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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
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
- * 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
- 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
- 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
- Night snake
- * Cat-eyed night snake
- * Texas night snake
- * Nichell snake
- * Narrowhead Garter Snake
- Nose-horned viper
- * Rhinoceros viper
- * ''Vipera ammodytes''
P
- 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
Q
R
- 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
- 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
- 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
U
V
- 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
- 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