Snakes of Papua New Guinea
117 snake species are recorded in Papua New Guinea - 50 venomous and 67 non-venomous, from 8 families.
- Coastal Taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus venomous
- Green Tree Python Morelia viridis
- Admiralty Islands Groundsnake Stegonotus admiraltiensis
- Andian Stout-tailed Snake Calamophis katesandersae
- Arafura Smooth Seasnake Parahydrophis mertoni venomous
- Arfak Stout-tailed Snake Calamophis sharonbrooksae
- Australian Bokadam Cerberus australis
- Banded Watersnake Djokoiskandarus annulata
- Barred Keelback Tropidonophis doriae
- Bibron's Pacific Boa Candoia bibroni
- big-eyed tree snake Dendrelaphis macrops
- Bismarck Ringed Python Bothrochilus boa
- Bismarck sharp-nosed blindsnake Acutotyphlops subocularis
- Bismark Ground Snake Stegonotus heterurus
- Bismark Keelback Tropidonophis hypomelas
- Black blindsnake Gerrhopilus ater
- Black forest snake Toxicocalamus atratus venomous
- Black Python Simalia boeleni
- Black Whip Snake Demansia vestigiata venomous
- Black-lipped groundsnake Stegonotus melanolabiatus
- Bougainville Blind Snake Acutotyphlops solomonis
- Bougainville coral snake Parapistocalamus hedigeri venomous
- Brown Tree Snake Boiga irregularis venomous
- Brown Water Python Liasis fuscus
- Buerger's Forest Snake Toxicocalamus buergersi venomous
- Carpentaria Whip Snake Cryptophis boschmai venomous
- Cloudy Mountains Forest Snake Toxicocalamus pachysomus venomous
- Common Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus venomous
- Diehl’s Little Ground Snake Stegonotus diehli
- East Papuan Keelback Tropidonophis aenigmaticus
- Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis venomous
- Filesnake Acrochordus arafurae
- Fine-spined Seasnake Hydrophis czeblukovi venomous
- Flat-tail Sea Snake (schistorhyncha) Laticauda schistorhyncha venomous
- Fred Parkers Blindsnake Gerrhopilus fredparkeri
- Gerrhopilus eurydice
- Gerrhopilus flavinotatus
- Gerrhopilus hades
- Gerrhopilus lestes
- Gerrhopilus lorealis
- Gerrhopilus papuanorum
- Gerrhopilus persephone
- Gerrhopilus polyadenus
- Gerrhopilus slapcinskyi
- Gerrhopilus suturalis
- Gerrhopilus wallachi
- Goodenough Island Forest Snake Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis venomous
- Greater Seasnake Hydrophis major venomous
- Green Python Morelia azurea
- Green Tree Snake Dendrelaphis punctulatus
- Green treesnake Dendrelaphis calligaster
- Grey-naped Snake Furina tristis venomous
- Guinea's Flat-tail Sea Snake Laticauda guineai venomous
- Highland Keelback Tropidonophis parkeri
- Ikaheka Snake Micropechis ikaheka venomous
- Karimui Basin White-lipped Python Leiopython fredparkeri
- Kebar Stout-tailed Snake Calamophis ruuddelangi
- King's Seasnake Hydrophis kingii venomous
- Kinghorn's Scrub Python Simalia kinghorni
- Kunua Blind Snake Acutotyphlops kunuaensis
- Lorentz River treesnake Dendrelaphis lorentzii
- Loria Forest Snake Toxicocalamus loriae venomous
- Lowland Beaked blindsnake Gerrhopilus depressiceps
- Macleay's Mud Snake Pseudoferania polylepis
- Managalas Plateau Snake Toxicocalamus pumehanae venomous
- Many-scaled Keelback Tropidonophis multiscutellatus
- McDowell’s Blindsnake Gerrhopilus mcdowelli
- Milne Bay Ground Snake Stegonotus guentheri
- Misima Island Forest Snake Toxicocalamus misimae venomous
- Montane Blindsnake Gerrhopilus inornatus
- Montane Treesnake Dendrelaphis gastrostictus
- Mount Lamington forest snake Toxicocalamus lamingtoni venomous
- Mt Rossel Forest Snake Toxicocalamus holopelturus venomous
- Mt Simpson Forest Snake Toxicocalamus mattisoni venomous
- Müller's Crown Snake Aspidomorphus muelleri venomous
- New Britain Keelback Tropidonophis dahlii
- New Guinea Bronzeback Dendrelaphis lineolatus
- Northern Death Adder Acanthophis praelongus venomous
- Northern New Guinea Keelback Tropidonophis mcdowelli
- Northern White-Lipped Python Leiopython albertisii
- Olive Sea Snake Aipysurus laevis venomous
- Olive Whipsnake Demansia olivacea venomous
- Ornate Sea Snake Hydrophis ornatus venomous
- Owen Stanley Range Forest Snake Toxicocalamus stanleyanus venomous
- Pacific Boa (carinata) Candoia carinata
- Panaeate Island Blindsnake Gerrhopilus addisoni
- Papuan Blacksnake Pseudechis papuanus venomous
- Papuan Olive Python Apodora papuana
- Papuan Spotted Python Antaresia papuensis
- Papuan Treesnake Dendrelaphis papuensis
- Papuan Whip Snake Demansia papuensis venomous
- Preuss's Forest Snake Toxicocalamus preussi venomous
- Purari Groundsnake Stegonotus aplini
- Pöch's groundsnake Stegonotus poechi
- Reticulate groundsnake Stegonotus reticulatus
- Richardson's mangrove snake Myron richardsonii
- Schlegel's Crown Snake Aspidomorphus schlegelii venomous
- Sepik Beaked Seasnake Hydrophis zweifeli venomous
- Slaty-grey snake Stegonotus australis
- Smooth-scaled Death Adder Acanthophis laevis venomous
- Solomon Island Ground Boa Candoia paulsoni
- Spotted Forest Snake Toxicocalamus spilolepidotus venomous
- Star Mountains Worm-Eating Snake Toxicocalamus ernstmayri venomous
- Striped Crown Snake Aspidomorphus lineaticollis venomous
- Striped forest snake Toxicocalamus vertebralis venomous
- Sudest Island Forest Snake Toxicocalamus mintoni venomous
- Timor Reef Snake Aipysurus fuscus venomous
- Torres Strait Blindsnake Anilios torresianus
- Toxicocalamus cratermontanus venomous
- Toxicocalamus longhagen venomous
- Toxicocalamus nigrescens venomous
- Toxicocalamus spilorhynchus venomous
- Tropidonophis dolasii
- White-tailed Blindsnake Anilios leucoproctus
- Woodlark Island Forest Snake Toxicocalamus longissimus venomous
- Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis venomous
- Yellow-faced Whipsnake (psammophis) Demansia psammophis venomous