Snakes of Iran
76 snake species are recorded in Iran - 29 venomous and 47 non-venomous, from 7 families.
- Saw-scaled Viper Echis carinatus venomous
- Alburzi Viper Vipera eriwanensis venomous
- Andreas' Racer Dolichophis andreanus
- Annulated Sea Snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus venomous
- Arabian Gulf Sea Snake Hydrophis lapemoides venomous
- Arabian Sand Boa Eryx jayakari
- Armenian Viper Montivipera raddei venomous
- Ashkhabad Dwarf Racer Eirenis medus
- Asian Racer Hemorrhois nummifer
- Asian sand viper Eristicophis macmahoni venomous
- Awl-headed Snake Lytorhynchus diadema
- Barred Wolf Snake Lycodon striatus
- Black-headed Snake (nigriceps) Telescopus nigriceps
- Cat Snake Telescopus fallax
- Caucasian pitviper Gloydius caucasicus venomous
- Central Asian Cobra Naja oxiana venomous
- Central Asian Sand Boa Eryx elegans
- Collared Dwarf Snake Eirenis collaris
- Common Cat Snake Boiga trigonata venomous
- Common Seasnake Hydrophis schistosus venomous
- Crowned Dwarf Racer Eirenis coronella
- Dark-headed Dwarf Racer (nigrofasciatus) Eirenis nigrofasciatus
- Dark-headed Dwarf Racer (persicus) Eirenis persicus
- Derafshi Snake Lytorhynchus ridgewayi
- Desert Cobra Walterinnesia aegyptia venomous
- Diadem Snake Spalerosophis diadema
- Dione Snake Elaphe dione
- Dotted Dwarf Snake Eirenis punctatolineatus
- Dwarf Sand Boa Eryx miliaris
- Eirenis rafsanjanicus
- Eirenis yassujicus
- Fahimi's ground snake Persiophis fahimii
- Field's Horned Viper Pseudocerastes fieldi venomous
- Forskal Sand Snake Psammophis schokari venomous
- Günther's sea snake Microcephalophis cantoris venomous
- Halys Pit Viper Gloydius halys venomous
- Hardwicke's Spine-bellied Seasnake Hydrophis hardwickii venomous
- Hook-snouted Worm Snake Myriopholis macrorhyncha
- Indian Desert Tiger Snake Telescopus rhinopoma
- Iranian Worm Snake Xerotyphlops wilsoni
- Kerman Dwarf Snake Eirenis kermanensis
- Laki Blind Snake Xerotyphlops luristanicus
- Large Whip Snake (jugularis) Dolichophis jugularis
- Latifi's Viper Montivipera latifii venomous
- Levantine Viper Macrovipera lebetinus venomous
- Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake Lytorhynchus maynardi
- Moila Snake Malpolon moilensis venomous
- Narrow-striped Dwarf Snake Eirenis decemlineatus
- Ornate Sea Snake Hydrophis ornatus venomous
- Palestine Kukri Snake Rhynchocalamus satunini
- Persian Horned Viper Pseudocerastes persicus venomous
- Persian Krait Bungarus persicus venomous
- Persian Rat Snake Zamenis persicus
- Razi's Viper Macrovipera razii venomous
- Rechinger's Dwarf Racer Eirenis rechingeri
- Red Sand Boa Eryx johnii
- Red-Bellied Racer Dolichophis schmidti
- Rhynchocalamus levitoni
- Sand Boa (jaculus) Eryx jaculus
- Short Sea Snake Hydrophis curtus venomous
- Sinai dwarf racer Eirenis coronelloides
- Sindh Thread Snake Myriopholis blanfordi
- Sistan Sand Boa Eryx sistanensis
- Soosan Viper Telescopus tessellatus
- Spider-tailed Viper Pseudocerastes urarachnoides venomous
- Spotted Desert Racer Platyceps karelini
- Spotted Whip Snake Hemorrhois ravergieri
- Steppe Ribbon Racer Psammophis lineolatus venomous
- Urartian Rat Snake Elaphe urartica
- Van Dwarf Racer Eirenis thospitis
- Viperine Sea Snake Hydrophis viperinus venomous
- Wadi Racer Platyceps rhodorachis
- Wagner's Viper Montivipera wagneri venomous
- Western Dwarf Racer Eirenis occidentalis
- Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis venomous
- Zebra Snake Spalerosophis microlepis