Snakes of Nigeria
123 snake species are recorded in Nigeria - 47 venomous and 76 non-venomous, from 11 families.
- Ball Python Python regius
- Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis venomous
- Boomslang Dispholidus typus venomous
- Egyptian Cobra Naja haje venomous
- Gaboon Viper Bitis gabonica venomous
- Puff Adder Bitis arietans venomous
- African Banded Snake Chamaelycus fasciatus
- African Brown Water Snake Afronatrix anoscopus
- African Bush Viper Atheris squamigera venomous
- African File Snake Limaformosa crossi
- African Rock Python Python sebae
- African Saw-scaled Viper Echis ocellatus venomous
- African Shovel-nosed Snake Scaphiophis albopunctatus
- African Tree Cobra Pseudohaje goldii venomous
- Angolan Garter Snake Elapsoidea semiannulata venomous
- Beaked Skaapsteker Kladirostratus acutus
- Black Tree Snake (occidentalis) Thrasops occidentalis
- Black-lined Green Snake Hapsidophrys lineatus
- Blandings Tree Snake Toxicodryas blandingii
- Blotched Blind Snake Afrotyphlops congestus
- Blotched Wolf Snake Lycophidion nigromaculatum
- Boaedon mendesi
- Broadley's Bush Viper Atheris broadleyi venomous
- Brown Forest Cobra Naja subfulva venomous
- Brown House Snake (fuliginosus) Boaedon fuliginosus
- Calabar Ground Python Calabaria reinhardtii
- Central African Egg-eating Snake Dasypeltis fasciata
- Central-African Lined House Snake Boaedon paralineatus
- Collared Snake-eater Polemon collaris venomous
- Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
- Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus venomous
- Confusing Egg Eater Dasypeltis confusa
- Cross' Beaked Snake Letheobia crossii
- Dasypeltis parascabra
- Dull Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas unicolor venomous
- Eastern Crowned Smooth Snake Meizodon regularis
- Egbe File Snake Mehelya egbensis
- Elegant Sand Racer Psammophis elegans venomous
- Emerald Green Snake Philothamnus heterodermus
- Emerald Snake Hapsidophrys smaragdinus
- Equatorial File Snake Mehelya poensis
- Fischer's Cat Snake Toxicodryas pulverulenta
- Flat Wolf Snake Lycophidion laterale
- Forest Cobra Naja melanoleuca venomous
- Forest Night Adder Causus lichtensteinii venomous
- Gabon Snake-eater Polemon gabonensis venomous
- Gans' Egg Eater Dasypeltis gansi
- Ghana Herald Snake Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis
- Ghana Shovel-snout Prosymna meleagris
- Green Bush Snake Philothamnus nitidus
- Green Bush Viper Atheris chlorechis venomous
- Green Night Adder Causus resimus venomous
- Guiral's File Snake Limaformosa guirali
- Günther's Green Tree Snake Dipsadoboa unicolor
- Hallowell's House Snake Boaedon virgatus
- Hoodless Cobra Pseudohaje nigra venomous
- Irregular Green Snake Philothamnus irregularis
- Jameson's Mamba Dendroaspis jamesoni venomous
- Kalahari Sand Snake Psammophis afroccidentalis venomous
- Kirtland's Twig Snake Thelotornis kirtlandii venomous
- Large-eyed Green Treesnake Rhamnophis aethiopissa
- Laurent’s Green Tree-snake Dipsadoboa viridis
- Lined Olympic Snake Psammophis lineatus venomous
- Lineolate Blind Snake Afrotyphlops lineolatus
- Lycophidion semicinctum
- Léopoldville Beaked Snake Letheobia praeocularis
- Mali Cobra Naja katiensis venomous
- Marsh Snake (fuliginoides) Natriciteres fuliginoides
- Matschie's African Ground Snake Gonionotophis klingi
- Mole Viper (aterrima) Atractaspis aterrima venomous
- Mole Viper (corpulenta) Atractaspis corpulenta venomous
- Mole Viper (dahomeyensis) Atractaspis dahomeyensis venomous
- Müller’s Sand Boa Eryx muelleri
- North African Catsnake Telescopus tripolitanus
- Olive Grass Racer Psammophis phillipsii venomous
- Olive House Snake (olivaceus) Boaedon olivaceus
- Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea
- Olive Whip Snake Psammophis mossambicus venomous
- Ornate Olympic Snake Psammophis praeornatus venomous
- Ornate Wolf Snake Lycophidion ornatum
- Pale Wolf Snake Lycophidion irroratum
- Peri-Forest House Snake Boaedon perisilvestris
- Plumbeous Centipede Eater Aparallactus lunulatus venomous
- Red-Black Striped Snake Bothrophthalmus lineatus
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Reinhardt's Snake-eater Polemon acanthias venomous
- Rhinoceros Viper (nasicornis) Bitis nasicornis venomous
- Roman's Carpet Viper Echis romani venomous
- Roman's Saw-scaled Viper Echis leucogaster venomous
- Sahel Egg Eater Dasypeltis sahelensis
- Sahel Thread Snake Myriopholis narirostris
- Sahelian Burrowing Asp Atractaspis micropholis venomous
- Savanna Lesser File Snake Gonionotophis grantii
- Senegalese Cobra Naja senegalensis venomous
- Short-snouted Tree Snake Dipsadoboa brevirostris
- Slender Green Snake Philothamnus heterolepidotus
- Small-eyed File Snake Mehelya stenophthalmus
- Smith's African Water Snake Grayia smithii
- Southern Sahel Speckled Shovel-snout Prosymna greigerti
- Spotted Blind Snake Afrotyphlops punctatus
- Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
- Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus venomous
- Steinhaus' Worm Snake Afrotyphlops steinhausi
- Striped House Snake Boaedon lineatus
- Striped Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans venomous
- Sudanese Sand Snake Psammophis sudanensis venomous
- Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus
- Tholloni's African Water Snake Grayia tholloni
- Tricheilostoma greenwelli
- Two-colored Blind Snake Tricheilostoma bicolor
- Uganda House Snake Hormonotus modestus
- Variable Burrowing Asp Atractaspis irregularis venomous
- Variable Cat Snake Telescopus variegatus
- Variable Marsh Snake (variegata) Natriciteres variegata
- Watson's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis watsoni venomous
- Weidholz's Pink Blindsnake Letheobia weidholzi
- West African Banded Cobra Naja savannula venomous
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Crowned Snake Meizodon coronatus
- Western Forest Centipede-eater Aparallactus modestus venomous
- Western Green Mamba Dendroaspis viridis venomous
- Yabassi Tree Snake Dipsadoboa duchesnii
- Yellow-throated Bold-eyed Tree Snake Thrasops flavigularis