Snakes of Japan
36 snake species are recorded in Japan - 16 venomous and 20 non-venomous, from 5 families.
- Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Hydrophis platurus venomous
- Amami Takachiho Snake Achalinus werneri
- Annulated Sea Snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus venomous
- Cave Racer Elaphe taeniura
- Chinese Sea Snake Laticauda semifasciata venomous
- Collared Reed Snake (pavimentata) Calamaria pavimentata
- Common Bamboo Viper Craspedocephalus gramineus venomous
- Common sea krait Laticauda laticaudata venomous
- Elegant Pitviper Protobothrops elegans venomous
- Formosa Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus formosanus
- Formosa Wolf Snake Lycodon ruhstrati
- Habu Protobothrops flavoviridis venomous
- Ijima's sea snake Emydocephalus ijimae venomous
- Iwasaki's Snail-eater Pareas iwasakii
- Japanese Coral Snake Sinomicrurus japonicus venomous
- Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake Elaphe quadrivirgata
- Japanese Keelback Hebius vibakari
- Japanese Ratsnake Elaphe climacophora
- Japanese Woodsnake Euprepiophis conspicillata
- Kikuzato's Brook Snake Opisthotropis kikuzatoi
- MacLelland's Coral Snake Sinomicrurus macclellandi venomous
- Mamushi Gloydius blomhoffii venomous
- Miyako Kellback Hebius concelarus
- Okinawa Pitviper Ovophis okinavensis venomous
- Oriental Odd-tooth Snake Lycodon orientalis
- Ornate Sea Snake Hydrophis ornatus venomous
- Pfeffer's Reed Snake Calamaria pfefferi
- Pryer's Keelback Hebius pryeri
- Ryukyu Green Snake Ptyas semicarinata
- Ryukyu Odd-tooth snake Lycodon semicarinatus
- Ryukyu Wolf Snake Lycodon multifasciatus
- Sakishima Green Snake Ptyas herminae
- Stoke's Seasnake Hydrophis stokesii venomous
- Tokara Habu Protobothrops tokarensis venomous
- Tsushima Island Pitviper Gloydius tsushimaensis venomous
- Yaeyama Keelback Hebius ishigakiensis