List of snakes by common name
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis.
A
- Viper Adder
- Common adder
- Death Adder
- Desert death adder
- Horned adder
- Long-nosed adder
- Many-horned adder
- Mountain adder
- Mud adder
- Namaqua dwarf adder
- Nightingale adder
- Peringuey's adder
- Puff adder
- Rhombic night adder
- Sand adder
- Water adder
- Aesculapian snake
- Anaconda
- Arafura file snake
- Asp
- European asp
- Egyptian asp
- African beaked snake
B
C
- Canebrake
- Cantil
- Cascabel
- Cat-eyed snake
- Banded cat-eyed snake
- Green cat-eyed snake
- Cat snake
- Chicken snake
- Coachwhip snake
- Cobra
- Andaman cobra
- Arabian cobra
- Asian cobra
- Banded water cobra
- Black-necked cobra
- Black-necked spitting cobra
- Black tree cobra
- Burrowing cobra
- Cape cobra
- Caspian cobra
- Chinese cobra
- Cobra de capello
- Congo water cobra
- Common cobra
- Eastern water cobra
- Egyptian cobra
- Equatorial spitting cobra
- False cobra
- False water cobra
- Forest cobra
- Gold tree cobra
- Indian cobra
- Indochinese spitting cobra
- Javan spitting cobra
- King cobra
- Mandalay cobra
- Monocled cobra
- Monoculate cobra
- Mozambique spitting cobra
- North Philippine cobra
- Nubian spitting cobra
- Philippine cobra
- Red spitting cobra
- Rinkhals cobra
- Shield-nosed cobra
- Sinai desert cobra
- Southern Indonesian spitting cobra
- Southern Philippine cobra
- Southwestern black spitting cobra
- Snouted cobra
- Spectacled cobra
- Spitting cobra
- Storm water cobra
- Thai cobra
- Taiwan cobra
- West African brown spitting cobra
- White-lipped cobra
- Yellow cobra
- Zebra spitting cobra
- Collett's snake
- Congo snake
- Copperhead
- Coral snake
- Arizona coral snake
- Beddome's coral snake
- Brazilian coral snake
- Cape coral snake
- Eastern coral snake
- False coral snake
- Harlequin coral snake
- High Woods coral snake
- Malayan long-glanded coral snake
- Texas Coral Snake
- Western coral snake
- Corn snake
- South eastern corn snake
- Cottonmouth
- Crowned snake
- Cuban wood snake
F
- Fer-de-lance
- Fierce snake
- Fishing snake
- Flying snake
- Golden tree snake
- Indian flying snake
- Moluccan flying snake
- Ornate flying snake
- Paradise flying snake
- Twin-Barred tree snake
- Banded Flying Snake
- Fox snake, three species of Pantherophis
- Forest flame snake
G
H
- Habu
- Harlequin snake
- Herald snake
- Hognose snake
- Blonde hognose snake
- Dusty hognose snake
- Eastern hognose snake
- Jan's hognose snake
- Giant Malagasy hognose snake
- Mexican hognose snake
- Plains hognose snake
- Ringed hognose snake
- South American hognose snake
- Southern hognose snake
- Speckled hognose snake
- Tri-color hognose snake
- Western hognose snake
- Hoop snake
- Hundred pacer
J
- Jamaican Tree Snake
- Jararacussu
K
- Keelback
- Andrea's keelback
- Asian keelback
- Assam keelback
- Black-striped keelback
- Buff striped keelback
- Burmese keelback
- Checkered keelback
- Common keelback
- Hill keelback
- Himalayan keelback
- Khasi Hills keelback
- Modest keelback
- Nicobar Island keelback
- Nilgiri keelback
- Orange-collared keelback
- Red-necked keelback
- Sikkim keelback
- Speckle-bellied keelback
- Tiger keelback
- Wall's keelback
- White-lipped keelback
- Wynaad keelback
- Yunnan keelback
- King brown
- King cobra
- King snake
- California kingsnake
- Desert kingsnake
- Grey-banded kingsnake
- North eastern king snake
- Prairie kingsnake
- Scarlet kingsnake
- Speckled kingsnake
- Krait
L
- Large shield snake
- Lancehead
- Lora
- Lyre snake
- Baja California lyresnake
- Central American lyre snake
- Texas lyre snake
- Eastern lyre snake
M
- Machete savane
- Mamba
- Mamushi
- Mangrove snake
- Milk snake
- Moccasin snake
- Montpellier snake
- Mud snake
- Eastern mud snake
- Western mud snake
- Mussurana
N
- Night snake
- Cat-eyed night snake
- Texas night snake
- Nichell snake
- Narrowhead Garter Snake
- Nose-horned viper
P
- Parrot snake
- Patchnose snake
- Perrotet's shieldtail snake
- Pine snake
- Pipe snake
- Python
- African rock python
- Amethystine python
- Angolan python
- Australian scrub python
- Ball python
- Bismarck ringed python
- Black headed python
- Blood python
- Boelen python
- Borneo short-tailed python
- Bredl's python
- Brown water python
- Burmese python
- Calabar python
- Western carpet python
- Children's python
- Dauan Island water python
- Desert woma python
- Diamond python
- Flinders python
- Green tree python
- Halmahera python
- Indian python
- Indonesian water python
- Macklot's python
- Mollucan python
- Oenpelli python
- Olive python
- Papuan python
- Pygmy python
- Red blood python
- Reticulated python
- Kayaudi dwarf reticulated python
- Selayer reticulated python
- Rough-scaled python
- Royal python
- Savu python
- Spotted python
- Stimson's python
- Sumatran short-tailed python
- Tanimbar python
- Timor python
- Wetar Island python
- White-lipped python
- Woma python
R
- Racer
- Bimini racer
- Buttermilk racer
- Eastern racer
- Eastern yellowbelly sad racer
- Mexican racer
- Southern black racer
- Tan racer
- West Indian racer
- Raddysnake
- Rat snake
- Rattlesnake
- Arizona black rattlesnake
- Aruba rattlesnake
- Chihuahuan ridge-nosed rattlesnake
- Coronado Island rattlesnake
- Durango rock rattlesnake
- Dusky pigmy rattlesnake
- Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
- Grand Canyon rattlesnake
- Great Basin rattlesnake
- Hopi rattlesnake
- Lance-headed rattlesnake
- Long-tailed rattlesnake
- Massasauga rattlesnake
- Mexican green rattlesnake
- Mexican west coast rattlesnake
- Midget faded rattlesnake
- Mojave rattlesnake
- Northern black-tailed rattlesnake
- Oaxacan small-headed rattlesnake
- Rattler
- Red diamond rattlesnake
- Southern Pacific rattlesnake
- Southwestern speckled rattlesnake
- Tancitaran dusky rattlesnake
- Tiger rattlesnake
- Timber rattlesnake
- Tropical rattlesnake
- Twin-spotted rattlesnake
- Uracoan rattlesnake
- Western diamondback rattlesnake
- Ribbon snake
- Rinkhals
- River jack
S
- Sea snake
- Annulated sea snake
- Beaked sea snake
- Dubois's sea snake
- Hardwicke's sea snake
- Hook Nosed Sea Snake
- Olive sea snake
- Pelagic sea snake
- Stoke's sea snake
- Yellow-banded sea snake
- Yellow-bellied sea snake
- Yellow-lipped sea snake
- Shield-tailed snake
- Sidewinder
- Colorado desert sidewinder
- Mojave desert sidewinder
- Sonoran sidewinder
- Small-eyed snake
- Smooth snake
- Stiletto snake
- Striped snake
- Sunbeam snake
T
- Taipan
- Central ranges taipan
- Coastal taipan
- Inland taipan
- Paupan taipan
- Tentacled snake
- Tic polonga
- Tiger snake
- Tigre snake
- Tree snake
- Blanding's tree snake
- Blunt-headed tree snake
- Brown tree snake
- Long-nosed tree snake
- Many-banded tree snake
- Northern tree snake
- Trinket snake
- Twig snake
- Twin Headed King Snake
- Titanboa
U
V
- Vine snake
- Viper
- Asp viper
- Bamboo viper
- Bluntnose viper
- Brazilian mud Viper
- Burrowing viper
- Bush viper
- Carpet viper
- Crossed viper
- Cyclades blunt-nosed viper
- Eyelash viper
- False horned viper
- Fea's viper
- Fifty pacer
- Gaboon viper
- Hognosed viper
- Horned desert viper
- Horned viper
- Jumping viper
- Kaznakov's viper
- Leaf-nosed viper
- Leaf viper
- Levant viper
- Long-nosed viper
- McMahon's viper
- Mole viper
- Nose-horned viper
- Palestine viper
- Pallas' viper
- Palm viper
- Pit viper
- Banded pitviper
- Bamboo pitviper
- Barbour's pit viper
- Black-tailed horned pit viper
- Bornean pitviper
- Brongersma's pitviper
- Brown spotted pitviper[4]
- Cantor's pitviper
- Elegant pitviper
- Eyelash pit viper
- Fan-Si-Pan horned pitviper
- Flat-nosed pitviper
- Godman's pit viper
- Green tree pit viper
- Habu pit viper
- Hagen's pitviper
- Horseshoe pitviper
- Jerdon's pitviper
- Kanburian pit viper
- Kaulback's lance-headed pitviper
- Kham Plateau pitviper
- Large-eyed pitviper
- Malabar rock pitviper
- Malayan pit viper
- Mangrove pit viper
- Mangshan pitviper
- Motuo bamboo pitviper
- Nicobar bamboo pitviper
- Philippine pitviper
- Pointed-scaled pit viper[5]
- Red-tailed bamboo pitviper
- Schultze's pitviper
- Stejneger's bamboo pitviper
- Sri Lankan pit viper
- Temple pit viper
- Tibetan bamboo pitviper
- Tiger pit viper
- Undulated pit viper
- Wagler's pit viper
- Wirot's pit viper
- Portuguese viper
- Rhinoceros viper
- River jack
- Russell's viper
- Sand viper
- Saw-scaled viper
- Schlegel's viper
- Sedge viper
- Sharp-nosed viper
- Snorkel viper
- Temple viper
- Tree viper
- Chinese tree viper
- Guatemalan tree viper
- Hutton's tree viper
- Indian tree viper
- Large-scaled tree viper
- Malcolm's tree viper
- Nitsche's tree viper
- Pope's tree viper
- Rough-scaled tree viper
- Rungwe tree viper
- Sumatran tree viper
- White-lipped tree viper
- Ursini's viper
- Western hog-nosed viper
W
- Wart snake
- Water moccasin
- Water snake
- Whip snake
- Wolf snake
- African wolf snake
- Barred wolf snake
- Worm snake
- Common worm snake
- Longnosed worm snake
- Wutu
Y
Z
- Zebra snake
See also
- List of snakes, overview of snake families and genera.
- List of reptiles, overview of reptile orders and families.
References
- Harding, K.A.; Welch, K.R.G. (1980). Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist. Toxicon: Supplement. Pergamon Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-08-025495-1. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- Bücherl, W.; Buckley, E.E.; Deulofeu, V. (2013). Venomous Animals and Their Venoms: Venomous Vertebrates. Elsevier Science. p. 531. ISBN 978-1-4832-6363-2. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- de Carle Sowerby, A. (1930). The Naturalist in Manchuria. The Naturalist in Manchuria. Tientsin Press, Limited. p. 14. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.
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