Snakes of Democratic Republic of the Congo
197 snake species are recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo - 71 venomous and 126 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
- Twig Snake Thelotornis capensis venomous
- African Banded Snake Chamaelycus fasciatus
- African Bighead Snake Hypoptophis wilsonii venomous
- African Bush Viper Atheris squamigera venomous
- African Hairy Bush Viper Atheris hispida venomous
- African Rock Python Python sebae
- African Shovel-nosed Snake Scaphiophis albopunctatus
- African Snake-eater Polemon fulvicollis venomous
- African Tree Cobra Pseudohaje goldii venomous
- Angola blind snake Afrotyphlops angolensis
- Angolan Garter Snake Elapsoidea semiannulata venomous
- Angolan Shovel-snout Prosymna ambigua
- Bangweulu Water Snake Limnophis bangweolicus
- Battersby's Green Snake Philothamnus battersbyi
- Battersby's Mole Viper Atractaspis battersbyi venomous
- Beaked Skaapsteker Kladirostratus acutus
- Bequaert's Green Snake Philothamnus bequaerti
- Bibron's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis bibronii venomous
- Bicolored Swamp Snake Limnophis bicolor
- Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
- Black Snake-eater Polemon ater venomous
- Black Thread Snake Leptotyphlops nigricans
- Black-lined Green Snake Hapsidophrys lineatus
- Blackbelly Snake Hydraethiops melanogaster
- Blandings Tree Snake Toxicodryas blandingii
- Blotched Blind Snake Afrotyphlops congestus
- Boaedon mendesi
- Bocage’s Brown House Snake Boaedon bocagei
- Bocourt's Snake-eater Polemon bocourti venomous
- Boulenger's Mole Viper Atractaspis boulengeri venomous
- Brahminy Blindsnake Indotyphlops braminus
- 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 Rainforest Snake Dendrolycus elapoides
- Cameroon Snake-Eater Polemon notatus venomous
- Cape Centipede Eater Aparallactus capensis venomous
- Cape Wolf Snake (capense) Lycophidion capense
- Cape Wolf Snake (multimaculatum) Lycophidion multimaculatum
- Central African Egg-eating Snake Dasypeltis fasciata
- Christy's Banded Snake Chamaelycus christyi
- Christy's Water Cobra Naja christyi venomous
- Coastal House Snake (littoralis) Boaedon littoralis
- Collared Snake-eater Polemon collaris venomous
- Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
- Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis
- Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus venomous
- Common Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas polylepis venomous
- Common Slug Eater Duberria lutrix
- Congo Burrowing Asp Atractaspis congica venomous
- Congo File Snake Limaformosa savorgnani
- Congo Two-headed Snake Chilorhinophis gerardi venomous
- Diamondback Night Stalker Toxicodryas adamanteus
- Dull Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas unicolor venomous
- Dwarf Sand Snake Psammophis angolensis venomous
- Dwarf Water Cobra Naja nana venomous
- Eastern Congo White-bellied Water-Snake Boaedon upembae
- Eastern Crowned Smooth Snake Meizodon regularis
- Eastern Snake-eater Polemon christyi venomous
- Elongate Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus mechowii venomous
- Emerald Green Snake Philothamnus heterodermus
- Emerald Snake Hapsidophrys smaragdinus
- Emin Pasha's Worm Snake Leptotyphlops emini
- Equatorial File Snake Mehelya poensis
- Fierce Night Stalker Toxicodryas vexator
- Fischer's Cat Snake Toxicodryas pulverulenta
- Flat Wolf Snake Lycophidion laterale
- Forest Cobra Naja melanoleuca venomous
- Forest Night Adder Causus lichtensteinii venomous
- Frade’s Brown House Snake Boaedon fradei
- Gabon Beaked Snake Letheobia caeca
- Gabon Snake-eater Polemon gabonensis venomous
- Grauer’s Snake-eater Polemon graueri venomous
- Great Lakes Bush Viper Atheris nitschei venomous
- Green Bush Snake Philothamnus nitidus
- Green Night Adder Causus resimus venomous
- Green Water Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster
- Grey-bellied Grass Snake Psammophylax variabilis
- Guiral's File Snake Limaformosa guirali
- Günther's Black Snake Bothrolycus ater
- Günther's Green Tree Snake Dipsadoboa unicolor
- Günther’s Garter Snake Elapsoidea guentherii venomous
- Hallowell's House Snake Boaedon virgatus
- Haut-Oubangui Beaked Snake Letheobia rufescens
- Hellmich's Wolf Snake Lycophidion hellmichi
- Hughes' Green Snake Philothamnus hughesi
- Irregular Green Snake Philothamnus irregularis
- Jackson's Black Tree Snake Thrasops jacksonii
- Jalla's Sand Snake Psammophis jallae venomous
- Jameson's Mamba Dendroaspis jamesoni venomous
- Katanga Beaked Snake Letheobia kibarae
- Katanga Mountain Bush Viper Atheris katangensis venomous
- Katanga Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas katangensis venomous
- Kirtland's Twig Snake Thelotornis kirtlandii venomous
- Large-eyed Green Treesnake Rhamnophis aethiopissa
- Laurent's File Snake Mehelya laurenti
- Laurent’s Green Tree-snake Dipsadoboa viridis
- Lesser African Python Python natalensis
- Letheobia acutirostrata
- Lined Olympic Snake Psammophis lineatus venomous
- Lineolate Blind Snake Afrotyphlops lineolatus
- Loveridge's Garter Snake Elapsoidea loveridgei venomous
- Léopoldville Beaked Snake Letheobia praeocularis
- Many-banded Snake Naja multifasciata venomous
- Marsh Snake (fuliginoides) Natriciteres fuliginoides
- Mayombe Bush-Viper Atheris anisolepis venomous
- Michell's Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus michelli venomous
- Mocquard's African Ground Snake Gonionotophis brussauxi
- Mole Viper (aterrima) Atractaspis aterrima venomous
- Mole Viper (corpulenta) Atractaspis corpulenta venomous
- Mole Viper (reticulata) Atractaspis reticulata venomous
- Mongo Hairy Bush Viper Atheris mongoensis venomous
- Montane Egg-eater Dasypeltis atra
- Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
- Mulanje Water Snake Lycodonomorphus leleupi
- 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 Wolf Snake Lycophidion ornatum
- Pale Wolf Snake Lycophidion irroratum
- Pale-headed Forest Snake Buhoma depressiceps
- Palm Egg Eater Dasypeltis palmarum
- Parker's Banded Snake Chamaelycus parkeri
- Peri-Forest House Snake Boaedon perisilvestris
- Plumbeous Centipede Eater Aparallactus lunulatus venomous
- Radford's House Snake Boaedon radfordi
- Red-Black Striped Snake Bothrophthalmus lineatus
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Rhinoceros Viper (nasicornis) Bitis nasicornis venomous
- Ringed Water Cobra Naja annulata venomous
- Rodhain's Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas rodhaini venomous
- Rwanda Forest Green Snake Philothamnus ruandae
- Schlegel's Giant Blind Snake Afrotyphlops schlegelii
- Schmidt's blind-snake Afrotyphlops schmidti
- Schouteden's Sun Snake Helophis schoutedeni
- Shaba Thread Snake Leptotyphlops kafubi
- Shire Slug Eater Duberria shirana
- Shreve's Tree Snake Dipsadoboa shrevei
- Slender Green Snake Philothamnus heterolepidotus
- Slender Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus bicolor venomous
- Small-eyed File Snake Mehelya stenophthalmus
- Smith's African Water Snake Grayia smithii
- Snouted Night Adder Causus defilippii venomous
- Southern Sahel Speckled Shovel-snout Prosymna greigerti
- Southwestern Forest Marsh Snake Natriciteres bipostocularis
- Speckled Wolf Snake Lycophidion meleagre
- 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
- Stejneger's Beaked Snake Letheobia stejnegeri
- Sternfeld's Beaked Snake Letheobia graueri
- Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Psammophis subtaeniatus venomous
- Striped House Snake Boaedon lineatus
- Striped Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans venomous
- Striped Skaapsteker Psammophylax tritaeniatus
- Striped Wood Snake Philothamnus dorsalis
- Sudan Beaked Snake Letheobia sudanensis
- Tanganyika Water Snake Lycodonomorphus bicolor
- Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus
- Tholloni's African Water Snake Grayia tholloni
- Thrasops aethiopissa
- Tiger Cat Snake Telescopus semiannulatus
- Togo Skaapsteker Kladirostratus togoensis
- Tricheilostoma kongoensis
- Two-lined Night Adder Causus bilineatus venomous
- Uganda House Snake Hormonotus modestus
- Unicolor File Snake Limaformosa chanleri
- Urungu Beaked Snake Letheobia gracilis
- Uvira Worm Snake Leptotyphlops latirostris
- Variable Burrowing Asp Atractaspis irregularis venomous
- Variable Marsh Snake (variegata) Natriciteres variegata
- Weiler's Tree Snake Dipsadoboa weileri
- Werner's Garter Snake Elapsoidea laticincta venomous
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Crowned Snake Meizodon coronatus
- Western Forest Centipede-eater Aparallactus modestus venomous
- Western Green Snake Philothamnus angolensis
- Western Jackson’s Wolf Snake Lycophidion jacksoni
- Witte's Beaked Snake Letheobia wittei
- Yabassi Tree Snake Dipsadoboa duchesnii
- Yellow-throated Bold-eyed Tree Snake Thrasops flavigularis
- Zaire Centipede-eater Aparallactus moeruensis venomous
- Zaire Snake-eater Polemon robustus venomous
- Zambian Whip Snake Psammophis zambiensis venomous