Snakes of Kenya
148 snake species are recorded in Kenya - 55 venomous and 93 non-venomous, from 12 families.
- Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis venomous
- Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis venomous
- Boomslang Dispholidus typus venomous
- Egyptian Cobra Naja haje venomous
- Gaboon Viper Bitis gabonica venomous
- Green Mamba Dendroaspis angusticeps venomous
- Puff Adder Bitis arietans venomous
- Sand Boa Eryx colubrinus
- African Bush Viper Atheris squamigera venomous
- African Cobra Naja pallida venomous
- African Garter Snake Elapsoidea sundevallii venomous
- African Hairy Bush Viper Atheris hispida venomous
- African Rock Python Python sebae
- African Shovel-nosed Snake Scaphiophis albopunctatus
- African Tree Cobra Pseudohaje goldii venomous
- Angola blind snake Afrotyphlops angolensis
- Angolan Shovel-snout Prosymna ambigua
- Ashe's Bush Viper Atheris desaixi venomous
- Ashe's Spitting Cobra Naja ashei venomous
- Battersby's Green Snake Philothamnus battersbyi
- Beautiful Sand Snake Psammophis pulcher venomous
- Bibron's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis bibronii venomous
- Black Centipede Eater Aparallactus guentheri venomous
- Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
- Black Garter Snake Elapsoidea nigra venomous
- Black-headed Micrelaps Micrelaps vaillanti venomous
- Black-headed Smooth Snake Meizodon plumbiceps
- Black-lined Green Snake Hapsidophrys lineatus
- Black-tip Worm Snake Leptotyphlops nigroterminus
- Boaedon mendesi
- Brown Forest Cobra Naja subfulva venomous
- Brown House Snake (capensis) Boaedon capensis
- Brown House Snake (fuliginosus) Boaedon fuliginosus
- Butler's Two-headed Snake Chilorhinophis butleri venomous
- Calabresi's Blind-snake Afrotyphlops calabresii
- Cape Wolf Snake (capense) Lycophidion capense
- Central-African Lined House Snake Boaedon paralineatus
- Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
- Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis
- Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus venomous
- Common Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas polylepis venomous
- Common Slug Eater Duberria lutrix
- Confusing Egg Eater Dasypeltis confusa
- Congo File Snake Limaformosa savorgnani
- Drewes' Worm Snake Epacrophis drewesi
- Dull Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas unicolor venomous
- East African Egg Eater Dasypeltis medici
- East African Shovel-snout Prosymna stuhlmanni
- Eastern Crowned Smooth Snake Meizodon regularis
- Eastern Snake-eater Polemon christyi venomous
- Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Psammophis orientalis venomous
- Eastern Vine Snake Thelotornis mossambicanus venomous
- Egyptian Catsnake Telescopus obtusus
- Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper Echis pyramidum venomous
- Emerald Green Snake Philothamnus heterodermus
- Emin Pasha's Worm Snake Leptotyphlops emini
- Engdahl's Mole Viper Atractaspis engdahli venomous
- Ethiopian Hook-nosed Snake Scaphiophis raffreyi
- Fierce Night Stalker Toxicodryas vexator
- Flat-snouted Wolf Snake Lycophidion depressirostre
- Flowered Racer Platyceps florulentus
- Forest Cobra Naja melanoleuca venomous
- Forest Night Adder Causus lichtensteinii venomous
- Frade’s Brown House Snake Boaedon fradei
- Goggle-eyed Worm Snake Leptotyphlops macrops
- Green Night Adder Causus resimus venomous
- Green Water Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster
- Grey-bellied Grass Snake Psammophylax variabilis
- Irregular Green Snake Philothamnus irregularis
- Jackson's Black Tree Snake Thrasops jacksonii
- Jackson's Centipede-eater Aparallactus jacksonii venomous
- Jameson's Mamba Dendroaspis jamesoni venomous
- Kakamega Blind-snake Afrotyphlops kaimosae
- Kenya Beaked Snake Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus
- Kenya Horned Viper Bitis worthingtoni venomous
- Kenya Montane Viper Montatheris hindii venomous
- Kenya Two-headed Snake Micrelaps bicoloratus venomous
- Kenyan Dwarf Blind-snake Afrotyphlops nanus
- Kenyan striped skaapsteker Psammophylax multisquamis
- Kirtland's Twig Snake Thelotornis kirtlandii venomous
- Lamu Worm Snake Epacrophis boulengeri
- Large-eyed Green Treesnake Rhamnophis aethiopissa
- Leptotyphlops tanae
- Lesser African Python Python natalensis
- Lined Olympic Snake Psammophis lineatus venomous
- Lineolate Blind Snake Afrotyphlops lineolatus
- Link-marked Sand Snake Psammophis biseriatus venomous
- Long-tailed Thread Snake Myriopholis longicauda
- Loveridge's Garter Snake Elapsoidea loveridgei venomous
- Malindi Centipede-eater Aparallactus turneri venomous
- Mbeere gracile blind snake Letheobia mbeerensis
- Merker's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops merkeri
- Montane Egg-eater Dasypeltis atra
- Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
- Mount Kenya Worm Snake Leptotyphlops keniensis
- Northern Bark Snake Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii
- Northern Marbled Nocturnal Tree Snake Dipsadoboa flavida
- Olive Grass Racer Psammophis phillipsii venomous
- Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea
- Olive Whip Snake Psammophis mossambicus venomous
- Ornate Wolf Snake Lycophidion ornatum
- Parker's Worm Snake Myriopholis parkeri
- Peri-Forest House Snake Boaedon perisilvestris
- Peter's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons
- Peters' Burrowing Asp Atractaspis fallax venomous
- Plumbeous Centipede Eater Aparallactus lunulatus venomous
- Red Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Rhinoceros Viper (nasicornis) Bitis nasicornis venomous
- Rufous Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis rostratus
- Ruspoli's Shovelsnout Snake Prosymna ruspolii
- Schlegel's Giant Blind Snake Afrotyphlops schlegelii
- Schmidt's Bold-eyed Tree Snake Thrasops schmidti
- Scortecci's Blind Snake Myriopholis braccianii
- Semiornate Smooth Snake Meizodon semiornatus
- Short Racer Platyceps brevis
- Slender Green Snake Philothamnus heterolepidotus
- Small-Scaled Burrowing Asp Atractaspis microlepidota venomous
- Smith's African Water Snake Grayia smithii
- Snouted Night Adder Causus defilippii venomous
- Somali Blind-snake Rhinotyphlops ataeniatus
- Somali Giant Blind-snake Afrotyphlops brevis
- Speckled Sand Racer Psammophis punctulatus venomous
- Speckled Wolf Snake Lycophidion meleagre
- Spotted Blind Snake Afrotyphlops punctatus
- Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
- Spotted Green Snake Philothamnus punctatus
- Striped Bark Snake Hemirhagerrhis kelleri
- Striped Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans venomous
- Striped Skaapsteker Psammophylax tritaeniatus
- Swahili Gracile Blind-snake Letheobia swahilica
- Tana Delta Smooth Snake Meizodon krameri
- Tana Herald Snake Crotaphopeltis braestrupi
- Tana worm snake Myriopholis tanae
- Tanganyika Sand Snake Psammophis tanganicus venomous
- Teitana Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas teitana venomous
- Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus
- Tholloni's African Water Snake Grayia tholloni
- Tiger Cat Snake Telescopus semiannulatus
- Tornier's Cat Snake Crotaphopeltis tornieri
- Unicolor File Snake Limaformosa chanleri
- Usambara Vine Snake Thelotornis usambaricus venomous
- Variable Burrowing Asp Atractaspis irregularis venomous
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Jackson’s Wolf Snake Lycophidion jacksoni
- Wormlike Beaked Snake Letheobia lumbriciformis
- Yellow-flanked Snake Crotaphopeltis degeni
- Zanzibar Beaked Snake Letheobia pallida