Snakes of Venezuela

168 snake species are recorded in Venezuela - 27 venomous and 141 non-venomous, from 8 families.

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• 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
• Aleman's Snail-eater Plesiodipsas perijanensis
• Amaral's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas amarali
• 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 Fer-de-lance Xenodon severus
• Amazon Tropical Forest Snake Erythrolamprus pygmaeus
• Amazon Water Snake Hydrops martii
• Aruba Island Rattlesnake Crotalus unicolor venomous
• Ashmead's Banded Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira ashmeadii
• Atractus acheronius
• Atractus ayeush
• Atractus heyeri
• Atractus insipidus
• Atractus matthewi
• Atractus meridensis
• Atractus micheleae
• Atractus multidentatus
• Atractus steyermarki
• Atractus tamessari
• Atractus taphorni
• Atractus turikensis
• Atractus vittatus
• Baker's Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira bakeri
• Banded Cat-eyed Snake (annulata) Leptodeira annulata
• Bibron's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus doliatus
• Big Ground Snake Atractus major
• Big-scaled Blind Snake Trilepida macrolepis
• Black Blind Snake (fallax) Epictia fallax
• Black Milksnake Lampropeltis micropholis
• Boddaert's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas boddaerti
• Brongersma's Worm Snake Amerotyphlops brongersmianus
• Brown Rainbow Boa Epicrates maurus
• Brown Sipo Chironius fuscus
• Brown Vinesnake Oxybelis aeneus
• Capuchin coral snake Micrurus dumerilii venomous
• Carib Coral Snake Micrurus psyches venomous
• Cascabel Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus venomous
• Catesby's Snail-eater Dipsas catesbyi
• Central American Indigo Snake Drymarchon melanurus
• Coal Snake Pseudoboa neuwiedii
• Common Green Racer Chlorosoma viridissimum
• Cope's Snail-eater Dipsas copei
• Cope's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pulchriceps
• Copper Parrot Snake Leptophis cupreus
• Coral Cylinder Snakes Anilius scytale
• Crowned False Boa Pseudoboa coronata
• Dainty Blind Snake Trilepida dimidiata
• Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake Stenorrhina degenhardtii
• Diurnal Vine Snake Xenoxybelis argenteus
• Dormilona Corallus ruschenbergerii
• Emigdio's Ground Snake Atractus emigdioi
• Epictia hobartsmithi
• Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus
• Erythrolamprus epinephelus
• Erythrolamprus ingeri
• Erythrolamprus oligolepis
• Erythrolamprus trebbaui
• Estado Falcón Worm Snake Amerotyphlops lehneri
• Falcon indigo snake Drymarchon caudomaculatus
• False Coral Snake Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus
• Fer-de-Lance Bothrops atrox venomous
• Fer-de-lance Bothrops asper venomous
• Fiddle-string Snake Imantodes cenchoa
• Goudot's Black Blind Snake Epictia goudotii
• Green Jararaca Bothrops bilineatus venomous
• Guaiquinima Bush Racer Philodryas cordata venomous
• Hagmann's Keelback Helicops hagmanni
• Hallowell's Coffee Snake Ninia atrata
• Hallowell's Ground Snake Atractus fuliginosus
• Hemprich's Coral Snake Micrurus hemprichii venomous
• Herrmann's Water Snake Hydrodynastes bicinctus venomous
• Impostor Flame-Snake Oxyrhopus vanidicus
• Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais
• Ladder Keelback Helicops scalaris
• Lancini's Ground Snake Atractus lancinii
• Lichtenstein's Green Racer Philodryas olfersii venomous
• Lined Ground Snake Lygophis lineatus
• Margarita Indigo Snake Drymarchon margaritae
• Maringma Tepui Sipo Chironius challenger
• Marisela's Ground Snake Atractus mariselae
• Merida Coral Snake Micrurus meridensis venomous
• Mertens' Tropical Forest Snake Erythrolamprus mertensi
• Military Ground Snake Erythrolamprus miliaris
• Mountain Keelback Helicops angulatus
• Mountain Sipo Chironius monticola
• Natterer's Coral Snake Micrurus nattereri venomous
• Neblina coralsnake Micrurus remotus venomous
• Neckband Ground Snake Atractus torquatus
• Neotropical Snail-eater (indica) Dipsas indica
• Neotropical Whip Snake Masticophis mentovarius
• Northeastern Puffing Snake Phrynonax polylepis
• Northern Calico Snake Oxyrhopus occipitalis
• Northern Snail-eater Dipsas pavonina
• Northern Woodland Racer Drymoluber dichrous
• Olive Forest Racer Dendrophidion dendrophis
• Oliver's Parrot Snake (coeruleodorsus) Leptophis coeruleodorsus
• Pacaraima coral snake Micrurus pacaraimae venomous
• Pacific Longtail Snake Enulius flavitorques
• Pamplona Ground Snake Atractus pamplonensis
• Panama Spotted Night Snake Siphlophis cervinus
• Parrot Snake Leptophis ahaetulla
• Peru Snail-eater Dipsas peruana
• Peters' Forest Racer Dendrophidion nuchale
• Plee's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pleii
• Pratt's Snail-eater Dipsas pratti
• Pygmy Coral Snake Micrurus dissoleucus venomous
• Red-black Ground Snake Atractus erythromelas
• Red-headed Glasstail Urotheca fulviceps
• Redtail Coral Snake Micrurus mipartitus venomous
• Reticulate Worm Snake Amerotyphlops reticulatus
• Ringed Centipede Snake Tantilla semicincta
• Rio Tropical Racer Palusophis bifossatus
• Rivero's Ground Snake Atractus riveroi
• Royal Ground Snake Erythrolamprus reginae
• Rutherford's Brown Vine Snake Oxybelis rutherfordi
• Savannah Racer Erythrolamprus aenigma
• Seven-striped Blind Snake Siagonodon septemstriatus
• Shaw's Dark Ground Snake Erythrolamprus melanotus
• Shreve's Keelback Helicops pastazae
• Shropshire's Puffing Snake Phrynonax shropshirei
• Sipo (carinatus) Chironius carinatus
• South American Blind Snake (amazonica) Epictia amazonica
• South American Blind Snake (signata) Epictia signata
• South American Coral Snake Micrurus lemniscatus venomous
• South American Forest Racer Dendrophidion percarinatum
• South American Pond Snake (plicatilis) Pseudoeryx plicatilis
• South American Pond Snake (relictualis) Pseudoeryx relictualis
• South American Sipo (multiventris) Chironius multiventris
• South American Sipo (septentrionalis) Chironius septentrionalis
• Speckled Forest Pit Viper Bothrops taeniatus venomous
• Speckled Ground Snake Atractus ventrimaculatus
• Spix's Sipo Chironius spixii
• Taeniophallus nebularis
• Thamnodynastes dixoni
• Three-lined Ground Snake Atractus trilineatus
• Triangle Water Snake Hydrops triangularis
• Trinidad coralsnake Micrurus diutius venomous
• Trinidad Northern Coral Snake Micrurus circinalis venomous
• Tropical Flat Snake Siphlophis compressus
• Troschel's Pampas Snake Phimophis guianensis
• Tucuman Threadsnake Epictia albipuncta
• Uracoan Rattlesnake Crotalus vegrandis venomous
• Urotheca multilineata
• Variegated Snail-eater Dipsas variegata
• Velvet Swampsnake Erythrolamprus typhlus
• Velvety Swamp Snake Erythrolamprus torrenicola
• Venezuela Blind Snake Trilepida affinis
• Venezuela Coral Snake Micrurus isozonus venomous
• Venezuela Forest Pit Viper Bothrops medusa venomous
• Venezuela Ground Snake Atractus duidensis
• Venezuela Lancehead Bothrops venezuelensis venomous
• Venezuela Snail-eater Dipsas latifrontalis
• Venezuelan Snail-eater Dipsas praeornata
• Wagler's Snake Xenodon merremii
• Werner's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus leucomelas
• Williams' Ground Snake Erythrolamprus williamsi
• Yellow-bellied Snake Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus
• Yellowtail Blind Snake Helminthophis flavoterminatus
• Zweifel's Ground Snake Erythrolamprus zweifeli