Snakes of Iraq
33 snake species are recorded in Iraq - 7 venomous and 26 non-venomous, from 6 families.
- Andreas' Racer Dolichophis andreanus
- Arabian Sand Boa Eryx jayakari
- Arabian Sand Viper Cerastes gasperettii venomous
- Ashkhabad Dwarf Racer Eirenis medus
- Awl-headed Snake Lytorhynchus diadema
- Black-headed Snake (nigriceps) Telescopus nigriceps
- Cat Snake Telescopus fallax
- Collared Dwarf Snake Eirenis collaris
- Crowned Dwarf Racer Eirenis coronella
- Dark-headed Dwarf Racer (nigrofasciatus) Eirenis nigrofasciatus
- Dark-headed Dwarf Racer (persicus) Eirenis persicus
- Desert Cobra Walterinnesia aegyptia venomous
- Diadem Snake Spalerosophis diadema
- Dotted Dwarf Snake Eirenis punctatolineatus
- Dwarf Sand Boa Eryx miliaris
- Field's Horned Viper Pseudocerastes fieldi venomous
- Hook-snouted Worm Snake Myriopholis macrorhyncha
- Kennedy's Leafnose Snake Lytorhynchus kennedyi
- Large Whip Snake (jugularis) Dolichophis jugularis
- Levantine Viper Macrovipera lebetinus venomous
- Moila Snake Malpolon moilensis venomous
- Narrow-striped Dwarf Snake Eirenis decemlineatus
- Palestine Kukri Snake Rhynchocalamus satunini
- Persian Horned Viper Pseudocerastes persicus venomous
- Red-Bellied Racer Dolichophis schmidti
- Rogers' Racer Platyceps rogersi
- Sand Boa (jaculus) Eryx jaculus
- Sinai dwarf racer Eirenis coronelloides
- Soosan Viper Telescopus tessellatus
- Spider-tailed Viper Pseudocerastes urarachnoides venomous
- Spotted Desert Racer Platyceps karelini
- Spotted Whip Snake Hemorrhois ravergieri
- Urartian Rat Snake Elaphe urartica