# 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.
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* 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

* 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

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

* 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

* Ikaheka snake
* Indigo snake

## 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

* Queen snake

## 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

* Urutu

## 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

## Y

* Yarara

## Z

* Zebra snake