page_title: List of snakes of South Asia
section_title: Family Viperidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of snakes of South Asia / Family Viperidae
context_page_description: The following is a list of snakes of South Asia, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains. All families are covered except for the Colubridae which is found here.This forms part of the complete list of reptiles of South Asia. South Asia and India in particular have the highest number of snake species in the world.
  Order Squamata - suborder Serpents
context_section_description: Himalayan pit viper Gloydius himalayanus India, Pakistan, Nepal
  Levantine viper Macrovipera lebetinus Middle East, Pakistan
  Russel's viper Daboia russelii Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Indo-China, islands of Java, Komodo, Flores, Indonesia
  Indian saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
  Echis megalocephalus
  Common hump-nosed pit viper Hypnale hypnale India, Sri Lanka
  Millard's hump-nosed pit viper Hypnale nepa Sri Lanka
  Wall's hump-nosed pit viper Hypnale walli Sri Lanka
  Blotched pit viper Ovophis monticola Bangladesh, India, Nepal
  Brown spotted pit viper Protobothrops mucrosquamatus India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Vietnam
  Protobothrops jerdonii
  White-lipped pit viper Trimeresurus albolabris India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas up to Timor
  Anderson's pit viper Trimeresurus andersonii India (Andamans)
  Bamboo pit viper Trimeresurus gramineus Nepal, India
  Large-scaled green pit viper Trimeresurus macrolepis Southwest India
  Malabar rock pit viper Trimeresurus malabaricus Southwest India
  Tibetan pit viper Trimeresurus tibetanus Tibet, Nepal
  Trimeresurus stejnegeri
  Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus
  Pope's Pit Viper Trimeresurus popeiorum
  Medo Pit Viper Trimeresurus medoensis
  Trimeresurus labialis
  Trimeresurus erythrurus
  Cantor's Pit Viper Trimeresurus cantori
  Pseudocerastes persicus
caption: Russel's viper Daboia russelii
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