Snakes of Peru
218 snake species are recorded in Peru - 40 venomous and 178 non-venomous, from 9 families.
- Amazon Tree Boa Corallus hortulana
- Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor
- Bushmaster Lachesis muta venomous
- Emerald Tree Boa Corallus caninus
- Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus
- Rainbow Boa Epicrates cenchria
- Aesculapian False Coral Snake Erythrolamprus aesculapii
- Almaden Ground Snake Erythrolamprus almadensis
- Amazon Banded Snake Rhinobothryum lentiginosum
- Amazon Basin Tree Snake Imantodes lentiferus
- Amazon Coastal House Snake Thamnodynastes pallidus
- Amazon Coral Snake Micrurus spixii venomous
- Amazon False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus rhombifer
- Amazon False Fer-de-lance Xenodon severus
- Amazon Puffing Snake Spilotes sulphureus
- Amazon Tropical Forest Snake Erythrolamprus pygmaeus
- Amazon Water Snake Hydrops martii
- Andean Blackback Coral Snake Micrurus narduccii venomous
- Andean Lancehead Bothrocophias andianus venomous
- Andean Racer Pseudalsophis elegans
- Annellated Coral Snake Micrurus annellatus venomous
- Apostolepis collaris
- Apurímac Woodland Racer Drymoluber apurimacensis
- Aquatic Coral Snake Micrurus surinamensis venomous
- Atractus natans
- Atractus pachacamac
- Atractus paulus
- Banded Cat-eyed Snake (annulata) Leptodeira annulata
- Barnett's Lancehead Bothrops barnetti venomous
- Basin Ground Snake Atractus poeppigi
- Basin Worm Snake Amerotyphlops minuisquamus
- Bassler's Snake Eutrachelophis bassleri
- Bates' Tree Boa Corallus batesii
- Beautiful calico snake Oxyrhopus formosus
- Bev Ridgely’s Snail-Eater Sibon bevridgelyi
- Bibron's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus doliatus
- Big Ground Snake Atractus major
- Black False Boa Pseudoboa nigra
- Black Ground Snake Atractus elaps
- Black-collared Snake Drepanoides anomalus
- Black-headed Ground Snake Atractus nigricauda
- Bocourt's Ground Snake Atractus bocourti
- Boddaert's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas boddaerti
- Boie's Ground Snake Atractus badius
- Bolivian Burrowing Snake Apostolepis dorbignyi
- Bolivian Coral Snake (obscurus) Micrurus obscurus venomous
- Bothrops monsignifer venomous
- Bothrops sonene venomous
- Boulenger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus marcapatae
- Brazil's Lancehead Bothrops brazili venomous
- Brazilian False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus trigeminus
- Broadhead Ground Snake Atractus latifrons
- Brongersma's Worm Snake Amerotyphlops brongersmianus
- Brown Sipo Chironius fuscus
- Brown Vinesnake Oxybelis aeneus
- Capistrata Centipede Snake Tantilla capistrata
- Catesby's Snail-eater Dipsas catesbyi
- Central American Indigo Snake Drymarchon melanurus
- Central Sipo (quadricarinatus) Chironius quadricarinatus
- Coal Snake Pseudoboa neuwiedii
- Collared Ground Snake Atractus collaris
- Common Green Racer Chlorosoma viridissimum
- Common Peru Blind Snake Epictia diaplocia
- Cope's Ground Snake Atractus microrhynchus
- Cope's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pulchriceps
- Copper Parrot Snake Leptophis cupreus
- Coral Cylinder Snakes Anilius scytale
- Crowned False Boa Pseudoboa coronata
- Dark Blind Snake Epictia melanura
- Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake Stenorrhina degenhardtii
- Desert Coral Snake Micrurus tschudii venomous
- Desert Lancehead Bothrops pictus venomous
- Diurnal Vine Snake Xenoxybelis argenteus
- Drab Ground Snake Erythrolamprus festae
- Dunn's Tree Snake Dipsas vagrans
- Ecuador Coral Snake Micrurus bocourti venomous
- Ecuador Sipo Chironius grandisquamis
- Ecuador Snail-eater Dipsas oreas
- El Oro Snail Eater Dipsas bobridgelyi
- Emmel's Ground Snake Atractus emmeli
- Epictia alfredschmidti
- Epictia septemlineata
- Epictia striatula
- Epictia vanwallachi
- Epictia venegasi
- Epictia vonmayi
- Equatorial Mussurana Clelia equatoriana
- Erdis' False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus erdisii
- Erythrolamprus andinus
- Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus
- Erythrolamprus epinephelus
- Erythrolamprus fraseri
- Erythrolamprus janaleeae
- Erythrolamprus oligolepis
- Erythrolamprus taeniogaster
- Fer-de-Lance Bothrops atrox venomous
- Fiddle-string Snake Imantodes cenchoa
- Fitzinger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus fitzingeri
- Flaming Ground Snake Atractus flammigerus
- Forest Racer Dendrophidion bivittatus
- García's Blind Snake Epictia antoniogarciai
- Green Jararaca Bothrops bilineatus venomous
- Grey Ground Snake Atractus occipitoalbus
- Guibe's Flame Snake Oxyrhopus guibei
- Günther's False Coral Snake Erythrolamprus guentheri
- Günther's Forest Racer Dendrophidion brunneum
- Hagmann's Keelback Helicops hagmanni
- Heath's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas heathii
- Hemprich's Coral Snake Micrurus hemprichii venomous
- Hensel's Snake Ditaxodon taeniatus
- Hognose Lancehead Bothrocophias hyoprora venomous
- Hudson's Coffee Snake Ninia hudsoni
- Impostor Flame-Snake Oxyrhopus vanidicus
- Inca Forest Pit Viper (chloromelas) Bothrops chloromelas venomous
- Inca Forest Pit Viper (oligolepis) Bothrops oligolepis venomous
- Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais
- Inkaterra Vine Snake Oxybelis inkaterra
- James Peters's Snail-eater Dipsas jamespetersi
- Jan's Tree Snake Dipsas vagus
- Klauber's Blind Snake Epictia subcrotilla
- Langsdorff's Coral Snake Micrurus langsdorffi venomous
- Lichtenstein's Green Racer Philodryas olfersii venomous
- Linnaeus' Sipo Chironius exoletus
- Little-scaled Ground Snake Atractus pauciscutatus
- Lojan Lancehead Bothrocophias lojanus venomous
- Lonely Spotbelly-Snake Coniophanes longinquus
- Mangrove Snak Erythrolamprus cobella
- Mastigodryas reticulatus
- Mato Grosso Lancehead Bothrops mattogrossensis venomous
- Mertens' Coral Snake Micrurus mertensi venomous
- Mexican Blind Snake Anomalepis mexicana
- Military Ground Snake Erythrolamprus miliaris
- Modest Ground Snake Atractus modestus
- Mountain Keelback Helicops angulatus
- Mountain Shadow Snake Synophis insulomontanus
- Mountain Sipo Chironius monticola
- Neckband Ground Snake Atractus torquatus
- Neotropical Snail-eater (indica) Dipsas indica
- Norman's Keelback Helicops polylepis
- Northeastern Puffing Snake Phrynonax polylepis
- Northern Calico Snake Oxyrhopus occipitalis
- Northern Snail-eater Dipsas pavonina
- Northern Woodland Racer Drymoluber dichrous
- O'Neill's Tree Snake Dipsas oneilli
- Olive Forest Racer Dendrophidion dendrophis
- Ornate Coralsnake Micrurus ornatissimus venomous
- Osborne's Lancehead Bothrops osbornei venomous
- Oswaldo Báez’ Snail-Eater Dipsas oswaldobaezi
- Pachacamac Ground Snake Atractus snethlageae
- Palmer’s Snail-Eater Dipsas palmeri
- Panama Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis cervinus
- Parker's Ground Snake Atractus carrioni
- Parrot Snake Leptophis ahaetulla
- Peru Blind Snake Epictia peruviana
- Peru Burrowing Snake Apostolepis nigroterminata
- Peru Coral Snake Micrurus peruvianus venomous
- Peru Ground Snake Atractus peruvianus
- Peru Keelback Helicops yacu
- Peru Slender Snake Tachymenis peruviana venomous
- Peru Snail-eater Dipsas peruana
- Peruvian Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira larcorum
- Peters' Running Snake Coniophanes dromiciformis
- Pigmy Black-backed Coralsnake Micrurus scutiventris venomous
- Problem Ground Snake Arcanumophis problematicus
- Putumayo Coral Snake Micrurus putumayensis venomous
- Red-lined Blind Snake Epictia rubrolineata
- Rio Tropical Racer Palusophis bifossatus
- Rose Blind Snake Epictia rufidorsa
- Roule's Ground Snake Atractus roulei
- Royal Ground Snake Erythrolamprus reginae
- Schmidt's Green Racer Incaspis tachymenoides
- Schunk's Snail-eater Dipsas schunkii
- Short Ground Snake Erythrolamprus breviceps
- Short-nosed Groundsnake Taeniophallus brevirostris
- Shreve's Keelback Helicops pastazae
- Shropshire's Puffing Snake Phrynonax shropshirei
- Simon's Racer Incaspis simonsii
- Sipo (carinatus) Chironius carinatus
- Slender Coral Snake Micrurus filiformis venomous
- Slender Snake Tachymenis tarmensis venomous
- Small-eyed Toadhead Bothrocophias microphthalmus venomous
- South American Coral Snake Micrurus lemniscatus venomous
- South American Pond Snake (plicatilis) Pseudoeryx plicatilis
- South American Sipo (multiventris) Chironius multiventris
- Southern Sharpnose Snake Xenoxybelis boulengeri
- Speckled Coral Snake (margaritiferus) Micrurus margaritiferus venomous
- Speckled Forest Pit Viper Bothrops taeniatus venomous
- Steindachner's Coral Snake Micrurus steindachneri venomous
- Taczanowsky's Dwarf Boa Tropidophis taczanowskyi
- Taeniophallus occipitalis
- Tantilla tjiasmantoi
- Taylor's Peru Blind Snake Anomalepis aspinosus
- Teague's Northern Blind Snake Epictia teaguei
- Thamnodynastes silvai
- Thin Ground Snake Erythrolamprus taeniurus
- Three-colored Blind Snake Epictia tricolor
- Tikuna coralsnake Micrurus tikuna venomous
- Triangle Water Snake Hydrops triangularis
- Tropical Flat Snake Siphlophis compressus
- Tschudi's Blind Snake Epictia tesselata
- Tschudi's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus melanogenys
- Tucuman Threadsnake Epictia albipuncta
- Two-colored Mussurana Mussurana bicolor
- Variegated Snail-eater Dipsas variegata
- Velvet Swampsnake Erythrolamprus typhlus
- Vermiculate Snail-eater Dipsas vermiculata
- Vertebral Ground Snake Atractus vertebralis
- Wagler's Blind Snake Epictia albifrons
- Wagler's Sipo Chironius scurrulus
- Welborn’s Snail-eating Snake Dipsas welborni
- Werner's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus leucomelas
- White-banded Coral Snake Micrurus albicinctus venomous
- Williams' Tree Snake Dipsas williamsi
- Worontzow's Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis worontzowi
- Wucherer's Ground Snake Xenopholis scalaris
- Yellow-bellied Snake Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus
- Yellow-headed Sipo Chironius leucometapus
- Yellowbelly Snake Coniophanes fissidens