Snakes of Colombia
296 snake species are recorded in Colombia - 52 venomous and 244 non-venomous, from 9 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
- Aesculapian False Coral Snake Erythrolamprus aesculapii
- Aleman's Snail-eater Plesiodipsas perijanensis
- Amazon Banded Snake Rhinobothryum lentiginosum
- Amazon Basin Tree Snake Imantodes lentiferus
- Amazon Burrowing Snake Apostolepis niceforoi
- Amazon Coastal House Snake Thamnodynastes pallidus
- Amazon Coral Snake Micrurus spixii venomous
- Amazon False Fer-de-lance Xenodon severus
- Amazon Puffing Snake Spilotes sulphureus
- Amazon Tropical Forest Snake Erythrolamprus pygmaeus
- Amazon Water Snake Hydrops martii
- Andean Blackback Coral Snake Micrurus narduccii venomous
- Andean Forest-pitviper Bothrops pulcher venomous
- Andean Ground Snake Atractus andinus
- Apostolepis collaris
- Aquatic Coral Snake Micrurus surinamensis venomous
- Ashmead's Banded Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira ashmeadii
- Atractus alytogrammus
- Atractus apophis
- Atractus atratus
- Atractus attenuatus
- Atractus avernus
- Atractus boulengerii
- Atractus careolepis
- Atractus caxiuana
- Atractus charitoae
- Atractus chthonius
- Atractus depressiocellus
- Atractus echidna
- Atractus franciscopaivai
- Atractus heliobelluomini
- Atractus macondo
- Atractus medusa
- Atractus nasutus
- Atractus orcesi
- Atractus pachacamac
- Atractus paisa
- Atractus titanicus
- Atractus turikensis
- Ayerbes’ snail-eater Sibon ayerbeorum
- Baker's Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira bakeri
- Banded Cat-eyed Snake (annulata) Leptodeira annulata
- Banded Centipede Snake Tantilla supracincta
- Banded Ground Snake Atractus multicinctus
- Basin Ground Snake Atractus poeppigi
- Basin Worm Snake Amerotyphlops minuisquamus
- Bates' Tree Boa Corallus batesii
- Betanien Earth Snake Geophis betaniensis
- Bicolored Shadow Snake Synophis bicolor
- Big Ground Snake Atractus major
- Big-scaled Blind Snake Trilepida macrolepis
- Bignose Ground Snake Atractus obtusirostris
- Black Centipede Snake Tantilla nigra
- Black Ground Snake Atractus elaps
- Black Milksnake Lampropeltis micropholis
- Black-collared Snake Drepanoides anomalus
- Black-ventered Ground Snake Atractus nigriventris
- Blackbelly Ground Snake Atractus melanogaster
- Blomber’s Tree Boa Corallus blombergi
- Bloody Ground Snake Atractus sanguineus
- Bocourt's Snail-eater Dipsas viguieri
- Boddaert's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas boddaerti
- Boie's Ground Snake Atractus badius
- Bolivian Coral Snake (obscurus) Micrurus obscurus venomous
- Bonda Blind Snake Liotyphlops bondensis
- Bothrocophias myrringae venomous
- Bothrocophias tulitoi venomous
- Braided Shadow Snake Synophis plectovertebralis
- Brazil's Lancehead (oligobalius) Bothrops oligobalius venomous
- Broadhead Ground Snake Atractus latifrons
- Brongersma's Worm Snake Amerotyphlops brongersmianus
- Brown Rainbow Boa Epicrates maurus
- Brown Sipo Chironius fuscus
- Brown Vinesnake Oxybelis aeneus
- Cacica Bothrops ayerbei venomous
- Camila's Coralsnake Micrurus camilae venomous
- Capuchin coral snake Micrurus dumerilii venomous
- Caqueta Blind Snake Trilepida brevissima
- Cascabel Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus venomous
- Catesby's Snail-eater Dipsas catesbyi
- Cauca Coral Snake Micrurus multiscutatus venomous
- Central American Indigo Snake Drymarchon melanurus
- Central Sipo (quadricarinatus) Chironius quadricarinatus
- Chocoan Blunt-headed Vine Snake Imantodes chocoensis
- Chocoan Bushmaster Lachesis acrochorda venomous
- Chocoan Forest Pit Viper Bothrops punctatus venomous
- Chocoan Toadheaded Pitviper Bothrocophias myersi venomous
- Chocó Coral Snake Micrurus spurrelli venomous
- Clark's Coral Snake Micrurus clarki venomous
- Clark's Forest Racer Dendrophidion clarkii
- Clark's Ground Snake Atractus clarki
- Coal Snake Pseudoboa neuwiedii
- Collared Ground Snake Atractus collaris
- Colombian Blind Snake Anomalepis colombia
- Colombian Boa Boa imperator
- Colombian Earth Snake (nigroalbus) Geophis nigroalbus
- Colombian Frog-eating Snake Diaphorolepis laevis
- Colombian Lancehead Bothrocophias colombianus venomous
- Common Green Racer Chlorosoma viridissimum
- Common Neckband Snake Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
- Cope's Blind Snake Liotyphlops anops
- Cope's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pulchriceps
- Copper Parrot Snake Leptophis cupreus
- Coral Cylinder Snakes Anilius scytale
- Crowned False Boa Pseudoboa coronata
- Cundinamarca Blind Snake Liotyphlops argaleus
- Daniel's Keelback Helicops danieli
- Daniel's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas danieli
- Dark Ground Snake Atractus melas
- Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake Stenorrhina degenhardtii
- Dendrophidion prolixum
- DiCaprio’s Snail-eating Snake Sibon irmelindicaprioae
- Diurnal Vine Snake Xenoxybelis argenteus
- Dormilona Corallus ruschenbergerii
- Dugand's Blind Snake Trilepida dugandi
- Dunn's Saphenophis Snake Saphenophis antioquiensis
- Ecuador Sipo Chironius grandisquamis
- Ecuadorian Toadhead Bothrocophias campbelli venomous
- Elegant Snail-eater Dipsas elegans
- Equatorial Mussurana Clelia equatoriana
- Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus
- Erythrolamprus epinephelus
- Erythrolamprus lamonae
- Erythrolamprus taeniogaster
- Erythrolamprus vitti
- Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii venomous
- Falcon indigo snake Drymarchon caudomaculatus
- False Coral Snake Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus
- Fat Ground Snake Atractus obesus
- Fer-de-Lance Bothrops atrox venomous
- Fer-de-lance Bothrops asper venomous
- Fiddle-string Snake Imantodes cenchoa
- Forest Racer Dendrophidion bivittatus
- Goudot's Black Blind Snake Epictia goudotii
- Graceful Snail-eater Dipsas gracilis
- Green Jararaca Bothrops bilineatus venomous
- Grey Ground Snake Atractus occipitoalbus
- Guane Tree Snake Imantodes guane
- Guatemala Neckband Snake Scaphiodontophis annulatus
- Hagmann's Keelback Helicops hagmanni
- Hallowell's Coffee Snake Ninia atrata
- Hallowell's Ground Snake Atractus fuliginosus
- Hemprich's Coral Snake Micrurus hemprichii venomous
- Herrmann's Water Snake Hydrodynastes bicinctus venomous
- Hispanic Ground Snake Atractus oculotemporalis
- Hognose Lancehead Bothrocophias hyoprora venomous
- Hognosed Pit Viper Porthidium nasutum venomous
- Hoshell's Forest Racer Dendrophidion boshelli
- Hudson's Coffee Snake Ninia hudsoni
- Impostor Flame-Snake Oxyrhopus vanidicus
- Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais
- Indistinct Ground Snake Atractus indistinctus
- Iridescent Ground Snake Atractus iridescens
- Joshua's Blind Snake Trilepida joshuai
- La Salle's Shadow Snake Synophis lasallei
- Ladder Keelback Helicops scalaris
- Langsdorff's Coral Snake Micrurus langsdorffi venomous
- Lansberg's Hognosed Pit Viper Porthidium lansbergii venomous
- Lasalle's Ground Snake Atractus lasallei
- Lehmann's Ground Snake Atractus lehmanni
- Lichtenstein's Green Racer Philodryas olfersii venomous
- Lined Ground Snake Lygophis lineatus
- Linnaeus' Sipo Chironius exoletus
- Litter Snake Tantilla reticulata
- Loveridge's Ground Snake Atractus loveridgei
- Macarena Mountains Snail-eater Dipsas baliomelas
- Mangrove Snak Erythrolamprus cobella
- Manizales Ground Snake Atractus manizalesensis
- Marley’s Snail-eating Snake Sibon marleyae
- Martha’s Groundsnake Atractus marthae
- Medem's Coralsnake Micrurus medemi venomous
- Mexican Blind Snake Anomalepis mexicana
- Military Ground Snake Erythrolamprus miliaris
- Mocquard's Swamp Snake Tretanorhinus mocquardi
- Mountain Keelback Helicops angulatus
- Mountain Sipo Chironius monticola
- Myopic Shadow Snake Emmochliophis miops
- Natterer's Coral Snake Micrurus nattereri venomous
- Neblina coralsnake Micrurus remotus venomous
- Neckband Ground Snake Atractus torquatus
- Neotropical Snail-eater (indica) Dipsas indica
- Neotropical Whip Snake Masticophis mentovarius
- Nicéforo María's Shadow Snake Synophis niceforomariae
- Ninia teresitae
- Norman's Keelback Helicops polylepis
- Northeastern Puffing Snake Phrynonax polylepis
- Northern Calico Snake Oxyrhopus occipitalis
- Northern Eyelash Boa Trachyboa boulengeri
- Northern Ground Snake Atractus nicefori
- Northern Woodland Racer Drymoluber dichrous
- Olive Forest Racer Dendrophidion dendrophis
- Oliver's Parrot Snake (coeruleodorsus) Leptophis coeruleodorsus
- Orangebelly Swamp Snake Tretanorhinus nigroluteus
- Ornate Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira ornata
- Ornate Coralsnake Micrurus ornatissimus venomous
- Pachacamac Ground Snake Atractus snethlageae
- Pacific Longtail Snake Enulius flavitorques
- Painted Coral Snake Micrurus corallinus venomous
- Palau's Blind Snake Liotyphlops palauophis
- Pale Collared Scarlet Snake Pseudoboa martinsi
- Pale Ground Snake Urotheca decipiens
- Pamplona Ground Snake Atractus pamplonensis
- Panama Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis cervinus
- Panamanian Dwarf Boa Ungaliophis panamensis
- Parrot Snake Leptophis ahaetulla
- Peru Snail-eater Dipsas peruana
- Peters' Forest Racer Dendrophidion nuchale
- Phantasma Tree Snake Imantodes phantasma
- Pigmy Black-backed Coralsnake Micrurus scutiventris venomous
- Plee's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pleii
- Pointed Ground Snake Atractus punctiventris
- Pratt's Snail-eater Dipsas pratti
- Preocular Blind Snake Helminthophis praeocularis
- Putumayo Coral Snake Micrurus putumayensis venomous
- Pyburn's Tropical Forest Snake Erythrolamprus pyburni
- Pygmy Coral Snake Micrurus dissoleucus venomous
- Red-black Ground Snake Atractus erythromelas
- Red-headed Glasstail Urotheca fulviceps
- Redtail Coral Snake Micrurus mipartitus venomous
- Regal Coral Snake Micrurus ancoralis venomous
- Reticulate Worm Snake Amerotyphlops reticulatus
- Ribboned Brittle-Snake Urotheca lateristriga
- Ringed Centipede Snake Tantilla semicincta
- Ringed Snail Sucker Sibon annulatus
- Ringed Tree Boa Corallus annulatus
- Rio Tropical Racer Palusophis bifossatus
- Royal Ground Snake Erythrolamprus reginae
- Rustyhead Snake Amastridium veliferum
- San Andres Snake Coniophanes andresensis
- Santander Blind Snake Trilepida nicefori
- Santander Coral Snake Micrurus sangilensis venomous
- Saphenophis Snake Saphenophis sneiderni
- Savannah Racer Erythrolamprus aenigma
- Shaw's Dark Ground Snake Erythrolamprus melanotus
- Short Ground Snake Erythrolamprus breviceps
- Short-nosed Groundsnake Taeniophallus brevirostris
- Shreve's Keelback Helicops pastazae
- Shropshire's Puffing Snake Phrynonax shropshirei
- Sipo (carinatus) Chironius carinatus
- Sipo (flavopictus) Chironius flavopictus
- Slender Coral Snake Micrurus filiformis venomous
- Small-eyed Toadhead Bothrocophias microphthalmus venomous
- South American Blind Snake (signata) Epictia signata
- South American Coral Snake Micrurus lemniscatus venomous
- South American Forest Racer Dendrophidion percarinatum
- South American Pond Snake (plicatilis) Pseudoeryx plicatilis
- South American Sipo (multiventris) Chironius multiventris
- Southern Colombian Blind Snake Liotyphlops haadi
- Speckled Forest Pit Viper Bothrops taeniatus venomous
- Speckled Ground Snake Atractus ventrimaculatus
- Spiral Keelback Helicops petersi
- Spix's Sipo Chironius spixii
- Spotted Genuine-Snake Saphenophis boursieri
- St. Marta's Ground Snake Atractus sanctaemartae
- Striped Swamp Snake Tretanorhinus taeniatus
- Tambito's Coral Snake Micrurus oligoanellatus venomous
- Temporal Snail-eater Dipsas temporalis
- Thamnodynastes dixoni
- Thamnodynastes gambotensis
- Thamnodynastes silvai
- Thickhead Ground Snake Atractus crassicaudatus
- Three-banded Ground Snake Atractus trivittatus
- Three-striped Smooth Ground Snake Saphenophis tristriatus
- Tikuna coralsnake Micrurus tikuna venomous
- Triangle Water Snake Hydrops triangularis
- Tropical Flat Snake Siphlophis compressus
- Tropical Snail-eater Dipsas sanctijoannis
- Troschel's Pampas Snake Phimophis guianensis
- Tschudi's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus melanogenys
- Tucuman Threadsnake Epictia albipuncta
- Two-lined Ground Snake Atractus biseriatus
- Typhon Ground Snake Atractus typhon
- Urotheca dumerilli
- Urotheca multilineata
- Variegated Ground Snake Atractus variegatus
- Velvet Swampsnake Erythrolamprus typhlus
- Venezuela Coral Snake Micrurus isozonus venomous
- Venezuela Lancehead Bothrops venezuelensis venomous
- Venezuela Snail-eater Dipsas latifrontalis
- Vermiculate Snail-eater Dipsas vermiculata
- Vieira's Snail-eating Snake Sibon vieirai
- Wagler's Blind Snake Epictia albifrons
- Wagler's Ground Snake Atractus wagleri
- Wagler's Sipo Chironius scurrulus
- Werner's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus leucomelas
- Werner's Ground Snake Atractus werneri
- White-banded Coral Snake Micrurus albicinctus venomous
- Wucherer's Ground Snake Xenopholis scalaris
- Yellowbelly Snake Coniophanes fissidens
- Yellowtail Blind Snake Helminthophis flavoterminatus