List of snakes of South Asia (Colubridae)

Family Colubridae

This section is broken into sub-sections based on genera.

Ahaetulla

Gunther's vine snake Ahaetulla dispar Southwest India

Green vine snake Ahaetulla nasuta India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China

Oriental green snake Ahaetulla prasina Eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region

Brown vine snake Ahaetulla pulverulenta Southwest India, Sri Lanka

Amphiesma

Boulenger's keelback Amphiesma parallelum India, Nepal, Myanmar, China, Indo-China

Eastern striped keelback Amphiesma platyceps India (Kashmir, Northeast), Nepal

Buff-striped keelback Amphiesma stolatum Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China

Amphiesma khasiense

Hill Keelback Amphiesma monticola India

Amphiesma nicobariense

Amphiesma pealii

Amphiesma xenura

Amphiesma modestum

Amphiesma sieboldii

Argyrogena

Banded racer Argyrogena fasciolata Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh

Aspidura

Boie's rough-sided snake Aspidura brachyorrhos Sri Lanka

Cope's rough-sided snake Aspidura copei Sri Lanka

Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake Aspidura deraniyagalae Sri Lanka

Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake Aspidura drummondhayi Sri Lanka

Gunther's rough-sided snake Aspidura guentheri Sri Lanka

Common rough-sided snake Aspidura trachyprocta Sri Lanka

Atretium

Olive keelback water snake Atretium schistosum India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Balanophis

Sri Lanka blossom krait Balanophis ceylonensis Sri Lanka

Blythia

Iridescent snake Blythia reticulata Northeast India, China, Myanmar

Boiga

Barnes' cat snake Boiga barnesii Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan cat snake Boiga ceylonensis India, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Green cat snake Boiga cyanea India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China

Forsten's cat snake Boiga forsteni India, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Many-spotted cat snake Boiga multomaculata Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China

Orange cat snake Boiga ochracea East and Northeast India, Myanmar

Common cat snake Boiga trigonata Central Asia, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Nicobarese cat snake Boiga wallachi India (Nicobars)

Boiga multifasciata

Boiga quincunciata

Boiga ocellata

Boiga nuchalis

Boiga gokool

Boiga dightoni

Boiga dendrophila

Boiga cynodon

Boiga beddomei

Boiga andamanensis

Calamaria

Collared Reed Snake Calamaria pavimentata

Cantoria

Cantor's Water Snake Cantoria violacea

Cerberus

Dog-faced water snake Cerberus rynchops Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malay region

Cercaspis

Sri Lankan wolf snake Cercaspis carinatus Sri Lanka

Chrysopelea

Ornate flying snake Chrysopelea ornata Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India

Sri Lankan flying snake Chrysopelea taprobanica Southwest India, Sri Lanka

Paradise flying snake Chrysopelea paradisi

Coluber

Glossy-bellied racer Coluber ventromaculatus India, Sri Lanka

Coluber rhodorachis

Coluber karelini

Coluber gracilis

Coluber bholanathi

Coluber vittacaudatus

Coronella

Indian Smooth Snake Coronella brachyura

Cyclophiops

Doria's Green Snake Cyclophiops doriae

Dendralaphis

Boulenger's bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis bifrenalis Sri Lanka

Schokar's Bronzeback tree snake Dendrelaphis schokari, Sri Lanka

Dendrelaphis girii India

Stripe-tailed bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis caudolineatus India, Sri Lanka

Blue bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis cyanochloris India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand

Painted bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis pictus Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malay region

Common bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis tristis Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Dendrelaphis humayuni

Dendrelaphis grandoculis

Dendrelaphis gorei

Dryocalamus

Gunther's bridal snake Dryocalamus gracilis India, Sri Lanka, False Island (off the Arakan coast of Myanmar)

Common bridal snake Dryocalamus nympha India, Sri Lanka

Elachistodon

Indian egg-eating snake Elachistodon westermanni India, Nepal, Bangladesh

Elaphe

Yellow-striped trinket snake Elaphe flavolineata India (Andamans), Malay region

Common trinket snake Elaphe helena Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Himalayan trinket snake Elaphe hodgsonii India (Himalayas), Nepal

Elaphe mandarina

Elaphe porphyracea

Elaphe prasina

Copperhead trinket snake Elaphe radiata India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Indo-China, China

Elaphe taeniura

Enhydris

Dussumier's water snake Enhydris dussumieri India

Common smooth water snake Enhydris enhydris Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Malay region

Rice Paddy Snake Enhydris plumbea

Siebold's Water Snake Enhydris sieboldii

Fordonia

Crab-eating Water Snake Fordonia leucobalia

Gerardia

Cat-eyed fishing snake Gerardia prevostiana Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malay region

Gongylosoma

Gongylosoma nicobariensis

Gonyosoma cantoris

Gonyosoma frenatum

Red-tailed Green Ratsnake Gonyosoma oxycephalum

Haplocercus

Black-spined snake Haplocercus ceylonensis Sri Lanka

Liopeltis

Lesser stripe-necked snake Liopeltis calamaria Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka

Liopeltis rappi

Liopeltis stoliczkae

Hemorrhois

Spotted Whip Snake Hemorrhois ravergieri

Homalopsis

Puff-faced Water Snake Homalopsis buccata

Liopeltis

Günther's Reed Snake Liopeltis frenatus

Lycodon

Gammie's wolf snake Lycodon gammiei

White-banded wolf snake Lycodon septentrionalis

Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon fasciatus

Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake Lycodon flavomaculatus

Laotian Wolf Snake Lycodon laoensis

Mackinnon's Wolf Snake Lycodon mackinnoni

Andaman Wolf Snake Lycodon tiwarii

Zaw's Wolf Snake Lycodon zawi

Common wolf snake Lycodon aulicus Pakistan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar

Andamanese wolf snake Lycodon capucinus India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Hong Kong

Yellow-speckled wolf snake Lycodon jara Nepal, India, Bangladesh

Shaw's wolf snake Lycodon striatus Transcapsia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka

Travancore wolf snake Lycodon travancoricus India

Lytorhynchus

Sind Longnose Sand Snake Lytorhynchus paradoxus

Macropisthodon

Green Keelback Macropisthodon plumbicolor Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Oligodon

Theobald's Kukri Snake Oligodon theobaldi

Kukri Snake Oligodon affinis

White-striped kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus India, Bangladesh, Myanmar

Common kukri snake Oligodon arnensis Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Templeton's kukri snake Oligodon calamarius Sri Lanka

Cantor's kukri snake Oligodon cyclurus Bangladesh, Eastern India

Spot-tailed kukri snake Oligodon dorsalis India, Bangladesh, Myanmar

Half-lined kukri snake Oligodon sublineatus Sri Lanka

Variegated kukri snake Oligodon taeniolatus Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Black-spotted kukri snake Oligodon venustus India

Nagarkot Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrogaster

Günther's Kukri Snake Oligodon cinereus

Assam Kukri Snake Oligodon catenata

Shorthead Kukri Snake Oligodon brevicauda

Abor Hills Kukri Snake Oligodon melanozonatus

Nikhil's Kukri Snake Oligodon nikhili

Oligodon woodmasoni

Namsang Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrorhachis

Walnut Kukri Snake Oligodon juglandifer

Bluebelly Kukri Snake Oligodon melaneus

Oligodon templetoni

Pareas

Assam snail-eater Pareas monticola Bangladesh, India (Himalayan foothills)

Psammodynastes

Mock viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay region

Painted Mock Viper Psammodynastes pictus

Psammophis

Condanarus sand snake Psammophis condanarus Pakistan, India, Nepal

Leith's sand snake Psammophis leithii Pakistan, India

Desert sand snake Psammophis schokari Pakistan, India

Long Sand Racer Psammophis longifrons

Ptyas

Indo-Chinese rat snake Ptyas korros India, China, Myanmar, Malay region

Indian rat snake Ptyas mucosus Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Sumatra, Java

Black-margined rat snake Ptyas nigromarginatus India, China, Myanmar

Pseudoxenodon

False cobra Pseudoxenodon macrops Bhutan, India, Nepal (Himalayan foothills)

Rhabdops

Brown Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops bicolor

Olive Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops olivaceus

Rhabdophis

Himalayan keelback Rhabdophis himalayanus India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar

Red-necked keelback Rhabdophis subminiatus Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Indo-China, Malay region

Sibynophis

Günther's Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis bistrigatus

Common Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis collaris

Cantor's blackheaded snake Sibynophis sagittarius Nepal, India, Bangladesh

Spotted blackheaded snake Sibynophis subpunctatus India, Sri Lanka

Sinonatrix

Olive Keelback Sinonatrix percarinata

Spalerosophis

Red-spotted snake Spalerosophis arenarius India, Pakistan

Royal snake Spalerosophis diadema Turkestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India

Stoliczkia

Khasi Red Snake Stoliczkia khasiensis

Trachischium

Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium fuscum

Rosebelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium guentheri

Olive Oriental Slender Snake Trachischium laeve

Mountain Worm-eating Snake Trachischium monticola

Yellow-bellied Worm-eating Snake Trachischium tenuiceps

Wallaceophis

Wallaceophis gujaratensis

Xenochrophis

Sri Lankan checkered keelback Xenochrophis asperrimus Sri Lanka

Dark-bellied marsh snake Xenochrophis cerasogaster Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh

Andamanese keelback water snake Xenochrophis melanzostus India (Andamans)

Checkered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Indo-China

Yellow-Spotted Keelback Xenochrophis flavipunctatus

Xenochrophis punctulatus

St. John's Keelback Xenochrophis sanctijohannis

Triangle Keelback Xenochrophis trianguligerus

Xylophis

Perrotet's Mountain Snake Xylophis perroteti

Günther's Mountain Snake Xylophis stenorhynchus

Captain's Wood Snake Xylophis captaini