Snakes of China
274 snake species are recorded in China - 87 venomous and 187 non-venomous, from 15 families.
- Burmese Python Python bivittatus
- King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah venomous
- Abor Hills Kukri Snake Oligodon melanozonatus
- Alashan pitviper Gloydius cognatus venomous
- Anderson's Mountain Keelback Opisthotropis andersonii
- Anderson's Reed Snake Calamaria andersoni
- Anderson’s Slug Snake Pareas andersonii
- Annulated Sea Snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus venomous
- Ashy Kukri Snake Oligodon cinereus
- Asiatic Water Snake Trimerodytes aequifasciatus
- Assam Kukri Snake Oligodon catenatus
- Assam Mountain Snake Plagiopholis nuchalis
- Bamboo Snake Pseudoxenodon bambusicola
- Banded Krait Bungarus fasciatus venomous
- Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon fasciatus
- Bavi Keelback Rhabdophis callichroma venomous
- Bella Rat Snake Archelaphe bella
- Bennett's Mud Snake Myrrophis bennettii
- Big-tooth Snake Lycodon flavozonatus
- Black Blind Snake (ater) Epictia ater
- Black Snail-eating Snake Pareas niger
- Black-striped Rat Snake Ptyas dhumnades
- Blakeway's Mountain Snake Plagiopholis blakewayi
- Blue Krait Bungarus candidus venomous
- Blue-eyed Bush Rat Snake Gonyosoma coeruleum
- Bocourt's Mud Snake Subsessor bocourti
- Boehme's Wolf Snake Lycodon synaptor
- Boie's Mud Snake Hypsiscopus plumbea
- Boulenger's Keelback Hebius boulengeri
- Boulenger's Slug Snake Pareas boulengeri
- Brown Spotted Pitviper Protobothrops mucrosquamatus venomous
- Brown Trapezoid Snake Smithophis bicolor
- Buff Striped Keelback Amphiesma stolatum
- Burbrink's Keelback Herpetoreas burbrinki
- Cave Racer Elaphe taeniura
- Central Asian pitviper Gloydius intermedius venomous
- Checkered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator
- Chequered Keelback Fowlea piscator
- Chin Hills Keelback Hebius venningi
- Chinese Bamboo Snake Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti
- Chinese Cobra Naja atra venomous
- Chinese Green Tree Viper Trimeresurus stejnegeri venomous
- Chinese Keelback Water Snake Trimerodytes percarinatus
- Chinese Kukri Snake Oligodon chinensis
- Chinese Leopard Snake Elaphe bimaculata
- Chinese Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis chinensis
- Chinese Moccasin Deinagkistrodon acutus venomous
- Chinese Mountain Keelback Opisthotropis kuatunensis
- Chinese Mountain Pit Viper Ovophis monticola venomous
- Chinese Mountain Snake Plagiopholis styani
- Chinese Mud Snake Myrrophis chinensis
- Chinese Sea Snake Laticauda semifasciata venomous
- Chinese Slug Snake Pareas chinensis
- Chiwen Keelback Rhabdophis chiwen venomous
- Collared Reed Snake (pavimentata) Calamaria pavimentata
- Common Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis collaris
- Common Mock Viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus
- Common Wolf Snake (aulicus) Lycodon aulicus
- Crying Keelback Hebius lacrima
- Cyclades Blunt-nosed Viper Macrovipera schweizeri venomous
- Dabie Mountains Pit Viper Protobothrops dabieshanensis venomous
- Daming Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus damingensis
- Dehua Odd–scaled Snake Achalinus dehuaensis
- Diard's Blindsnake Argyrophis diardii
- Dione Snake Elaphe dione
- Doria's Green Snake Ptyas doriae
- Double Striped Kukri Snake Oligodon bivirgatus
- Dwarf Sand Boa Eryx miliaris
- Eastern bronzeback tree snake Dendrelaphis proarchos
- Eastern Russel's Viper Daboia siamensis venomous
- Eberhardt's Kukri Snake Oligodon eberhardti
- Eight-lined Keelback Hebius octolineatus
- Emily’s Burrowing Snake Achalinus emilyae
- English common name not available Elaphe hodgsoni
- Fasciolated Kukri Snake Oligodon fasciolatus
- Fea Viper Azemiops feae venomous
- Fire-back Keelback Hebius igneus
- Formosa Kukri Snake Oligodon formosanus
- Formosa Slug Snake Pareas formosensis
- Formosa Wolf Snake Lycodon ruhstrati
- Futsing Wolf Snake Lycodon futsingensis
- Gammie's Wolf Snake Lycodon gammiei
- Glacier pit viper Gloydius swild venomous
- Gloydius changdaoensis venomous
- Gloydius qinlingensis venomous
- Gobi pitviper Gloydius stejnegeri venomous
- Gold-ringed Cat Snake (dendrophila) Boiga dendrophila venomous
- Gongshan Wolf Snake Lycodon gongshan
- Gore's Bronzeback (biloreatus) Dendrelaphis biloreatus
- Gray Cat Snake Boiga siamensis venomous
- Greater Green Snake Ptyas major
- Green Bamboo Leaf Pit Viper Trimeresurus medoensis venomous
- Green Cat Snake Boiga cyanea venomous
- Green Keelback Rhabdophis nigrocinctus venomous
- Green Rat Snake (nigromarginata) Ptyas nigromarginata
- Green Trinket Snake Gonyosoma prasinum
- Guangxi Cat Snake Boiga guangxiensis venomous
- Guangxi Coral Snake Sinomicrurus peinani venomous
- Guangxi kukri snake Oligodon lungshenensis
- Guanxi Mountain Keelback Opisthotropis guangxiensis
- Gumprecht's Pit Viper Trimeresurus gumprechti venomous
- Guo's Green Pit Viper Trimeresurus guoi venomous
- Habu Pit Viper Protobothrops himalayanus venomous
- Hai Ha Mountain Stream Keelback Opisthotropis haihaensis
- Hainan Island Keelback Snake Rhabdophis confusus venomous
- Hainan Keelback Rhabdophis adleri venomous
- Hainan Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus hainanus
- Hainan Rhinoceros Snake Gonyosoma hainanense
- Hainan Sunbeam Snake Xenopeltis hainanensis
- Hainanese Stream Snake Trimerodytes balteatus
- Halys Pit Viper Gloydius halys venomous
- Hampton's Kukri Snake Oligodon hamptoni
- Hampton's Slug Snake Pareas hamptoni
- Hebius nigriventer
- Himalayan Keelback Herpetoreas platyceps
- Hollinrake's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis hollinrakei
- Hong Kong Blind Snake Indotyphlops lazelli
- Hong Kong Dwarf Snake Calamaria septentrionalis
- Horned Pit Viper Protobothrops cornutus venomous
- Huang’s Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus huangjietangi
- Huaping Wolf Snake Lycodon cathaya
- Hubei Keelback Rhabdophis nuchalis venomous
- Hunan Odd-scale Snake Achalinus hunanensis
- Ijima's sea snake Emydocephalus ijimae venomous
- Indian Rock Python Python molurus
- Indo-Chinese Rat Snake Ptyas korros
- Jack's Water Snake Homalopsis mereljcoxi
- Japanese Keelback Hebius vibakari
- Jingdong Water Snake Trimerodytes yapingi
- Jiuzhai pitviper Gloydius lateralis venomous
- Jodi's Pipe-Snake Cylindrophis jodiae
- Johann's Keelback Hebius johannis
- Joynson's Kukri Snake Oligodon joynsoni
- Kaulback's Lance-headed Pitviper Protobothrops kaulbacki venomous
- Keeled Rat Snake Ptyas carinata
- Kellog's Coral Snake Sinomicrurus kelloggi venomous
- Kelung Cat Snake Boiga kraepelini venomous
- Khasi Keelback Hebius khasiensis
- Koma's Formosa Slug Snake Pareas komaii
- Korean Ratsnake Elaphe anomala
- Kuatun Keelback Hebius craspedogaster
- Kuhrang Mountain Viper Montivipera kuhrangica venomous
- Lacroix Kukri Snake Oligodon lacroixi
- Lancang Plateau Viper Gloydius huangi venomous
- Latifi's Viper Montivipera latifii venomous
- Lau's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis laui
- Light-barred Kukri Snake Oligodon albocinctus
- Likiang pitviper Gloydius monticola venomous
- Lined smithophis Smithophis linearis
- Lingnan Reed Snake Calamaria arcana
- Luding Wolf Snake Lycodon multizonatus
- MacLelland's Coral Snake Sinomicrurus macclellandi venomous
- Malayan Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon subcinctus
- Mandarin Ratsnake Euprepiophis mandarinus
- Many-banded Green Snake Ptyas multicincta
- Many-banded Krait Bungarus multicinctus venomous
- Many-spotted Cat Snake Boiga multomaculata venomous
- Mao-lan pitviper Protobothrops maolanensis venomous
- Maxwell's Mountain Keelback Opisthotropis maxwelli
- Modest Keelback Hebius modestus
- Moellendorff's Trinket Snake Elaphe moellendorffi
- Mount Gongga Keelback Rhabdophis pentasupralabialis venomous
- Mount Liupan Pitviper Gloydius liupanensis venomous
- Mount Omei Keelback Hebius optatus
- Mountain Slug Snake Pareas margaritophorus
- Mountain Worm-eating Snake Trachischium monticola
- Mt. Mang Pitviper Protobothrops mangshanensis venomous
- Mêdog Himalayas Keelback Herpetoreas tpser
- Nabang Pitviper Trimeresurus caudornatus venomous
- Nagao Kukri Snake Oligodon nagao
- Namdong Wolf Snake Lycodon chapaensis
- Nganson Bronzeback Dendrelaphis ngansonensis
- Ningshaan Kukri Snake Stichophanes ningshaanensis
- Ningshan Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus ningshanensis
- Northeastern Hill Krait Bungarus bungaroides venomous
- Northern Red-necked Keelback Rhabdophis helleri venomous
- Nujiang pit viper Gloydius lipipengi venomous
- Opisthotropis cheni
- Orange-collared Keelback Rhabdophis himalayanus venomous
- Oriental Ratsnake Ptyas mucosa
- Orlov's Viper Vipera orlovi venomous
- Ornate Kukri Snake Oligodon ornatus
- Painted Wolf Snake Lycodon pictus
- Panzhihua Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus panzhihuaensis
- Pere David's Rat Snake Elaphe davidi
- Pingbian odd-scaled snake Achalinus pingbianensis
- Plain Seasnake Hydrophis inornatus venomous
- Platyceps tessellata
- Pope's Bamboo Pit Viper Trimeresurus popeiorum venomous
- Pope's Keelback Hebius popei
- Qin Emperor Rat Snake Elaphe xiphodonta
- Radiated Ratsnake Coelognathus radiatus
- Rainbow Mud Snake Enhydris enhydris
- Recluse Wolf Snake Lycodon obvelatus
- Red Bamboo Snake Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
- Ringed Keelback Water Snake Trimerodytes annularis
- Rose Big-tooth Snake Lycodon rosozonatus
- Rosebelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium guentheri
- Rufous burrowing snake Achalinus rufescens
- Sangzhi Keelback Snake Hebius sangzhiensis
- Sarso Island Racer Platyceps insulanus
- Serrate-banded Wolf Snake Lycodon serratus
- Shangri-La Hot Spring Snake Thermophis shangrila
- Shedao island pitviper Gloydius shedaoensis venomous
- Shenzhen Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis shenzhenensis
- Short-tailed Pit Viper Gloydius brevicauda venomous
- Sichuan Hot-Spring Keelback Thermophis zhaoermii
- Sichuan Mountain Keelback Opisthotropis latouchii
- Sichuan Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus meiguensis
- Sichuan pitviper Trimeresurus sichuanensis venomous
- Sichuan Wolf Snake Lycodon liuchengchaoi
- Sikkim Keelback Herpetoreas sieboldii
- Slender-necked Seasnake Hydrophis melanocephalus venomous
- Spotted Slug Snake Pareas macularius
- Spotted Whip Snake Hemorrhois ravergieri
- Stanley's Slug Snake Pareas stanleyi
- Stejneger's Bamboo Snake Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri
- Steppe Ribbon Racer Psammophis lineolatus venomous
- Steppe Viper Vipera renardi venomous
- Stoke's Seasnake Hydrophis stokesii venomous
- Stoliczk's Tawny Cat Snake Boiga stoliczkae venomous
- Strauch's Pitviper Gloydius strauchi venomous
- Striped Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops lineatus
- Striped Sea Snake Hydrophis fasciatus venomous
- Suzhen’s krait Bungarus suzhenae venomous
- Szechwan Pit Viper Protobothrops xiangchengensis venomous
- Szechwan Rat Snake Euprepiophis perlaceus
- Taiwan Mountain Pitviper Ovophis makazayazaya venomous
- Tengchong Keelback Snake Hebius septemlineatus
- Tibetan Pit Viper Trimeresurus tibetanus venomous
- Tiger slug-eating snake Pareas tigerinus
- Tongtianhe pit viper Gloydius rubromaculatus venomous
- Tonkin Mountain Keelback Opisthotropis lateralis
- Tonkin pitviper Ovophis tonkinensis venomous
- Transcaucasian Long-nosed Viper Vipera transcaucasiana venomous
- Trungkhanh Pitviper Protobothrops trungkhanhensis venomous
- Turkish Viper Vipera barani venomous
- Turpan Sand Snake Psammophis turpanensis venomous
- Twin-spotted Wolf Snake Lycodon jara
- Vietnam Water Snake Hebius chapaensis
- Vindum's Slug Eater Pareas vindumi
- Vipera walser venomous
- Vogel's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis vogeli
- Wa Shan Keelback Hebius metusia
- Wart Snake Acrochordus granulatus
- Weixi Keelback Snake Hebius weixiensis
- White-banded Wolf Snake Lycodon septentrionalis
- White-eyed Keelback Amphiesmoides ornaticeps
- White-headed Blind Snake Indotyphlops albiceps
- White-lipped Pitviper Trimeresurus albolabris venomous
- Xiaoheishan Slug-eater Snake Pareas nigriceps
- Xizang Hot-spring Keel-back Thermophis baileyi
- Yanbian Keelback Snake Hebius yanbianensis
- Yang’s Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus yangdatongi
- Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis venomous
- Yellow striped Snake Coelognathus flavolineatus
- Yellow-spotted Keelback Water Snake Fowlea flavipunctatus
- Youjiang Keelback Snake Hebius youjiangensis
- Yuinkai Mountains Burrowing Snake Achalinus yunkaiensis
- Yunnan Annulate Keelback Trimerodytes yunnanensis
- Yunnan keelback Hebius clerki
- Yunnan Olive Keelback Fowlea yunnanensis
- Yunnan Pit Viper Trimeresurus yunnanensis venomous
- Yunnan Reed Snake Calamaria yunnanensis
- Zaocys dhumnades
- Zayu Wolf Snake Lycodon zayuensis
- Zayuan mountain pitviper Ovophis zayuensis venomous
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Ziggy Stardust Snake Parafimbrios lao
- Zoige pit viper Gloydius angusticeps venomous
- Zoige Ratsnake Elaphe zoigeensis
- Zong's Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus jinggangensis
- Zug's Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus zugorum
- 张氏后棱蛇 Opisthotropis hungtai