Snakes of Sri Lanka
106 snake species are recorded in Sri Lanka - 36 venomous and 70 non-venomous, from 10 families.
- Indian Cobra Naja naja venomous
- Saw-scaled Viper Echis carinatus venomous
- Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Hydrophis platurus venomous
- Annulated Sea Snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus venomous
- Arabian Gulf Sea Snake Hydrophis lapemoides venomous
- Banded Krait Bungarus fasciatus venomous
- Banded Kukri Oligodon arnensis
- Banded Racer (fasciolatus) Lycodon fasciolatus
- Barnes’s Cat Snake Boiga barnesii venomous
- Barred Wolf Snake Lycodon striatus
- Black-banded Sea Snake Hydrophis nigrocinctus venomous
- Blood-bellied Coralsnake Calliophis haematoetron venomous
- Blossom Krait Rhabdophis ceylonensis venomous
- Blyth's earth snake Rhinophis blythii
- Boie's Rough-sided Snake Aspidura brachyorrhos
- Bombay Sea Snake Hydrophis mamillaris venomous
- Boulenger's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis bifrenalis
- Boulenger's Keelback (asperrimus) Fowlea asperrimus
- Brown-speckled Whipsnake Ahaetulla pulverulenta
- Buff Striped Keelback Amphiesma stolatum
- Calamaria Reed Snake Liopeltis calamaria
- Ceylon Keelback Aspidura ceylonensis
- Ceylon Krait Bungarus ceylonicus venomous
- Ceylon Pit Viper Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus venomous
- Ceylon Wolf Snake Lycodon carinatus
- Ceylonese Cylinder Snake Cylindrophis maculatus
- Checkered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator
- Chequered Keelback Fowlea piscator
- Chestnut Worm Snake Indotyphlops tenebrarum
- Collared Sea Snake Hydrophis stricticollis venomous
- Common Bronzeback Dendrelaphis schokari
- Common Cat Snake Boiga trigonata venomous
- Common Krait Bungarus caeruleus venomous
- Common Rough-sided Snake Aspidura trachyprocta
- Common sea krait Laticauda laticaudata venomous
- Common Seasnake Hydrophis schistosus venomous
- Common Wolf Snake (aulicus) Lycodon aulicus
- Cope's Rough-side Aspidura copei
- Daudin's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis tristis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Deraniyagala's Earth Snake Rhinophis tricoloratus
- Drummond-hay's Earth Snake Rhinophis drummondhayi
- Drummond-Hay's Rough-sided Snake Aspidura drummondhayi
- Duméril's Kukri Snake Oligodon sublineatus
- Eastern Russel's Viper Daboia siamensis venomous
- Eranga Viraj's Shieldtail Snake Rhinophis erangaviraji
- Estuarine Sea Snake Hydrophis obscurus venomous
- Forsten's Cat Snake Boiga forsteni venomous
- Gerard's water snake Gerarda prevostiana
- Golden Flying Snake Chrysopelea ornata
- Gray's Earth Snake Rhinophis melanogaster
- Green Vine Snake (nasuta) Ahaetulla nasuta
- Gunther's Bronzeback Tree Snake Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus
- Günther's Rough-sided Snake Aspidura guentheri
- Hump-nosed Moccasin Hypnale hypnale venomous
- Indian Flying Snake Chrysopelea taprobanica
- Indian Rock Python Python molurus
- Jan's Worm Snake Gerrhopilus mirus
- Jerdon's Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis subpunctatus
- Jerdon's Sea Snake Hydrophis jerdonii venomous
- Large Shieldtail Snake Rhinophis saffragamus
- Lead Keelback Rhabdophis plumbicolor venomous
- Loos Snake Oligodon taeniolatus
- Malcolm's Worm Snake Indotyphlops malcolmi
- Matale Shieldtail Rhinophis gunasekarai
- Mendis' Shieldtail Rhinophis mendisi
- Müller's Earth Snake Rhinophis punctatus
- Olive Keelback Wart Snake Atretium schistosum
- Oliver's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis oliveri
- Oriental Ratsnake Ptyas mucosa
- Ornate Sea Snake Hydrophis ornatus venomous
- Peters' Philippine Earth Snake Rhinophis philippinus
- Peters' Sea Snake Hydrophis bituberculatus venomous
- Phillipps' Earth Snake Rhinophis phillipsi
- Pied Worm Snake Indotyphlops leucomelas
- Plain Seasnake Hydrophis inornatus venomous
- Polkadot Earth Snake Rhinophis dorsimaculatus
- Ravana's Rough-side Snake Aspidura ravanai
- Reed-like Kukri Snake Oligodon calamarius
- Roshan Perera's Shieldtail Rhinophis roshanpererai
- Rough-tailed Sand Boa Eryx conicus
- Russell's Viper Daboia russelii venomous
- Schneider's Earth Snake Rhinophis oxyrhynchus
- Short Sea Snake Hydrophis curtus venomous
- Sinharaja tree snake Dendrelaphis effrenis
- Sri Lanka Cat Snake Boiga ceylonensis venomous
- Sri Lanka Humpnose Viper Hypnale nepa venomous
- Sri Lanka Rough-sided Snake Aspidura deraniyagalae
- Sri Lanka Worm Snake Indotyphlops lankaensis
- Sri Lanka Worm Snake (ceylonicus) Gerrhopilus ceylonicus
- Sri Lankan Bridle Snake Lycodon chithrasekarai
- Stoke's Seasnake Hydrophis stokesii venomous
- Striped Rhinophis Rhinophis lineatus
- Travancore Hills Thorntail Snake Platyplectrurus madurensis
- Trevelyan's Earth Snake Rhinophis homolepis
- Trinket Snake Coelognathus helena
- Vedda Worm Snake Indotyphlops veddae
- Vellore Bridal Snake Lycodon nympha
- Violet Worm Snake Indotyphlops violaceus
- Viperine Sea Snake Hydrophis viperinus venomous
- Wickramasinghes Bronzeback Dendrelaphis wickrorum
- Willey's Earth Snake Rhinophis porrectus
- Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis venomous
- Yellow-lipped Sea Krait Laticauda colubrina venomous
- Zara Hypnale zara venomous
- Zigzag Rhinophis Rhinophis zigzag