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

 * 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