List of snakes by common name

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

List of snakes by common name

• Adder • Common adder • Death Adder • Desert death adder • Horned adder • Long-nosed adder • Many-horned adder • Mountain adder • Mud adder • Namaqua dwarf adder • Peringuey's adder • Puff adder • African puff adder • Rhombic night adder • Sand adder • Dwarf sand adder • Namib dwarf sand adder • Water adder • Aesculapian snake • Anaconda • Bolivian anaconda • De Schauensee's anaconda • Green anaconda • Yellow anaconda • Arafura file snake • Asp • European asp • Egyptian asp • African beaked snake

B

List of snakes by common name

• Ball Python • Bird snake • Black-headed snake • Mexican black kingsnake • Black rat snake • Black snake • Red-bellied black snake • Blind snake • Brahminy blind snake • Texas blind snake • Western blind snake • Boa • Abaco Island boa • Amazon tree boa • Boa constrictor • Cuban boa • Dumeril's boa • Dwarf boa • Emerald tree boa • Hogg Island boa • Jamaican boa • Madagascar ground boa • Madagascar tree boa • Puerto Rican boa • Rainbow boa • Red-tailed boa • Rosy boa • Rubber boa • Sand boa • Tree boa • Boiga • Boomslang • Brown snake • Eastern brown snake • Bull snake • Bushmaster • Dwarf beaked snake • Rufous beaked snake

C

List of snakes by common name

• Canebrake • Cantil • Cascabel • Cat-eyed snake • Banded cat-eyed snake • Green cat-eyed snake • Cat snake • Andaman cat snake • Beddome's cat snake • Dog-toothed cat snake • Forsten's cat snake • Gold-ringed cat snake • Gray cat snake • Many-spotted cat snake • Nicobar cat snake • Sri Lanka cat snake • Tawny 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 • American copperhead • Australian 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

E

List of snakes by common name

• Eastern hognose snake • Egg-eater • Indian egg-eater • Eyelash viper • Eastern coral snake

F

List of snakes by common name

• 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

List of snakes by common name

• Garter snake • Checkered garter snake • Common garter snake • San Francisco garter snake • Texas garter snake • Glossy snake • Gopher snake • Cape gopher snake • Grass snake • Green snake • Rough green snake • Smooth green snake • Ground snake • Common ground snake • Three-lined ground snake • Western ground snake

H

List of snakes by common name

• Habu • Himehabu • Okinawan habu • Sakishima habu • Tokara habu • Harlequin snake • Elaps 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

I

List of snakes by common name

• Ikaheka snake • Indigo snake

J

List of snakes by common name

• Jamaican Tree Snake • Jararacussu

K

List of snakes by common name

• 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 • Banded krait • Blue krait • Black krait • Burmese krait • Ceylon krait • Indian krait • Lesser black krait • Malayan krait • Many-banded krait • Northeastern hill krait • Red-headed krait • Sind krait • South Andaman krait • Suzhen's krait

L

List of snakes by common name

• Large shield snake • Lancehead • Common lancehead • Lora • Grey Lora • Lyre snake • Baja California lyresnake • Central American lyre snake • Texas lyre snake • Eastern lyre snake

M

List of snakes by common name

• Machete savane • Mamba • Black mamba • Green mamba • Eastern green mamba • Western green mamba • Mamushi • Mangrove snake • Milk snake • Moccasin snake • Montpellier snake • Mud snake • Eastern mud snake • Western mud snake • Mussurana

N

List of snakes by common name

• Night snake • Cat-eyed night snake • Texas night snake • Nichell snake • Narrowhead Garter Snake • Nose-horned viper • Rhinoceros viper • Vipera ammodytes

P

List of snakes by common name

• Parrot snake • Mexican parrot snake • Patchnose snake • Perrotet's shieldtail snake • Pine snake • Pipe snake • Asian pipe snake • Dwarf pipe snake • Red-tailed 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 • Centralian carpet python • Coastal carpet python • Inland carpet python • Jungle carpet python • New Guinea carpet python • Northwestern carpet python • Southwestern 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 • Moluccan 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 • Brown white-lipped python • Northern white-lipped python • Southern white-lipped python • Woma python • Western woma python

R

List of snakes by common name

• Racer • Bimini racer • Buttermilk racer • Eastern racer • Eastern yellowbelly sad racer • Mexican racer • Southern black racer • Tan racer • West Indian racer • Raddysnake • Southwestern blackhead snake • Rat snake • Baird's rat snake • Beauty rat snake • Great Plains rat snake • Green rat snake • Japanese forest rat snake • Japanese rat snake • King rat snake • Mandarin rat snake • Persian rat snake • Red-backed rat snake • Twin-spotted rat snake • Yellow-striped rat snake • Manchurian Black Water 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

List of snakes by common name

• 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 • Brazilian smooth snake • European smooth snake • Stiletto snake • Striped snake • Japanese striped snake • Sunbeam snake

T

List of snakes by common name

• Taipan • Central ranges taipan • Coastal taipan • Inland taipan • Paupan taipan • Tentacled snake • Tic polonga • Tiger snake • Chappell Island tiger snake • Common tiger snake • Down's tiger snake • Eastern tiger snake • King Island tiger snake • Krefft's tiger snake • Peninsula tiger snake • Tasmanian tiger snake • Western 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 • Black-banded trinket snake • Twig snake • African twig snake • Twin Headed King Snake • Titanoboa

V

List of snakes by common name

• Vine snake • Asian Vine Snake, Whip Snake • American Vine Snake • Mexican vine snake • Viper • Asp viper • Bamboo viper • Bluntnose viper • Brazilian mud Viper • Burrowing viper • Bush viper • Great Lakes bush viper • Hairy bush viper • Nitsche's bush viper • Rough-scaled bush viper • Spiny 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 • Rhinoceros viper • Vipera ammodytes • Palestine viper • Pallas' viper • Palm viper • Amazonian palm viper • Black-speckled palm-pitviper • Eyelash palm-pitviper • Green palm viper • Mexican palm-pitviper • Guatemalan palm viper • Honduran palm viper • Siamese palm viper • Side-striped palm-pitviper • Yellow-lined 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 • 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 • 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

List of snakes by common name

• Wart snake • Water moccasin • Water snake • Bocourt's water snake • Northern water snake • Whip snake • Long-nosed whip snake • Wolf snake • African wolf snake • Barred wolf snake • Worm snake • Common worm snake • Longnosed worm snake • Wutu