Snakes of India

350 snake species are recorded in India - 118 venomous and 232 non-venomous, from 14 families.

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• Burmese Python Python bivittatus
• Indian Cobra Naja naja venomous
• King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah venomous
• Monocled Cobra Naja kaouthia venomous
• Reticulated Python Malayopython reticulatus
• Saw-scaled Viper Echis carinatus venomous
• Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Hydrophis platurus venomous
• Abor Hills Kukri Snake Oligodon melanozonatus
• Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha
• Anamala Pit Viper Craspedocephalus anamallensis venomous
• Anamalai wood snake Xylophis mosaicus
• Anamally Earth Snake Uropeltis macrorhyncha
• Andaman Bronze-back Dendrelaphis andamanensis
• Andaman Cat Snake Boiga andamanensis venomous
• Andaman Cobra Naja sagittifera venomous
• Andaman Island Worm Snake Argyrophis oatesii
• Andaman pitviper Trimeresurus andersonii venomous
• Andaman Wolf Snake Lycodon tiwarii
• Andaman wolf snake Lycodon hypsirhinoides
• Andaman Worm Snake Gerrhopilus andamanensis
• Anderson’s Slug Snake Pareas andersonii
• Annulated Sea Snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus venomous
• Anomalous Sea Snake Hydrophis anomalus venomous
• Apte’s slender snake Trachischium apteii
• Arabian Gulf Sea Snake Hydrophis lapemoides venomous
• Arunachal Pitviper Trimeresurus arunachalensis venomous
• Arunachal Rain Snake Smithophis arunachalensis
• Ashok's Bronzeback Tree Snake Dendrelaphis ashoki
• Ashy Kukri Snake Oligodon cinereus
• Assam Keelback Herpetoreas pealii
• Assam Kukri Snake Oligodon catenatus
• Assamese Cat Snake Boiga quincunciata venomous
• Bamboo Pitviper Trimeresurus erythrurus venomous
• Banded Krait Bungarus fasciatus venomous
• Banded Kukri Oligodon arnensis
• Banded Racer (fasciolatus) Lycodon fasciolatus
• Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon fasciatus
• Bar-necked Keelback Fowlea schnurrenbergeri
• Barred Wolf Snake Lycodon striatus
• Beaked Worm Snake Grypotyphlops acutus
• Beddome's Black Earth Snake Melanophidium punctatum
• Beddome's Cat Snake Boiga beddomei venomous
• Beddome's Coral Snake Calliophis beddomei venomous
• Beddome's Earth Snake Uropeltis beddomii
• Beddome's Worm Snake Gerrhopilus beddomii
• Belcher's Sea Snake Hydrophis belcheri venomous
• Bella Rat Snake Archelaphe bella
• Bhupathy's Shieldtail Uropeltis bhupathyi
• Bibron's Coral Snake Calliophis bibroni venomous
• Bicatenate Uropeltis Uropeltis bicatenata
• Bighead Sea Snake Hydrophis annandalei venomous
• Bindee keelback Rhabdophis bindi venomous
• Black Coral Snake Calliophis nigrescens venomous
• Black Slug Snake Pareas modestus
• Black-banded Sea Snake Hydrophis nigrocinctus venomous
• Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium fuscum
• Blue Krait Bungarus candidus venomous
• Bluebelly Kukri Snake Oligodon melaneus
• Blyth's Reticulate Snake Blythia reticulata
• Blythia hmuifang
• Boie's Mud Snake Hypsiscopus plumbea
• Bombay Earth Snake Uropeltis macrolepis
• Bombay Sea Snake Hydrophis mamillaris venomous
• Boulenger's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis bifrenalis
• Boulenger's Earth Snake Uropeltis myhendrae
• Braid Snake Platyceps ladacensis
• Brook's Sea Snake Hydrophis brookii venomous
• Brougham's Earth Snake Uropeltis broughami
• Brown Spotted Pitviper Protobothrops mucrosquamatus venomous
• Brown Trapezoid Snake Smithophis bicolor
• Brown Vine Snake (anomala) Ahaetulla anomala
• Brown-speckled Whipsnake Ahaetulla pulverulenta
• Buff Striped Keelback Amphiesma stolatum
• Calamaria Reed Snake Liopeltis calamaria
• Camorta Island Stripe-necked Snake Gongylosoma nicobariensis
• Cantor's Kukri Snake Oligodon cyclurus
• Cantor's Narrow-headed Sea Snake Hydrophis cantoris venomous
• Cantor's Pit Viper Trimeresurus cantori venomous
• Cantor’s black-headed snake Sibynophis sagittarius
• Captain's Wood Snake Xylophis captaini
• Cardamom Hills Earth Snake Rhinophis fergusonianus
• Castoe's Coralsnake Calliophis castoe venomous
• Cave Racer Elaphe taeniura
• Central Asian Cobra Naja oxiana venomous
• Central Nicobar Pit Viper Trimeresurus mutabilis venomous
• Chamba Pitviper Gloydius chambensis venomous
• Checkered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator
• Chequered Keelback Fowlea piscator
• Chin Hills Keelback Hebius venningi
• Chinese Keelback Water Snake Trimerodytes percarinatus
• Chinese Mountain Pit Viper Ovophis monticola venomous
• Collared Catsnake Boiga nuchalis venomous
• Collared Reed Snake (pavimentata) Calamaria pavimentata
• Collared Sea Snake Hydrophis stricticollis venomous
• Common Bamboo Viper Craspedocephalus gramineus venomous
• Common Cat Snake Boiga trigonata venomous
• Common Krait Bungarus caeruleus venomous
• Common Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis collaris
• Common Mock Viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus
• Common Ringneck Gongylosoma scriptum
• Common sea krait Laticauda laticaudata venomous
• Common Seasnake Hydrophis schistosus venomous
• Common Slug Snake Pareas monticola
• Common Wolf Snake (aulicus) Lycodon aulicus
• Coral Red Kukri Snake Oligodon kheriensis
• Crying Keelback Hebius lacrima
• Darjeeling Worm Snake Indotyphlops meszoelyi
• Dark Blue-Banded Sea Snake Polyodontognathus caerulescens venomous
• Daudin's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis tristis
• David's pitviper Trimeresurus davidi venomous
• Deccan Wolf Snake Lycodon deccanensis
• Deepak's Wood Snake Xylophis deepaki
• Diadem Snake Spalerosophis diadema
• Diard's Blindsnake Argyrophis diardii
• Dog-faced Water Snake Cerberus rynchops
• Dog-toothed Cat Snake Boiga cynodon venomous
• Doria's Green Snake Ptyas doriae
• Dwarf Seasnake Hydrophis caerulescens venomous
• Eastern bronzeback tree snake Dendrelaphis proarchos
• Eastern Cat Snake Boiga gocool venomous
• Eastern Ghats Snake Rhinophis goweri
• Eastern Russel's Viper Daboia siamensis venomous
• Eastern Trinket Snake Elaphe cantoris
• Elliot's Earth Snake Uropeltis ellioti
• English common name not available Elaphe hodgsoni
• Estuarine Sea Snake Hydrophis obscurus venomous
• Few-scaled Worm Snake Gerrhopilus oligolepis
• Fletcher's Worm Snake Indotyphlops fletcheri
• Forskal Sand Snake Psammophis schokari venomous
• Forsten's Cat Snake Boiga forsteni venomous
• Gammie's Wolf Snake Lycodon gammiei
• Gerard's water snake Gerarda prevostiana
• Giri's Bronzeback Tree Snake Dendrelaphis girii
• Glossy-bellied Racer Platyceps ventromaculatus
• Golden Flying Snake Chrysopelea ornata
• Gore's Bronzeback (biloreatus) Dendrelaphis biloreatus
• Graceful Racer Platyceps gracilis
• Gray Cat Snake Boiga siamensis venomous
• Gray's Kukri Snake Oligodon dorsalis
• Greater Black Krait Bungarus niger venomous
• Greater Seasnake Hydrophis major venomous
• Green Bamboo Leaf Pit Viper Trimeresurus medoensis venomous
• Green Cat Snake Boiga cyanea venomous
• Green Rat Snake (nigromarginata) Ptyas nigromarginata
• Green Trinket Snake Gonyosoma prasinum
• Green Vine Snake (nasuta) Ahaetulla nasuta
• Gunther's Blind Snake Argyrophis bothriorhynchus
• Günther's Burrowing Snake Plectrurus guentheri
• Günther's Earth Snake Uropeltis liura
• Günther's Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis bistrigatus
• Günther's Mountain Snake Xylophis stenorhynchus
• Günther's Reed Snake Liopeltis frenata
• Günther's sea snake Microcephalophis cantoris venomous
• Günther's Vine Snake Ahaetulla dispar
• Habu Pit Viper Protobothrops himalayanus venomous
• Hardwick's Water Snake Homalopsis hardwickii
• Himalayan Keelback Herpetoreas platyceps
• Himalayan Pitviper Gloydius himalayanus venomous
• Himalayan Stripe-necked Snake Liopeltis rappi
• Horseshoe Pit-viper Craspedocephalus strigatus venomous
• Hubei Keelback Rhabdophis nuchalis venomous
• Hump-nosed Moccasin Hypnale hypnale venomous
• Hutton's Pitviper Tropidolaemus huttoni venomous
• Hydrophis pachycercos venomous
• Indian Black Earth Snake Melanophidium wynaudense
• Indian Coral Snake Calliophis melanurus venomous
• Indian Egg-eater Boiga westermanni venomous
• Indian Flying Snake Chrysopelea taprobanica
• Indian Rock Python Python molurus
• Indo-Chinese Rat Snake Ptyas korros
• Island Pit Viper Trimeresurus labialis venomous
• Jerdon's Kukri Snake Oligodon venustus
• Jerdon's Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis subpunctatus
• Jerdon's Pitviper Protobothrops jerdonii venomous
• Jerdon's Sea Snake Hydrophis jerdonii venomous
• Jerdon's Worm Snake Indotyphlops jerdoni
• Jerdon’s Shieldtail Snake Uropeltis jerdoni
• Joseph's Racer Platyceps josephi
• Karinthandan Earth Snake Rhinophis karinthandani
• Karnataka Bronzeback Dendrelaphis chairecacos
• Karnataka Burrowing Snake Pseudoplectrurus canaricus
• Karnataka Whipsnake Ahaetulla farnsworthi
• Kaulback's Lance-headed Pitviper Protobothrops kaulbacki venomous
• Keeled vine snake Proahaetulla antiqua
• Kerala Burrowing Snake Plectrurus aureus
• Kerala Mud Snake Dieurostus dussumieri
• Kerala Shieldtail Uropeltis ceylanica
• Khaire's Black Shieldtail Melanophidium khairei
• Khase Red Snake Stoliczkia khasiensis
• Khasi Hills Trinket Snake Gonyosoma frenatum
• Khasi Keelback Hebius khasiensis
• Kloss' Sea Snake Hydrophis klossi venomous
• Kukri Snake Oligodon affinis
• Laotian Wolf Snake Lycodon laoensis
• Large-headed Carpet Viper Echis megalocephalus venomous
• Large-scaled Pit Viper Craspedocephalus macrolepis venomous
• Laudankia Vine Snake Ahaetulla laudankia
• Lead Keelback Rhabdophis plumbicolor venomous
• Leith's Sand Snake Psammophis leithii venomous
• Lesser Black Krait Bungarus lividus venomous
• Levantine Viper Macrovipera lebetinus venomous
• Light-barred Kukri Snake Oligodon albocinctus
• Lined Thorntail Snake Platyplectrurus trilineatus
• Linne's Water Snake Homalopsis buccata
• Long Sand Racer Psammophis longifrons venomous
• Loos Snake Oligodon taeniolatus
• Loveridge's Worm Snake Indotyphlops loveridgei
• Lushai Hills Dragon Snake Stoliczkia vanhnuailianai
• Mackinnon's Wolf Snake Lycodon mackinnoni
• MacLelland's Coral Snake Sinomicrurus macclellandi venomous
• Madura Earth Snake Uropeltis madurensis
• Malabar Pit Viper Craspedocephalus malabaricus venomous
• Malabar Whipsnake Ahaetulla malabarica
• Malayan Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon subcinctus
• Mandarin Ratsnake Euprepiophis mandarinus
• Many-banded Tree Snake Boiga multifasciata venomous
• Many-spotted Cat Snake Boiga multomaculata venomous
• Maya's pit viper Trimeresurus mayaae venomous
• Mizo rain snake Smithophis atemporalis
• Mock Cobra Pseudoxenodon macrops
• Modest Keelback Hebius modestus
• Mountain Worm-eating Snake Trachischium monticola
• Nagarkot Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrogaster
• Namsang Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrorhachis
• Nepal Pitviper Trimeresurus septentrionalis venomous
• Nicobar Cat Snake Boiga wallachi venomous
• Nikhil's Kukri Snake Oligodon nikhili
• Nilgiri Burrowing Snake Plectrurus perroteti
• Nilgiri Hills Worm Snake Gerrhopilus tindalli
• Nilgiri Keelback Hebius beddomei
• Northeastern Hill Krait Bungarus bungaroides venomous
• Northern Red-necked Keelback Rhabdophis helleri venomous
• Northern Vine Snake Ahaetulla borealis
• Ocellated Earth Snake Uropeltis ocellata
• Olive Keelback Wart Snake Atretium schistosum
• Olive Oriental Slender Snake Trachischium laeve
• Olive Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops olivaceus
• Orange-collared Keelback Rhabdophis himalayanus venomous
• Oriental Ratsnake Ptyas mucosa
• Ornate Sea Snake Hydrophis ornatus venomous
• Painted Keelback (cerasogaster) Xenochrophis cerasogaster
• Palni Mountain Burrowing Snake Teretrurus rhodogaster
• Palni Shieldtail Uropeltis pulneyensis
• Pareas kaduri
• Perrotet's Mountain Snake Xylophis perroteti
• Peters' Sea Snake Hydrophis bituberculatus venomous
• Phipson's Shieldtail Uropeltis phipsonii
• Pirmad Cat Snake Boiga dightoni venomous
• Plin's Banded Racer Platyceps plinii
• Pope's Bamboo Pit Viper Trimeresurus popeiorum venomous
• Purple-red Earth Snake Teretrurus sanguineus
• Radiated Ratsnake Coelognathus radiatus
• Rainbow Mud Snake Enhydris enhydris
• Rajendran’s Shieldtail snake Uropeltis rajendrani
• Red Bamboo Snake Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
• Red-lined Earth Snake Uropeltis rubrolineata
• Red-spotted Diadem Snake Spalerosophis arenarius
• Red-spotted Earth Snake Uropeltis rubromaculata
• Rosebelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium guentheri
• Rough-tailed Sand Boa Eryx conicus
• Royal snake Spalerosophis atriceps
• Russell's Viper Daboia russelii venomous
• Sahyadri Vine Snake Ahaetulla sahyadrensis
• Salazar's Pit Viper Trimeresurus salazar venomous
• Salty Earth Snake Rhinophis sanguineus
• Samagutin Worm Snake Indotyphlops tenuicollis
• Sand Snake (condanarus) Psammophis condanarus venomous
• Scarce Bridal Snake Lycodon gracilis
• Sharma's Racer Platyceps bholanathi
• Shevaroy HilIs Earth Snake Uropeltis shorttii
• Shieldtail Earth Snake Uropeltis petersi
• Shore Pit Viper Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus venomous
• Short Sea Snake Hydrophis curtus venomous
• Shorthead Kukri Snake Oligodon brevicauda
• Siebold's Mud Snake Ferania sieboldii
• Sikkim Keelback Herpetoreas sieboldii
• Sind Krait Bungarus sindanus venomous
• Sindh Awl-headed Snake Lytorhynchus paradoxus
• Sindh Thread Snake Myriopholis blanfordi
• Sirumalai Hills Earth Snake Uropeltis dindigalensis
• Sistan Sand Boa Eryx sistanensis
• Slender Worm Snake Indotyphlops porrectus
• Smith's Earth Snake Uropeltis grandis
• South Andaman Krait Bungarus andamanensis venomous
• South India Worm Snake Indotyphlops pammeces
• Southern Bronzeback Dendrelaphis grandoculis
• Southern Earth Snake Uropeltis nitida
• Southern Large-scaled pit viper Craspedocephalus peltopelor venomous
• Spotted Earth Snake Uropeltis maculata
• Spotted Slug Snake Pareas macularius
• St. John's Keelback Fowlea sanctijohannis
• Stoke's Seasnake Hydrophis stokesii venomous
• Stolickza's Ringneck Liopeltis stoliczkae
• Stoliczk's Tawny Cat Snake Boiga stoliczkae venomous
• Striped Sea Snake Hydrophis fasciatus venomous
• Sushanta’s Worm-eating Snake Trachischium sushantai
• Suzhen’s krait Bungarus suzhenae venomous
• Tamil Nadu Earth Snake Rhinophis travancoricus
• Taron Keelback Hebius taronensis
• Tawny Cat Snake (ochracea) Boiga ochracea venomous
• Tentacled Snake Erpeton tentaculatum
• Thackeray's cat snake Boiga thackerayi venomous
• Theobald's Kukri Snake Oligodon theobaldi
• Three-cusped uropeltis Uropeltis tricuspida
• Thurston's Worm Snake Gerrhopilus thurstoni
• Tillack's Kukri Snake Oligodon tillacki
• Tirunelveli Earth Snake Uropeltis arcticeps
• Tiwar's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis humayuni
• Travancore Hills Thorntail Snake Platyplectrurus madurensis
• Travancore Kukri Snake Oligodon travancoricus
• Travancore Pit Viper Craspedocephalus travancoricus venomous
• Travancore Whipsnake Ahaetulla travancorica
• Travancore Wolf Snake Lycodon travancoricus
• Trinket Snake Coelognathus helena
• Twin-spotted Wolf Snake Lycodon jara
• Two-lined Black Earth Snake Melanophidium bilineatum
• Vellore Bridal Snake Lycodon nympha
• Viperine Sea Snake Hydrophis viperinus venomous
• Wadi Racer Platyceps rhodorachis
• Wall's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
• Wall's Keelback Herpetoreas xenura
• Wall's Sind Krait Bungarus walli venomous
• Wall's Vine Snake Ahaetulla isabellina
• Wallace's Racer Wallaceophis gujaratensis
• Walnut Kukri Snake Oligodon juglandifer
• Water Rhabdops Rhabdops aquaticus
• Wayanad Earth Snake Rhinophis melanoleucus
• Western bamboo pit viper Craspedocephalus occidentalis venomous
• Western Ghats Bronzeback Ahaetulla perroteti
• Whitaker's Boa Eryx whitakeri
• White-banded Wolf Snake Lycodon septentrionalis
• White-lipped Pitviper Trimeresurus albolabris venomous
• Woodmason's Earth Snake Uropeltis woodmasoni
• Woodmason's Kukri Snake Oligodon woodmasoni
• Wynad Keelback Hebius monticola
• Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis venomous
• Yellow striped Snake Coelognathus flavolineatus
• Yellow-collared Wolf Snake Lycodon flavicollis
• Yellow-green Cat Snake Boiga flaviviridis venomous
• Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait Laticauda saintgironsi venomous
• Yellow-lipped Sea Krait Laticauda colubrina venomous
• Yellow-lipped Sea Snake Laticauda frontalis venomous
• Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake Lycodon flavomaculatus
• Yellowbelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium tenuiceps
• Yunnan Annulate Keelback Trimerodytes yunnanensis
• Yunnan keelback Hebius clerki
• Yunnan Keelback Hebius parallelum
• Yunnan Pit Viper Trimeresurus yunnanensis venomous
• Zaw's Wolf Snake Lycodon zawi
• Zayuan mountain pitviper Ovophis zayuensis venomous