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Snakes Of Peninsular India

This guide includes all the snakes you might find herping the suburbs and jungles of the Indian peninsula. The snakes found only in the Himalayas, NE India, A&N Islands are excluded. Rare species and their distributions are mentioned in the description of their closest commonly found ...more ↓

Indian Cobra 1
Naja naja
Monocellate Cobra 1
Naja kaouthia
King Cobra 1
Ophiophagus hannah
Common Krait 2
Bungarus caeruleus
Banded Krait 3
Bungarus fasciatus
Slender Coral Snake 4
Calliophis melanurus
Common Seasnake 1
Hydrophis schistosus
Russell's Viper 5
Daboia russelii
Saw-scaled Viper 6
Echis carinatus
Bamboo Viper 1
Trimeresurus gramineus
Hump-nosed Viper 7
Hypnale hypnale
Malabarian Pit Viper 8
Trimeresurus malabaricus
Indian Python 9
Python molurus
Rough-scaled Sand Boa 2
Eryx conicus
Red Sand Boa 10
Eryx johnii
Oriental Rat Snake 1
Ptyas mucosa
Trinket Snake 9
Coelognathus helena
Indian Wolf Snake 2
Lycodon aulicus
Banded Kukri 11
Oligodon arnensis
Streaked Kukri Snake 1
Oligodon taeniolatus
Chequered Keelback 1
Fowlea piscator
Buff Striped Keelback 12
Amphiesma stolatum
Green Keelback 13
Macropisthodon plumbicolor
Split Keelback 14
Atretium schistosum
Common Bronzeback Tree Snake 1
Dendrelaphis tristis
Long-nosed Whipsnake 15
Ahaetulla nasuta
Golden Tree Snake 16
Chrysopelea ornata
Common Cat Snake 1
Boiga trigonata
Beddome's Cat Snake 17
Boiga beddomei
Banded Racer 1
Argyrogena fasciolata
Sharma's Racer 1
Platyceps bholanathi
Graceful Racer 1
Platyceps gracilis
Royal Snakes 1
Spalerosophis
Sand Racers 1
Psammophis
Indian Smooth Snake 1
Coronella brachyura
Calamaria Reed Snake 1
Liopeltis calamaria
Black-headed snake 18
Sibynophis subpunctatus
Asian Bockadam 4
Cerberus rynchops
Marine File Snake 19
Acrochordus granulatus
Olive Trapezoid Snake 1
Rhabdops olivaceus
Brahminy Blindsnake 1
Indotyphlops braminus
Shield-tailed Snakes 1
Uropeltidae
Wood Snakes 1
Xylophis

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