Snakes of Ecuador

238 snake species are recorded in Ecuador - 36 venomous and 202 non-venomous, from 8 families.

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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
Amazon Banded Snake Rhinobothryum lentiginosum
Amazon Basin Tree Snake Imantodes lentiferus
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 Racer Pseudalsophis elegans
Andean Snail-eater Dipsas andiana
Andes Centipede Snake Tantilla andinista
Aquatic Coral Snake Micrurus surinamensis venomous
Atahuallpa Saphenophis Snake Saphenophis atahuallpae
Atlas Ground Snake Atractus atlas
Atractus orcesi
Atractus pachacamac
Atractus touzeti
Atractus ukupacha
Bailey's Blind Snake Trilepida anthracina
Banded Cat-eyed Snake (annulata) Leptodeira annulata
Banded Centipede Snake Tantilla supracincta
Banded Galapagos Snake Pseudalsophis slevini
Banded Ground Snake Atractus multicinctus
Bassler's Snake Eutrachelophis bassleri
Bates' Tree Boa Corallus batesii
Battersby's Dwarf Boa Tropidophis battersbyi
Bev Ridgely’s Snail-Eater Sibon bevridgelyi
Bicolored Shadow Snake Synophis bicolor
Big Ground Snake Atractus major
Big-scaled Blind Snake Trilepida macrolepis
Black Ground Snake Atractus elaps
Black Milksnake Lampropeltis micropholis
Black-collared Snake Drepanoides anomalus
Blomber’s Tree Boa Corallus blombergi
Bogert's Shadow Snake Synophis bogerti
Boie's Ground Snake Atractus badius
Bolivian Coral Snake (obscurus) Micrurus obscurus venomous
Brazil's Lancehead Bothrops brazili venomous
Brown Sipo Chironius fuscus
Brown Vinesnake Oxybelis aeneus
Calamitous Shadow Snake Synophis calamitus
Capistrata Centipede Snake Tantilla capistrata
Capuchin coral snake Micrurus dumerilii venomous
Catamayo Coral Snake Micrurus catamayensis venomous
Catesby's Snail-eater Dipsas catesbyi
Cauca Coral Snake Micrurus multiscutatus venomous
Central American Indigo Snake Drymarchon melanurus
Central Sipo (quadricarinatus) Chironius quadricarinatus
Cerberus Groundsnake Atractus cerberus
Chocoan Blunt-headed Vine Snake Imantodes chocoensis
Chocoan Bushmaster Lachesis acrochorda venomous
Chocoan Forest Pit Viper Bothrops punctatus venomous
Clark's Forest Racer Dendrophidion clarkii
Clark's Ground Snake Atractus clarki
Collared Ground Snake Atractus collaris
Colombian Boa Boa imperator
Common Green Racer Chlorosoma viridissimum
Cope's Ground Snake Atractus microrhynchus
Cope's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pulchriceps
Copper Parrot Snake Leptophis cupreus
Coral Cylinder Snakes Anilius scytale
Crowned False Boa Pseudoboa coronata
Darwin's Racer Pseudalsophis darwini
Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake Stenorrhina degenhardtii
Dendrophidion prolixum
Desert Coral Snake Micrurus tschudii venomous
Despax's Ground Snake Atractus paucidens
Devil's Head Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis ayauma
Dipsas oligozonata
Discovery Ground Snake Atractus discovery
Diurnal Vine Snake Xenoxybelis argenteus
Drab Ground Snake Erythrolamprus festae
Dunn's Ground Snake Atractus dunni
Dunn's Snail Sucker Sibon dunni
Ecuador Blind Snake Anomalepis flavapices
Ecuador Coral Snake Micrurus bocourti venomous
Ecuador Sipo Chironius grandisquamis
Ecuador Snail-eater Dipsas oreas
Ecuadorean Ground Snake Atractus ecuadorensis
Ecuadorian Toadhead Bothrocophias campbelli venomous
El Oro Snail Eater Dipsas bobridgelyi
Elegant Snail-eater Dipsas elegans
Equatorial Mussurana Clelia equatoriana
Erythrolamprus albiventris
Erythrolamprus epinephelus
Erythrolamprus fraseri
Erythrolamprus lamonae
Erythrolamprus oligolepis
Erythrolamprus subocularis
Erythrolamprus taeniogaster
Erythrolamprus vitti
Española Racer Pseudalsophis hoodensis
Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii venomous
Fer-de-Lance Bothrops atrox venomous
Fer-de-lance Bothrops asper venomous
Fernandina Racer Pseudalsophis occidentalis
Fiddle-string Snake Imantodes cenchoa
Fitzinger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus fitzingeri
Forest Racer Dendrophidion bivittatus
Gaige's Ground Snake Atractus gaigeae
Galapagos Racer Pseudalsophis biserialis
George Jett's Snail-Eater Dipsas georgejetti
Giant Ground Snake Atractus gigas
Graceful Snail-eater Dipsas gracilis
Green Jararaca Bothrops bilineatus venomous
Grey Ground Snake Atractus occipitoalbus
Guayaquila Blind Snake Epictia guayaquilensis
Günther's False Coral Snake Erythrolamprus guentheri
Günther's Forest Racer Dendrophidion brunneum
Heath's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas heathii
Hemprich's Coral Snake Micrurus hemprichii venomous
Hognose Lancehead Bothrocophias hyoprora venomous
Hognosed Pit Viper Porthidium nasutum venomous
Hudson's Coffee Snake Ninia hudsoni
Ibarra Snail-eater Dipsas ellipsifera
Impostor Flame-Snake Oxyrhopus vanidicus
Incaspis amaru
Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais
Indistinct Groundsnake Atractus esepe
Iridescent Ground Snake Atractus iridescens
James Peters's Snail-eater Dipsas jamespetersi
Jubones Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira misinawui
Klauber's Blind Snake Epictia subcrotilla
Klebba's Snail-Eater Dipsas klebbai
La Salle's Shadow Snake Synophis lasallei
Langsdorff's Coral Snake Micrurus langsdorffi venomous
Linnaeus' Sipo Chironius exoletus
Lojan Lancehead Bothrocophias lojanus venomous
Lonely Spotbelly-Snake Coniophanes longinquus
Manabi Hognose Pitviper Porthidium arcosae venomous
Marley’s Snail-eating Snake Sibon marleyae
Mastigodryas reticulatus
Mertens' Coral Snake Micrurus mertensi venomous
Michael Sabin’s Ground Snake Atractus michaelsabini
Military Ground Snake Erythrolamprus miliaris
Miyata's Centipede Snake Tantilla miyatai
Mocquard's Swamp Snake Tretanorhinus mocquardi
Modest Ground Snake Atractus modestus
Mountain Centipede Snake Tantilla insulamontana
Mountain Keelback Helicops angulatus
Mountain Sipo Chironius monticola
Myopic Shadow Snake Emmochliophis miops
Neckband Ground Snake Atractus torquatus
Neotropical Snail-eater (indica) Dipsas indica
Ninia teresitae
Northeastern Puffing Snake Phrynonax polylepis
Northern Calico Snake Oxyrhopus occipitalis
Northern Eyelash Boa Trachyboa boulengeri
Northern Snail-eater Dipsas pavonina
Northern Woodland Racer Drymoluber dichrous
Olive Forest Racer Dendrophidion dendrophis
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira ornata
Ornate Coralsnake Micrurus ornatissimus venomous
Osborne's Lancehead Bothrops osbornei venomous
Oswaldo Báez’ Snail-Eater Dipsas oswaldobaezi
Oxybelis transandinus
Pachacamac Ground Snake Atractus snethlageae
Palmer’s Snail-Eater Dipsas palmeri
Panama Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis cervinus
Parker's Ground Snake Atractus carrioni
Parrot Snake Leptophis ahaetulla
Pastuso Threadsnake Trilepida pastusa
Peru Coral Snake Micrurus peruvianus venomous
Peru Snail-eater Dipsas peruana
Peters' Black-headed Snake Tantilla petersi
Peters' Coral Snake Micrurus petersi venomous
Peters' Forest Racer Dendrophidion nuchale
Peters' Running Snake Coniophanes dromiciformis
Pinchinda Snake Emmochliophis fugleri
Red-headed Glasstail Urotheca fulviceps
Redtail Coral Snake Micrurus mipartitus venomous
Regal Coral Snake Micrurus ancoralis venomous
Resplendent Ground Snake Atractus resplendens
Ribboned Brittle-Snake Urotheca lateristriga
Ringed Snail Sucker Sibon annulatus
Ringed Tree Boa Corallus annulatus
Roule's Ground Snake Atractus roulei
Royal Ground Snake Erythrolamprus reginae
Santa Cruz Racer Pseudalsophis dorsalis
Santiago Racer Pseudalsophis hephaestus
Savage's Groundsnake Atractus savagei
Short Ground Snake Erythrolamprus breviceps
Short-nosed Groundsnake Taeniophallus brevirostris
Shreve's Keelback Helicops pastazae
Shropshire's Puffing Snake Phrynonax shropshirei
Simon's Racer Incaspis simonsii
Sipo (carinatus) Chironius carinatus
Sipo (flavopictus) Chironius flavopictus
Slender Forest-Racer Dendrophidion graciliverpa
Small-eyed Toadhead Bothrocophias microphthalmus venomous
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 Eyelash Boa Trachyboa gularis
Speckled Forest Pit Viper Bothrops taeniatus venomous
Spiral Keelback Helicops petersi
Spix's Sipo Chironius spixii
Spotted Genuine-Snake Saphenophis boursieri
Steindachner's Coral Snake Micrurus steindachneri venomous
Striped Galapagos Snake Pseudalsophis steindachneri
Striped Swamp Snake Tretanorhinus taeniatus
Taczanowsky's Dwarf Boa Tropidophis taczanowskyi
Temporal Snail-eater Dipsas temporalis
Thamnodynastes silvai
Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
Triangle Water Snake Hydrops triangularis
Tropical Flat Snake Siphlophis compressus
Tropidophis cacuangoae
Tschudi's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus melanogenys
Tucuman Threadsnake Epictia albipuncta
Typhon Ground Snake Atractus typhon
Variegated Snail-eater Dipsas variegata
Velvet Swampsnake Erythrolamprus typhlus
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 Sipo Chironius scurrulus
Welborn’s Snail-eating Snake Dipsas welborni
Werner's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus leucomelas
Western Ground Snake Atractus occidentalis
Wucherer's Ground Snake Xenopholis scalaris
Yellow-headed Sipo Chironius leucometapus
Yellow-spotted Ground Snake Atractus duboisi
Yellowbelly Snake Coniophanes fissidens
Zaher's Shadow Snake Synophis zaheri
Zamoran Shadow Snake Synophis zamora
ZGAP Ground Snake Atractus zgap