Snakes of Tanzania
174 snake species are recorded in Tanzania - 62 venomous and 112 non-venomous, from 13 families.
- Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis venomous
- Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis venomous
- Boomslang Dispholidus typus venomous
- Egyptian Cobra Naja haje venomous
- Gaboon Viper Bitis gabonica venomous
- Green Mamba Dendroaspis angusticeps venomous
- Puff Adder Bitis arietans venomous
- Sand Boa Eryx colubrinus
- Twig Snake Thelotornis capensis venomous
- African Cobra Naja pallida venomous
- African Hairy Bush Viper Atheris hispida venomous
- African Rock Python Python sebae
- African Shovel-nosed Snake Scaphiophis albopunctatus
- Angola blind snake Afrotyphlops angolensis
- Angolan Garter Snake Elapsoidea semiannulata venomous
- Angolan Shovel-snout Prosymna ambigua
- Ashe's Spitting Cobra Naja ashei venomous
- Banded Shovel-snout Prosymna semifasciata
- Battersby's Green Snake Philothamnus battersbyi
- Beaked Skaapsteker Kladirostratus acutus
- Bibron's Burrowing Asp Atractaspis bibronii venomous
- Bicoloured blind skink Afrotyphlops nigrocandidus
- Black Centipede Eater Aparallactus guentheri venomous
- Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
- Black Garter Snake Elapsoidea nigra venomous
- Black Thread Snake Leptotyphlops nigricans
- Black-headed Micrelaps Micrelaps vaillanti venomous
- Black-lined Green Snake Hapsidophrys lineatus
- Black-tip Worm Snake Leptotyphlops nigroterminus
- 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
- Butler's Two-headed Snake Chilorhinophis butleri venomous
- Cape Centipede Eater Aparallactus capensis venomous
- Cape Wolf Snake (capense) Lycophidion capense
- Cape Wolf Snake (multimaculatum) Lycophidion multimaculatum
- 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
- Congo Two-headed Snake Chilorhinophis gerardi venomous
- Cross-barred Snake Dipsadoboa aulica
- Dull Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas unicolor venomous
- Dwarf Sand Snake Psammophis angolensis venomous
- East African Egg Eater Dasypeltis medici
- East African Shovel-snout Prosymna stuhlmanni
- Eastern Snake-eater Polemon christyi venomous
- Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake Psammophis orientalis venomous
- Eastern Vine Snake Thelotornis mossambicanus venomous
- Egyptian Catsnake Telescopus obtusus
- Emerald Green Snake Philothamnus heterodermus
- Emerald Snake Hapsidophrys smaragdinus
- Emin Pasha's Worm Snake Leptotyphlops emini
- Fierce Night Stalker Toxicodryas vexator
- Flat-snouted Wolf Snake Lycophidion depressirostre
- Forest Cobra Naja melanoleuca venomous
- Forest Marsh Snake Natriciteres sylvatica
- Goggle-eyed Worm Snake Leptotyphlops macrops
- Great Lakes Bush Viper Atheris nitschei venomous
- Green Night Adder Causus resimus venomous
- Green Water Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster
- Grey-bellied Grass Snake Psammophylax variabilis
- Günther's Green Tree Snake Dipsadoboa unicolor
- Günther’s Garter Snake Elapsoidea guentherii venomous
- Howell's Worm Snake Leptotyphlops howelli
- Ionides' Worm Snake Myriopholis ionidesi
- Irregular Green Snake Philothamnus irregularis
- Jackson's Black Tree Snake Thrasops jacksonii
- Jackson's Centipede-eater Aparallactus jacksonii venomous
- Kageler’s Tree Snake Dipsadoboa kageleri
- Katanga Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas katangensis venomous
- Kenya Beaked Snake Rhinotyphlops unitaeniatus
- Kenya Two-headed Snake Micrelaps bicoloratus venomous
- Kenyan striped skaapsteker Psammophylax multisquamis
- Kirtland's Twig Snake Thelotornis kirtlandii venomous
- Leptotyphlops ionidesi
- Lesser African Python Python natalensis
- Lined Olympic Snake Psammophis lineatus venomous
- Lineolate Blind Snake Afrotyphlops lineolatus
- Link-marked Sand Snake Psammophis biseriatus venomous
- Liwale Blind-snake Afrotyphlops tanganicanus
- Loveridge's Garter Snake Elapsoidea loveridgei venomous
- Lowland Swamp Viper Proatheris superciliaris venomous
- Matilda's Horned Viper Atheris matildae venomous
- Mbanja Worm Snake Leptotyphlops mbanjensis
- Merker's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops merkeri
- Mole Snake Pseudaspis cana
- Mole Viper (aterrima) Atractaspis aterrima venomous
- Montane Egg-eater Dasypeltis atra
- Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
- Mozambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica venomous
- Mozambique Wolf Snake Lycophidion acutirostre
- Mpwapwa Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas dimidiata venomous
- Mt Rungwe Bush Viper Atheris rungweensis venomous
- Multi-scaled Shovel-snout Prosymna pitmani
- Northern Bark Snake Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii
- Northern Marbled Nocturnal Tree Snake Dipsadoboa flavida
- Olive Grass Racer Psammophis phillipsii venomous
- Olive House Snake (inornatus) Lycodonomorphus inornatus
- Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea
- Olive Whip Snake Psammophis mossambicus venomous
- Ornate Green Snake Philothamnus ornatus
- Ornate Shovel-snout Prosymna ornatissima
- Ornate Wolf Snake Lycophidion ornatum
- Pemba Gracile Blind-snake Letheobia pembana
- Pemba Wolf Snake Lycophidion pembanum
- Pemba Worm Snake Leptotyphlops pembae
- Peter's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons
- Peters' Burrowing Asp Atractaspis fallax venomous
- Plumbeous Centipede Eater Aparallactus lunulatus venomous
- Red Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Red-snouted Wolf Snake Lycophidion uzungwense
- Rhinoceros Viper (nasicornis) Bitis nasicornis venomous
- Ringed Water Cobra Naja annulata venomous
- Rondo Worm Snake Afrotyphlops rondoensis
- Rufous Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis rostratus
- Rukwa Sand Racer Psammophis rukwae venomous
- Ruspoli's Shovelsnout Snake Prosymna ruspolii
- Schlegel's Giant Blind Snake Afrotyphlops schlegelii
- Semiornate Smooth Snake Meizodon semiornatus
- Shire Slug Eater Duberria shirana
- Short Racer Platyceps brevis
- Shreve's Tree Snake Dipsadoboa shrevei
- Slender Green Snake Philothamnus heterolepidotus
- Smith's African Water Snake Grayia smithii
- Snouted Night Adder Causus defilippii venomous
- Southwestern Forest Marsh Snake Natriciteres bipostocularis
- Speckled Sand Racer Psammophis punctulatus venomous
- Speckled Wolf Snake Lycophidion meleagre
- Spotted Blind Snake Afrotyphlops punctatus
- Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
- Spotted Green Snake Philothamnus punctatus
- Sternfeld's Beaked Snake Letheobia graueri
- Striped Bark Snake Hemirhagerrhis kelleri
- Striped Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans venomous
- Striped Skaapsteker Psammophylax tritaeniatus
- Swahili Gracile Blind-snake Letheobia swahilica
- Tanga Worm Snake Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus
- Tanganyika Sand Snake Psammophis tanganicus venomous
- Tanganyika Water Snake Lycodonomorphus bicolor
- Tanzanian Grass Snake Psammophylax kellyi
- Taylor's Wolf Snake Lycophidion taylori
- Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus
- Tholloni's African Water Snake Grayia tholloni
- Tiger Cat Snake Telescopus semiannulatus
- Tornier's Cat Snake Crotaphopeltis tornieri
- Two-lined Night Adder Causus bilineatus venomous
- Uluguru Forest Snake Buhoma procterae
- Uluguru Gracile Blind-snake Letheobia uluguruensis
- Unicolor File Snake Limaformosa chanleri
- Urungu Beaked Snake Letheobia gracilis
- Usambara Blind-snake Afrotyphlops usambaricus
- Usambara Centipede-eater Aparallactus werneri venomous
- Usambara Eyelash Viper Atheris ceratophora venomous
- Usambara Forest Snake Buhoma vauerocegae
- Usambara Green Snake Philothamnus macrops
- Usambara Spotted Worm Snake Afrotyphlops gierrai
- Usambara Vine Snake Thelotornis usambaricus venomous
- Uzungwe Mountain Bush Viper Atheris barbouri venomous
- Variable Burrowing Asp Atractaspis irregularis venomous
- Variable Marsh Snake (pembana) Natriciteres pembana
- Werner's Green Tree Snake Dipsadoboa werneri
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Green Snake Philothamnus angolensis
- Western Jackson’s Wolf Snake Lycophidion jacksoni
- Whyte's Water Snake Lycodonomorphus whytii
- Wormlike Beaked Snake Letheobia lumbriciformis
- Yellow-flanked Snake Crotaphopeltis degeni
- Zanzibar Beaked Snake Letheobia pallida