lined Green Snake Hapsidophrys lineatus
- Blackbelly Snake Hydraethiops melanogaster
- Blandings Tree Snake Toxicodryas blandingii
- Blotched Blind Snake Afrotyphlops congestus
- Blotched Wolf Snake Lycophidion nigromaculatum
- Boaedon mendesi
- Bocourt's Snake-eater Polemon bocourti venomous
- Boulenger's Mole Viper Atractaspis boulengeri venomous
- Brahminy Blindsnake Indotyphlops braminus
- Broadley's Bush Viper Atheris broadleyi venomous
- Brown Forest Cobra Naja subfulva venomous
- Brown House Snake (fuliginosus) Boaedon fuliginosus
- Caesar's African Water Snake Grayia caesar
- Calabar Ground Python Calabaria reinhardtii
- Cameroon Racer Poecilopholis cameronensis venomous
- Cameroon Rainforest Snake Dendrolycus elapoides
- Cameroon Snake-Eater Polemon notatus venomous
- Cameroon Snake-eater Polemon griseiceps venomous
- Cameroon Thread Snake Myriopholis perreti
- Cameroon Worm Snake Letheobia decorosus
- Cape Wolf Snake (capense) Lycophidion capense
- Cape Wolf Snake (multimaculatum) Lycophidion multimaculatum
- Central African Egg-eating Snake Dasypeltis fasciata
- Central-African Lined House Snake Boaedon paralineatus
- Collared Snake-eater Polemon collaris venomous
- Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
- Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis
- Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus venomous
- Confusing Egg Eater Dasypeltis confusa
- Congo Burrowing Asp Atractaspis congica venomous
- Congo File Snake Limaformosa savorgnani
- Eastern Crowned Smooth Snake Meizodon regularis
- Elegant Sand Racer Psammophis elegans venomous
- Emerald Green Snake Philothamnus heterodermus
- Emerald Snake Hapsidophrys smaragdinus
- Equatorial File Snake Mehelya poensis
- Fischer's Cat Snake Toxicodryas pulverulenta
- Flat Wolf Snake Lycophidion laterale
- Flowered Racer Platyceps florulentus
- Forest Cobra Naja melanoleuca venomous
- Forest Night Adder Causus lichtensteinii venomous
- Gabon Beaked Snake Letheobia caeca
- Gabon Snake-eater Polemon gabonensis venomous
- Gans' Egg Eater Dasypeltis gansi
- Ghana Herald Snake Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis
- Ghana Shovel-snout Prosymna meleagris
- Graceful Snake-eater Polemon gracilis venomous
- Green Bush Snake Philothamnus nitidus
- Green Bush Viper Atheris chlorechis venomous
- Green Night Adder Causus resimus venomous
- Guinea Blind Snake Afrotyphlops liberiensis
- Guinea Snake-eater Polemon barthii venomous
- Guiral's File Snake Limaformosa guirali
- Günther's Black Snake Bothrolycus ater
- Günther's Green Tree Snake Dipsadoboa unicolor
- Hallowell's House Snake Boaedon virgatus
- Hughes' Green Snake Philothamnus hughesi
- Irregular Green Snake Philothamnus irregularis
- Jackson's Black Tree Snake Thrasops jacksonii
- Jameson's Mamba Dendroaspis jamesoni venomous
- Kirtland's Twig Snake Thelotornis kirtlandii venomous
- Large-eyed Green Treesnake Rhamnophis aethiopissa
- Laurent’s Green Tree-snake Dipsadoboa viridis
- Lined Centipede-eater Aparallactus lineatus venomous
- Lined Olympic Snake Psammophis lineatus venomous
- Lineolate Blind Snake Afrotyphlops lineolatus
- Long-lined House Snake Boaedon longilineatus
- Lycophidion semicinctum
- Léopoldville Beaked Snake Letheobia praeocularis
- Mali Cobra Naja katiensis venomous
- Many-banded Snake Naja multifasciata venomous
- Marsh Snake (fuliginoides) Natriciteres fuliginoides
- Mocquard's African Ground Snake Gonionotophis brussauxi
- Mole Viper (aterrima) Atractaspis aterrima venomous
- Mole Viper (corpulenta) Atractaspis corpulenta venomous
- Mole Viper (dahomeyensis) Atractaspis dahomeyensis venomous
- Mole Viper (reticulata) Atractaspis reticulata venomous
- Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
- Müller’s Sand Boa Eryx muelleri
- Ocellate Water Snake Hydraethiops laevis
- Olive Grass Racer Psammophis phillipsii venomous
- Olive House Snake (olivaceus) Boaedon olivaceus
- Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea
- Olive Whip Snake Psammophis mossambicus venomous
- Ornate African Water Snake Grayia ornata
- Ornate Green Snake Philothamnus ornatus
- Ornate Olympic Snake Psammophis praeornatus venomous
- Ornate Wolf Snake Lycophidion ornatum
- Pale Wolf Snake Lycophidion irroratum
- Pale-headed Forest Snake Buhoma depressiceps
- Peri-Forest House Snake Boaedon perisilvestris
- Plumbeous Centipede Eater Aparallactus lunulatus venomous
- Red-Black Striped Snake Bothrophthalmus lineatus
- Red-blacked Striped Snake Bothrophthalmus brunneus
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Rhinoceros Viper (nasicornis) Bitis nasicornis venomous
- Ringed Water Cobra Naja annulata venomous
- Roman's Carpet Viper Echis romani venomous
- Rukwa Sand Racer Psammophis rukwae venomous
- Sahel Thread Snake Myriopholis narirostris
- Savanna Lesser File Snake Gonionotophis grantii
- Short-snouted Tree Snake Dipsadoboa brevirostris
- Slender Green Snake Philothamnus heterolepidotus
- Small-eyed File Snake Mehelya stenophthalmus
- 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 Dagger-tooth Tree Snake Rhamnophis batesii
- Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus venomous
- Steinhaus' Worm Snake Afrotyphlops steinhausi
- Striped House Snake Boaedon lineatus
- Striped Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans venomous
- Striped Wood Snake Philothamnus dorsalis
- Sudanese Sand Snake Psammophis sudanensis venomous
- Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus
- Tholloni's African Water Snake Grayia tholloni
- Thrasops aethiopissa
- Togo Skaapsteker Kladirostratus togoensis
- Two-colored Blind Snake Tricheilostoma bicolor
- Uganda House Snake Hormonotus modestus
- Underwood's Tree Snake Dipsadoboa underwoodi
- Variable Burrowing Asp Atractaspis irregularis venomous
- Variable Bush Viper Atheris subocularis venomous
- Variable Cat Snake Telescopus variegatus
- Variable Marsh Snake (variegata) Natriciteres variegata
- Watson's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis watsoni venomous
- Weidholz's Pink Blindsnake Letheobia weidholzi
- Weiler's Tree Snake Dipsadoboa weileri
- Werner's Garter Snake Elapsoidea laticincta venomous
- West African Banded Cobra Naja savannula venomous
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Crowned Snake Meizodon coronatus
- Western Forest Centipede-eater Aparallactus modestus venomous
- Western Green Snake Philothamnus angolensis
- Yabassi Tree Snake Dipsadoboa duchesnii
- Yellow House Snake Boaedon subflavus
- Yellow-flanked Snake Crotaphopeltis degeni
- Yellow-throated Bold-eyed Tree Snake Thrasops flavigularis
- Zenker's Worm Snake Letheobia zenkeri