Snakes of Malawi
121 snake species are recorded in Malawi - 52 venomous and 69 non-venomous, from 12 families.
- Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis venomous
- Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis venomous
- Boomslang Dispholidus typus venomous
- Gaboon Viper Bitis gabonica venomous
- Green Mamba Dendroaspis angusticeps venomous
- Puff Adder Bitis arietans venomous
- Twig Snake Thelotornis capensis venomous
- African Bighead Snake Hypoptophis wilsonii venomous
- African Shovel-nosed Snake Scaphiophis albopunctatus
- Anchieta's Cobra Naja anchietae venomous
- Angola blind snake Afrotyphlops angolensis
- Angola Shovel-snout Prosymna angolensis
- Angolan Garter Snake Elapsoidea semiannulata venomous
- Angolan Shovel-snout Prosymna ambigua
- Bangweulu Water Snake Limnophis bangweolicus
- Barotse Water Snake Crotaphopeltis barotseensis
- Beaked Skaapsteker Kladirostratus acutus
- Bibron's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis bibronii venomous
- Bicolored Swamp Snake Limnophis bicolor
- Black Centipede Eater Aparallactus guentheri venomous
- Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
- Black Snake-eater Polemon ater venomous
- Boaedon mendesi
- Boulenger's Garter Snake Elapsoidea boulengeri venomous
- Brown Forest Cobra Naja subfulva venomous
- Brown House Snake (capensis) Boaedon capensis
- Brown House Snake (fuliginosus) Boaedon fuliginosus
- Brown Water Snake (rufulus) Lycodonomorphus rufulus
- Cape Centipede Eater Aparallactus capensis venomous
- Cape Wolf Snake (capense) Lycophidion capense
- Cape Wolf Snake (multimaculatum) Lycophidion multimaculatum
- Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
- Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis
- Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus venomous
- Common Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas polylepis venomous
- Confusing Egg Eater Dasypeltis confusa
- Congo Burrowing Asp Atractaspis congica venomous
- Congo Two-headed Snake Chilorhinophis gerardi venomous
- Cross-barred Snake Dipsadoboa aulica
- Dwarf Sand Snake Psammophis angolensis venomous
- East African Egg Eater Dasypeltis medici
- East African Shovel-snout Prosymna stuhlmanni
- Eastern Snake-eater Polemon christyi venomous
- Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Psammophis orientalis venomous
- Eastern Vine Snake Thelotornis mossambicanus venomous
- Elongate Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus mechowii venomous
- Emin Pasha's Worm Snake Leptotyphlops emini
- Equatorial File Snake Mehelya poensis
- Floodplain Water Snake Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris
- Forest Cobra Naja melanoleuca venomous
- Forest Marsh Snake Natriciteres sylvatica
- Forest Night Adder Causus lichtensteinii venomous
- Frade’s Brown House Snake Boaedon fradei
- Green Night Adder Causus resimus venomous
- Green Water Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster
- Grey-bellied Grass Snake Psammophylax variabilis
- Günther’s Garter Snake Elapsoidea guentherii venomous
- Incognito Thread Snake Leptotyphlops incognitus
- Ionides' Worm Snake Myriopholis ionidesi
- Irregular Green Snake Philothamnus irregularis
- Jackson's Black Tree Snake Thrasops jacksonii
- Jalla's Sand Snake Psammophis jallae venomous
- Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata venomous
- Katanga Mountain Bush Viper Atheris katangensis venomous
- Katanga Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas katangensis venomous
- Kirtland's Twig Snake Thelotornis kirtlandii venomous
- Large-eyed Green Treesnake Rhamnophis aethiopissa
- Lesser African Python Python natalensis
- Lined Olympic Snake Psammophis lineatus venomous
- Lineolate Blind Snake Afrotyphlops lineolatus
- Long-tailed Thread Snake Myriopholis longicauda
- Lowland Swamp Viper Proatheris superciliaris venomous
- Mlanje White-bellied Water-Snake Lycodonomorphus mlanjensis
- Mole Snake Pseudaspis cana
- Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
- Mozambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica venomous
- Mozambique Wolf Snake Lycophidion acutirostre
- Mt Rungwe Bush Viper Atheris rungweensis venomous
- Mulanje Water Snake Lycodonomorphus leleupi
- Multi-scaled Shovel-snout Prosymna pitmani
- 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 African Water Snake Grayia ornata
- Ornate Green Snake Philothamnus ornatus
- Peter's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons
- Plumbeous Centipede Eater Aparallactus lunulatus venomous
- Rasmussen’s Night Adder Causus rasmusseni venomous
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Rhinoceros Viper (nasicornis) Bitis nasicornis venomous
- Ringed Water Cobra Naja annulata venomous
- Rufous Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis rostratus
- Schlegel's Giant Blind Snake Afrotyphlops schlegelii
- Schmidt's blind-snake Afrotyphlops schmidti
- Semiornate Smooth Snake Meizodon semiornatus
- Shaba Thread Snake Leptotyphlops kafubi
- Shire Slug Eater Duberria shirana
- Shreve's Tree Snake Dipsadoboa shrevei
- Slender Green Snake Philothamnus heterolepidotus
- Slender Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus bicolor venomous
- Snouted Cobra Naja annulifera venomous
- Snouted Night Adder Causus defilippii venomous
- Southern Gracile Blind-snake Afrotyphlops obtusus
- Southwestern Forest Marsh Snake Natriciteres bipostocularis
- Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
- Spotted Green Snake Philothamnus punctatus
- Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Psammophis subtaeniatus venomous
- Striped Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans venomous
- Striped Skaapsteker Psammophylax tritaeniatus
- Tanganyika Water Snake Lycodonomorphus bicolor
- Tholloni's African Water Snake Grayia tholloni
- Tiger Cat Snake Telescopus semiannulatus
- Tornier's Cat Snake Crotaphopeltis tornieri
- Two-lined Night Adder Causus bilineatus venomous
- Urungu Beaked Snake Letheobia gracilis
- Variegated Wolf Snake Lycophidion variegatum
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Green Snake Philothamnus angolensis
- Zaire Centipede-eater Aparallactus moeruensis venomous
- Zambian Whip Snake Psammophis zambiensis venomous