Snakes of South Africa
124 snake species are recorded in South Africa - 55 venomous and 69 non-venomous, from 12 families.
- Ball Python Python regius
- 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 Garter Snake Elapsoidea sundevallii venomous
- African Rock Python Python sebae
- Albany Adder Bitis albanica venomous
- Angolan Garter Snake Elapsoidea semiannulata venomous
- Angolan Shovel-snout Prosymna ambigua
- Aurora House Snake Lamprophis aurora
- Beaked Burrowing Asp Atractaspis duerdeni venomous
- Bibron's Blind Snake Afrotyphlops bibronii
- Bibron's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis bibronii venomous
- Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
- Black Thread Snake Leptotyphlops nigricans
- Boaedon mendesi
- Boulenger's Garter Snake Elapsoidea boulengeri venomous
- Brahminy Blindsnake Indotyphlops braminus
- Brown Forest Cobra Naja subfulva venomous
- Brown House Snake (capensis) Boaedon capensis
- Brown House Snake (fuliginosus) Boaedon fuliginosus
- Brown Water Snake (rufulus) Lycodonomorphus rufulus
- Bug-eyed House Snake Boaedon mentalis
- Cape Centipede Eater Aparallactus capensis venomous
- Cape Cobra Naja nivea venomous
- Cape Sand Snake Psammophis leightoni venomous
- Cape Thread Snake (conjunctus) Leptotyphlops conjunctus
- Cape Wolf Snake (capense) Lycophidion capense
- 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
- Coral Shield Cobra Aspidelaps lubricus venomous
- Cream-spotted Mountain Snake Montaspis gilvomaculata
- Cross-barred Snake Dipsadoboa aulica
- Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops lalandei
- Desert Mountain Adder Bitis xeropaga venomous
- Distant's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops distanti
- Dusky-bellied Water Snake Lycodonomorphus laevissimus
- Dwarf Beaked Snake Dipsina multimaculata
- Dwarf Puff Adder Bitis peringueyi venomous
- Dwarf Sand Snake Psammophis angolensis venomous
- East African Egg Eater Dasypeltis medici
- East African Shovel-snout Prosymna stuhlmanni
- Eastern Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas microphthalma venomous
- Fisk's House Snake Lamprophis fiskii
- Floodplain Water Snake Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris
- Forest Cobra Naja melanoleuca venomous
- Forest Marsh Snake Natriciteres sylvatica
- Forest Thread Snake Leptotyphlops sylvicolus
- Fornasini's Blind Snake Afrotyphlops fornasinii
- Green Water Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster
- Horned Adder Bitis caudalis venomous
- Incognito Thread Snake Leptotyphlops incognitus
- Jacobsen's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops jacobseni
- Jalla's Sand Snake Psammophis jallae venomous
- Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata venomous
- Kirtland's Twig Snake Thelotornis kirtlandii venomous
- Lesser African Python Python natalensis
- Lined Shovel-snout Prosymna lineata
- Long-tailed Thread Snake Myriopholis longicauda
- Many-horned Adder Bitis cornuta venomous
- Many-spotted Snake Amplorhinus multimaculatus
- Mole Snake Pseudaspis cana
- Montane Grass Snake Psammophis crucifer venomous
- Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
- Mountain Adder Bitis atropos venomous
- Mozambique Shovel-snout Prosymna janii
- Mozambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica venomous
- Namaqua Dwarf Adder Bitis schneideri venomous
- Natal Black Snake Macrelaps microlepidotus venomous
- Natal Green Snake Philothamnus natalensis
- Natal Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas concolor venomous
- Olive House Snake (inornatus) Lycodonomorphus inornatus
- Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea
- Olive Whip Snake Psammophis mossambicus venomous
- Peter's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons
- Plain Mountain Adder Bitis inornata venomous
- Plumbeous Centipede Eater Aparallactus lunulatus venomous
- Pygmy Wolf Snake Lycophidion pygmaeum
- Red Adder Bitis rubida venomous
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Rhombic Skaapsteker Psammophylax rhombeatus
- Ringhals Hemachatus haemachatus venomous
- Rufous Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis rostratus
- Sabi Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus sabiensis venomous
- Schinz's Beaked Blind Snake Rhinotyphlops schinzi
- Schlegel's Giant Blind Snake Afrotyphlops schlegelii
- Schmidt's blind-snake Afrotyphlops schmidti
- Semiornate Smooth Snake Meizodon semiornatus
- Short-snouted Grass Snake Psammophis brevirostris venomous
- Slender Quill-snouted Snake Xenocalamus bicolor venomous
- Slender Thread Snake Namibiana gracilior
- Snouted Cobra Naja annulifera venomous
- Snouted Night Adder Causus defilippii venomous
- Southern Adder Bitis armata venomous
- Southern Brown Egg Eater Dasypeltis inornata
- Southern Shovel-snout Prosymna sundevalli
- Southwestern Shovel-snout Prosymna frontalis
- Speckled Shield Cobra Aspidelaps scutatus venomous
- Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
- Spotted Harlequin Snake Homoroselaps lacteus venomous
- Spotted House Snake Lamprophis guttatus
- Spotted Slug Eater Duberria variegata
- Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Psammophis subtaeniatus venomous
- Striped Harlequin Snake Homoroselaps dorsalis venomous
- Striped Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans venomous
- Striped Skaapsteker Psammophylax tritaeniatus
- Swazi Rock Snake Inyoka swazicus
- Tiger Cat Snake Telescopus semiannulatus
- Transvaal Quillsnout Snake Xenocalamus transvaalensis venomous
- Two-striped Shovel-snout Prosymna bivittata
- Variegated Wolf Snake Lycophidion variegatum
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Natal Green Snake Philothamnus occidentalis
- Western Sand Snake Psammophis trigrammus venomous
- Western Thread Snake Namibiana occidentalis
- Whip Snake Psammophis notostictus venomous
- Yellow-bellied House Snake Lamprophis fuscus