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.

* 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

* 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
