Snakes of Uganda
119 snake species are recorded in Uganda - 42 venomous and 77 non-venomous, from 11 families.
- Ball Python Python regius
- 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
- Puff Adder Bitis arietans venomous
- Acuminate Bush Viper Atheris acuminata venomous
- African Banded Snake Chamaelycus fasciatus
- African Bush Viper Atheris squamigera venomous
- African Hairy Bush Viper Atheris hispida venomous
- African Rock Python Python sebae
- African Shovel-nosed Snake Scaphiophis albopunctatus
- African Snake-eater Polemon fulvicollis venomous
- African Tree Cobra Pseudohaje goldii venomous
- Angola blind snake Afrotyphlops angolensis
- Angolan Shovel-snout Prosymna ambigua
- Ashe's Spitting Cobra Naja ashei venomous
- Battersby's Green Snake Philothamnus battersbyi
- Beaked Skaapsteker Kladirostratus acutus
- Bequaert's Green Snake Philothamnus bequaerti
- Black-lined Green Snake Hapsidophrys lineatus
- Blandings Tree Snake Toxicodryas blandingii
- Blotched Blind Snake Afrotyphlops congestus
- Boaedon mendesi
- Brown Forest Cobra Naja subfulva venomous
- Brown House Snake (fuliginosus) Boaedon fuliginosus
- Butler's Two-headed Snake Chilorhinophis butleri venomous
- Cape Wolf Snake (capense) Lycophidion capense
- Central African Egg-eating Snake Dasypeltis fasciata
- Collared Snake-eater Polemon collaris venomous
- Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra
- Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis
- Common Night Adder Causus rhombeatus venomous
- Common Slug Eater Duberria lutrix
- Confusing Egg Eater Dasypeltis confusa
- Congo File Snake Limaformosa savorgnani
- Dull Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas unicolor venomous
- Eastern Snake-eater Polemon christyi venomous
- Egyptian Catsnake Telescopus obtusus
- Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper Echis pyramidum venomous
- Emerald Green Snake Philothamnus heterodermus
- Emerald Snake Hapsidophrys smaragdinus
- Emin Pasha's Worm Snake Leptotyphlops emini
- Equatorial File Snake Mehelya poensis
- Ethiopian Hook-nosed Snake Scaphiophis raffreyi
- Fierce Night Stalker Toxicodryas vexator
- Fischer's Cat Snake Toxicodryas pulverulenta
- Flat Wolf Snake Lycophidion laterale
- Flat-snouted Wolf Snake Lycophidion depressirostre
- Flowered Racer Platyceps florulentus
- Forest Cobra Naja melanoleuca venomous
- Forest Night Adder Causus lichtensteinii venomous
- Frade’s Brown House Snake Boaedon fradei
- Grauer’s Snake-eater Polemon graueri venomous
- Great Lakes Bush Viper Atheris nitschei venomous
- Green Night Adder Causus resimus venomous
- Grey-bellied Grass Snake Psammophylax variabilis
- Günther's Green Tree Snake Dipsadoboa unicolor
- Hughes' Green Snake Philothamnus hughesi
- Irregular Green Snake Philothamnus irregularis
- Jackson's Black Tree Snake Thrasops jacksonii
- Jackson's Centipede-eater Aparallactus jacksonii venomous
- Jameson's Mamba Dendroaspis jamesoni venomous
- Kirtland's Twig Snake Thelotornis kirtlandii venomous
- Large-eyed Green Treesnake Rhamnophis aethiopissa
- Lined Olympic Snake Psammophis lineatus venomous
- Lineolate Blind Snake Afrotyphlops lineolatus
- Link-marked Sand Snake Psammophis biseriatus venomous
- Loveridge's Garter Snake Elapsoidea loveridgei venomous
- Mocquard's African Ground Snake Gonionotophis brussauxi
- Mole Viper (aterrima) Atractaspis aterrima venomous
- Montane Egg-eater Dasypeltis atra
- Mopane Snake Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
- Olive Grass Racer Psammophis phillipsii venomous
- Olive House Snake (olivaceus) Boaedon olivaceus
- Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea
- Olive Whip Snake Psammophis mossambicus venomous
- Ornate Wolf Snake Lycophidion ornatum
- Pale-headed Forest Snake Buhoma depressiceps
- Palm Egg Eater Dasypeltis palmarum
- Peter's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons
- Pitman's Thread Snake Leptotyphlops pitmani
- Plumbeous Centipede Eater Aparallactus lunulatus venomous
- Radford's House Snake Boaedon radfordi
- Red Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus
- Red-Black Striped Snake Bothrophthalmus lineatus
- Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
- Rhinoceros Viper (nasicornis) Bitis nasicornis venomous
- Roux-Estève's Worm Snake Myriopholis rouxestevae
- Rufous Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis rostratus
- Rwanda Forest Green Snake Philothamnus ruandae
- Semiornate Smooth Snake Meizodon semiornatus
- Slender Green Snake Philothamnus heterolepidotus
- Small-eyed File Snake Mehelya stenophthalmus
- Smith's African Water Snake Grayia smithii
- Somali Giant Blind-snake Afrotyphlops brevis
- Southern Sahel Speckled Shovel-snout Prosymna greigerti
- Spotted Blind Snake Afrotyphlops punctatus
- Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
- Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus venomous
- Sternfeld's Beaked Snake Letheobia graueri
- Striped Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans venomous
- Sudanese Sand Snake Psammophis sudanensis venomous
- Tanganyika Sand Snake Psammophis tanganicus venomous
- Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus
- Tholloni's African Water Snake Grayia tholloni
- Thrasops aethiopissa
- Togo Skaapsteker Kladirostratus togoensis
- Uganda House Snake Hormonotus modestus
- Variable Burrowing Asp Atractaspis irregularis venomous
- Weiler's Tree Snake Dipsadoboa weileri
- Werner's Garter Snake Elapsoidea laticincta venomous
- Western Beaked Snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Western Crowned Snake Meizodon coronatus
- Western Forest Centipede-eater Aparallactus modestus venomous
- Western Green Snake Philothamnus angolensis
- Western Jackson’s Wolf Snake Lycophidion jacksoni
- Yellow-flanked Snake Crotaphopeltis degeni