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Snakes of the Philippines

Marine File Snake 1
Acrochordus granulatus
Painted Bronzeback 2
Dendrelaphis pictus
Philippine Dryophiops
Dryophiops philippina
Brown Whip Snake 3
Dryophiops rubescens
Southern Triangle-spotted Snake 4
Cyclocorus nuchalis
Northern Triangle-spotted Snake
Cyclocorus lineatus
Paradise Flying Snake 5
Chrysopelea paradisi
Asian Bockadam
Cerberus rynchops
Dog-faced Water Snake 6
Cerberus microlepis
Jolo Worm Snake
Calamaria joloensis
Banded Worm Snake
Calamaria bitorques
Gold-ringed Cat Snake 7
Boiga dendrophila
Philippine Cat Snake
Boiga philippina
Dog-toothed Cat Snake 8
Boiga cynodon
Philippine Blunt-headed Tree Snake 9
Boiga angulata
Tropidonophis negrosensis
Blunthead Slug Snake 10
Aplopeltura boa
White-striped Snake
Sibynophis bivittatus
Boie's Keelback
Rhabdophis spilogaster
Zigzag-lined Water Snake 4
Rhabdophis lineatus
Specklebelly Keelback 11
Rhabdophis chrysargos
White-lined Water Snake 12
Rhabdophis auriculata
Smooth-scaled Mountain Rat Snake 13
Ptyas luzonensis
Keeled Rat Snake 3
Ptyas carinata
Negros Light-scaled Burrowing Snake
Pseudorabdion oxycephalum
Pseudorabdion talonuran
Taylor's Burrowing Snake
Pseudorabdion taylori
Zamboanga Burrowing Snake
Pseudorabdion ater
Mcnamara's Burrowing Snake
Pseudorabdion mcnamarae
Mountain Burrowing Snake
Pseudorabdion montanum
Common Mock Viper 14
Psammodynastes pulverulentus
Banded Philippine Burrowing Snake 12
Oxyrhabdium leporinum
Philippine Shrub Snake 15
Oxyrhabdium modestum
Gary's Mountain Keelback
Opisthotropis alcalai
Perkin's Short-headed Snake
Oligodon perkinsi
Sulu Short-headed Snake
Oligodon meyerinkii
Barred Short-headed Snake
Oligodon maculatus
Luzon Alpine Snake
Myersophis alpestris
Common Wolf Snake
Lycodon solivagus
Muller's Wolf Snake
Lycodon muelleri
Ross' Wolf Snake
Lycodon chrysoprateros
Ota's Wolf Snake
Lycodon bibonius
Alcala's Wolf Snake
Lycodon alcalai
Lycodon fausti
Philippine Cylindrical Snake
Hologerrhum philippinum
Dermal's Philippine Water Snake
Hologerrhum dermali
Red-tailed Green Ratsnake 3
Gonyosoma oxycephalum
Cat-eyed Fishing Snake 16
Gerarda prevostiana
Crab-eating Snake 3
Fordonia leucobalia
Oriental Whipsnake 2
Ahaetulla prasina
Reddish Rat Snake 14
Coelognathus erythrurus
Banded Malaysian Coral Snake 17
Calliophis intestinalis
King Cobra 18
Ophiophagus hannah
Samar Cobra 19
Naja samarensis
Wagler's Pit Viper 20
Tropidolaemus wagleri
Philippine Pit Viper 21
Trimeresurus flavomaculatus
Schultze's Pit Viper
Trimeresurus schultzei
Asian Sunbeam Snake 22
Xenopeltis unicolor
Ramphotyphlops suluensis
Cuming's Blind Snake
Ramphotyphlops cumingii
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake 23
Hydrophis platurus
Ornate Sea Snake 24
Hydrophis ornatus
Yellow Sea Snake 25
Hydrophis spiralis
Lake Taal Snake
Hydrophis semperi
Annulated Sea Snake 26
Hydrophis cyanocinctus
Faint-banded Sea Snake 27
Hydrophis belcheri
Blackheaded Banded Sea Snake
Hydrophis atriceps
Chinese Sea Krait 28
Laticauda semifasciata
Brown-lipped Sea Krait 4
Laticauda laticaudata
Turtle-headed Sea Snake 29
Emydocephalus annulatus
Eydoux' Sea Snake
Aipysurus eydouxii
Banded Sea Krait 30
Laticauda colubrina
Acutotyphlops banaorum
White-spotted Cat Snake 31
Boiga schultzei
Barred Coral Snake 32
Hemibungarus calligaster
Philippine Common Cobra
Naja philippinensis
Northern Short-headed Snake
Oligodon ancorus
Marx's Worm Snake
Ramphotyphlops marxi
Barbour's Water Snake
Rhabdophis barbouri
Muller's Wolf Snake 12
Stegonotus muelleri
Philippine Pit Viper
Trimeresurus mcgregori
Spotted Water Snake
Tropidonophis dendrophiops
Gervais' Worm Snake
Calamaria gervaisii
Variable Reed Snake
Calamaria lumbricoidea
Lambert's Sea Snake
Hydrophis lamberti
Maren's Bronzeback 33
Dendrelaphis marenae
Cogger's Sea Snake 34
Hydrophis coggeri
Common Wolf Snake 35
Lycodon capucinus
South Philippine Temple Pitviper 36
Tropidolaemus philippensis
North Philippine Temple Pitviper 22
Tropidolaemus subannulatus
Luzon Bronzeback
Dendrelaphis luzonensis
Negros Island Blind Snake
Gerrhopilus hedraeus
Philippine Liopeltine Snake
Liopeltis philippinus
Duméril's Wolf Snake 4
Lycodon dumerilii
Rare Wolf Snake
Lycodon tessellatus
Oligodon notospilus
Sumatra Pit Viper 22
Trimeresurus sumatranus
Southeast Asian Bockadam 2
Cerberus schneiderii
Shaw's Sea Snake
Hydrophis curtus
Jerdon's Sea Snake
Hydrophis jerdonii

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