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List of snakes of South Asia (Colubridae)
The following is a list of colubrid 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. This forms part of the complete list of snakes of South Asia.
Family Colubridae[edit]
This section is broken into sub-sections based on genera.
Ahaetulla[edit]
- 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
- Ahaetulla laudankia, peninsular India
Amphiesma[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Banded racer Argyrogena fasciolata Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
Aspidura[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Olive keelback water snake Atretium schistosum India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Balanophis[edit]
- Sri Lanka blossom krait Balanophis ceylonensis Sri Lanka
Blythia[edit]
- Iridescent snake Blythia reticulata Northeast India, China, Myanmar
Boiga[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Collared Reed Snake Calamaria pavimentata
Cantoria[edit]
- Cantor's Water Snake Cantoria violacea
Cerberus[edit]
- Dog-faced water snake Cerberus rynchops Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malay region
Cercaspis[edit]
- Sri Lankan wolf snake Cercaspis carinatus Sri Lanka
Chrysopelea[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Glossy-bellied racer Coluber ventromaculatus India, Sri Lanka
- Coluber rhodorachis
- Coluber karelini
- Coluber gracilis
- Coluber bholanathi
- Coluber vittacaudatus
Coronella[edit]
- Indian Smooth Snake Coronella brachyura
Dendralaphis[edit]
- 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
Elachistodon[edit]
- Indian egg-eating snake Elachistodon westermanni India, Nepal, Bangladesh
Elaphe[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Crab-eating Water Snake Fordonia leucobalia
Gerardia[edit]
- Cat-eyed fishing snake Gerardia prevostiana Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malay region
Gongylosoma[edit]
- Gongylosoma nicobariensis
- Gonyosoma cantoris
- Gonyosoma frenatum
- Red-tailed Green Ratsnake Gonyosoma oxycephalum
Haplocercus[edit]
- Black-spined snake Haplocercus ceylonensis Sri Lanka
Liopeltis[edit]
- Lesser stripe-necked snake Liopeltis calamaria Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
- Liopeltis rappi
- Liopeltis stoliczkae
Hemorrhois[edit]
- Spotted Whip Snake Hemorrhois ravergieri
Homalopsis[edit]
- Puff-faced Water Snake Homalopsis buccata
Liopeltis[edit]
- Günther's Reed Snake Liopeltis frenatus
Lycodon[edit]
- Gunther's bridal snake Lycodo gracilis India, Sri Lanka, False Island (off the Arakan coast of Myanmar)
- Vellore bridal snake Lycodo nympha India, Sri Lanka
- 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[edit]
- Sind Longnose Sand Snake Lytorhynchus paradoxus
Macropisthodon[edit]
- Green Keelback Macropisthodon plumbicolor Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Oligodon[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Assam snail-eater Pareas monticola Bangladesh, India (Himalayan foothills)
Psammodynastes[edit]
- Mock viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay region
- Painted Mock Viper Psammodynastes pictus
Psammophis[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Doria's Green Snake Ptyas doriae
- Indo-Chinese rat snake Ptyas korros India, China, Myanmar, Malay region
- Indian rat snake Ptyas mucosa Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Sumatra, Java
- Black-margined rat snake Ptyas nigromarginata India, China, Myanmar
Pseudoxenodon[edit]
- False cobra Pseudoxenodon macrops Bhutan, India, Nepal (Himalayan foothills)
Rhabdops[edit]
- Brown Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops bicolor
- Olive Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops olivaceus
- Rhabdops aquaticus[1]
Rhabdophis[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Olive Keelback Sinonatrix percarinata
Spalerosophis[edit]
- Red-spotted snake Spalerosophis arenarius India, Pakistan
- Royal snake Spalerosophis diadema Turkestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
Stoliczkia[edit]
- Khasi Red Snake Stoliczkia khasiensis
Trachischium[edit]
- 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[edit]
Xenochrophis[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Perrotet's Mountain Snake Xylophis perroteti
- Günther's Mountain Snake Xylophis stenorhynchus
- Captain's Wood Snake Xylophis captaini[3]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Giri, Varad B.; Deepak, V.; Captain, Ashok; Das, Abhijit; Das, Sandeep; Rajkumar, K. P.; Rathish, R. L.; Gower, David J. (2017-09-11). "A new species of Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes: Natricinae) from the northern Western Ghats region of India". Zootaxa. 4319 (1): 27. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ↑ Mirza ZA; Vyas R; Patel H; Maheta J; Sanap RV (2016). "A New Miocene-Divergent Lineage of Old World Racer Snake from India". PLOS ONE. 11 (3): e0148380. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148380. PMC 4774991. PMID 26934509.
- ↑ David J. Gower and Jasmin D. Winkler (2007) TAXONOMY OF THE INDIAN SNAKE XYLOPHIS BEDDOME (SERPENTES: CAENOPHIDIA), WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES Hamadryad 31(2):315 – 329 PDF Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
References[edit]
- Whitaker, Romulus & Captain, Ashok. (2004) Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Draco Books, Chennai. ISBN 81-901873-0-9
- Daniel, J.C. (2002) The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566099-4