List of snakes of South Asia

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The following is a list of snakes (suborder Serpentes) 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.

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Family Leptotyphlopidae

Family Typhlopidae

Common Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) Common Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) Gou Mang She 1.jpg
Common Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus)

Family Cylindrophiidae

Family Uropeltidae

Family Acrochordidae

Wart snake (Acrochordus granulatus) File snake (Acrochordus granulatus).jpg
Wart snake (Acrochordus granulatus)

Family Boidae

Family Xenopeltidae

Family Elapidae

Bungarus fasciatus, the Banded Krait Bungarus fasciatus ewart.jpg
Bungarus fasciatus , the Banded Krait
The Binocellate Cobra(naja naja) The Binocellate Cobra 02.JPG
The Binocellate Cobra(naja naja)

Family Hydrophiidae

Family Viperidae

Russel's viper Daboia russelii Daboia full.jpg
Russel's viper Daboia russelii
Common hump-nosed pit viper Hypnale hypnale VB 054 Hump-Nosed Viper 01.jpg
Common hump-nosed pit viper Hypnale hypnale

Family Colubridae

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References

  1. Ganesh, S.R.; Punith, K.G.; Adhikari, Omkar D.; Achyuthan, N.S. (2021). "A new species of shieldtail snake (Squamata: Uropeltidae: Uropeltis) from the Bengaluru uplands, India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13 (6): 18508–18517. doi: 10.11609/jott.6736.13.6.18508-18517 .