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.

Contents:

* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

## F

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Ikaheka snake
* Indigo snake

## J

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* Jamaican Tree Snake
* Jararacussu

## K

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* 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[1]
* Malayan krait
* Many-banded krait
* Northeastern hill krait[2]
* Red-headed krait
* Sind krait
* South Andaman krait
* Suzhen's krait

## L

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* 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

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* 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

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

## P

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* 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

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* Queen snake

## R

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* 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[3]
* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Urutu

## V

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* 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[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

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* 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

## Y

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* Yarara

## Z

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* Zebra snake

## See also

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* List of snakes, overview of snake families and genera.
* List of reptiles, overview of reptile orders and families.

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ de Carle Sowerby, A. (1930). The Naturalist in Manchuria. The Naturalist in Manchuria. Tientsin Press, Limited. p. 14. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.