Snakes of Thailand

Every snakes in the Wildlife of Thailand guide: 216 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Acrochordidae

• Banded File Snake Acrochordus granulatus
• Javan File Snake Acrochordus javanicus

Typhlopidae

• Brahminy Blind Snake Indotyphlops braminus
• Lineated Blind Snake Ramphotyphlops lineatus
• White-bellied Blind Snake Argyrophis muelleri
• Diard's Blind Snake Argyrophis diardii
• White-headed Blind Snake Indotyphlops albiceps
• Slender Blind Snake Pseudoindotyphlops porrectus

Xenopeltidae

• Sunbeam Snake Xenopeltis unicolor
• Laos Odd-scaled Snake Parafimbrios lao

Pythonidae

• Reticulated Python Malayopython reticulatus
• Blood Python Python brongersmai
• Burmese Python Python molurus

Colubridae

• Speckle-headed Whip Snake Ahaetulla fasciolata
• Big-eyed Whip Snake Ahaetulla mycterizans
• Oriental Whip Snake Ahaetulla prasina
• Dog-toothed Cat Snake Boiga cynodon
• Gold-ringed Cat Snake Boiga dendrophila
• White-spotted Cat Snake Boiga drapiezii
• Jasper's Cat Snake Boiga jaspidea
• Variable Reed Snake Calamaria lumbricoidea
• Paradise Tree Snake Chrysopelea paradisi
• Twin-barred Tree Snake Chrysopelea pelias
• Malayan Racer Coelognathus flavolineatus
• Striped Bronzeback Dendrelaphis caudolineatus
• Haas' Bronzeback Dendrelaphis haasi
• Elegant Bronzeback Dendrelaphis formosus
• Blue Bronzeback Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
• Kopstein's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis kopsteini
• Malayan Bridle Snake Lycodon subannulatus
• Keel-bellied Whip Snake Dryophiops rubescens
• Red-tailed Racer Gonyosoma oxycephalum
• Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon subcinctus
• Common House Snake Lycodon capucinus
• Barred Kukri Snake Oligodon signatus
• Dwarf Reed Snake Pseudorabdion longiceps
• Keeled Rat Snake Ptyas carinata
• White-bellied Rat Snake Ptyas fusca
• Indochinese Rat Snake Ptyas korros
• Black-headed Collared Snake Sibynophis melanocephalus
• Collared Blackhead Sibynophis collaris
• White-striped Keelback Amphiesma stolatum
• Red Mountain Keelback Hebius sanguineus
• Fire-back Keelback Hebius igneus
• Khasi Keelback Hebius khasiensis
• Striped Keelback Hebius bitaeniatus
• Boulenger's Keelback Hebius boulengeri
• White-lipped Keelback Hebius leucomystax
• Chequered Keelback Fowlea piscator
• Malayan Spotted Keelback Xenochrophis maculatus
• Speckle-bellied Keelback Rhabdophis chrysargos
• Siamese Red-necked Keelback Rhabdophis subminiatus
• Heller's Red-necked Keelback Rhabdophis helleri
• Green Keelback Rhabdophis nigrocinctus
• Red-bellied Keelback Rhabdophis conspicillatus
• Red-headed Keelback Rhabdophis flaviceps
• Large-eyed Bamboo Snake Pseudoxenodon macrops
• Common Bamboo Snake Pseudoxenodon bambusicola
• Burmese Mountain Snake Plagiopholis nuchalis
• Collared Reed Snake Calamaria pavimentata
• Red-headed Reed Snake Calamaria schlegeli
• Indochinese Long-nosed Whip Snake Ahaetulla fusca
• Golden Tree Snake Chrysopelea ornata
• Mountain Bronzeback Dendrelaphis subocularis
• Vietnamese Bronzeback Dendrelaphis ngansonensis
• Common Bronzeback Dendrelaphis pictus
• Ocellated Kukri Snake Oligodon ocellatus
• Striped Kukri Snake Oligodon taeniatus
• Barron's Kukri Snake Oligodon barroni
• Ashy Kukri Snake Oligodon cinereus
• Purple Kukri Snake Oligodon purpurascens
• Blyth's Kukri Snake Oligodon catenatus
• Banded Kukri Snake Oligodon fasciolatus
• Cambodian Kukri Snake Oligodon mouhoti
• Deuve's Kukri Snake Oligodon deuvei
• Cantor's Kukri Snake Oligodon cyclurus
• Copperhead Racer Coelognathus radiatus
• Blue-eyed Racer Gonyosoma coeruleum
• Slender Wolf Snake Lycodon albofuscus
• Common Bridle Snake Lycodon davisonii
• Brown Wolf Snake Lycodon effraenis
• Yellow-barred Wolf Snake Lycodon laoensis
• Indian Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon fasciatus
• Butler's Wolf Snake Lycodon butleri
• Cardamom Wolf Snake Lycodon cardamomensis
• Namdong Wolf Snake Lycodon chapaensis
• Many-spotted Cat Snake Boiga multomaculata
• Red Cat Snake Boiga nigriceps
• Mangrove Cat Snake Boiga melanota
• Green Cat Snake Boiga cyanea
• Grey Cat Snake Boiga siamensis
• Bengkulu Cat Snake Boiga bengkuluensis
• Red Mountain Racer Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
• Yellow Black-tailed Racer Elaphe taeniura
• Three-coloured Ringneck Liopeltis tricolor
• Common Rat Snake Ptyas mucosa
• Green Rat Snake Ptyas nigromarginata
• Malayan Brown Snake Xenelaphis hexagonotus
• Common Ringneck Gongylosoma scriptum
• Striped Ringneck Gongylosoma baliodeira
• Sawtooth-necked Bronzeback Dendrelaphis nigroserratus
• Triangle Blackhead Sibynophis triangularis
• Karenland Keelback Hebius terrakarenorum
• Northern Keelback Hebius deschauenseei
• Groundwater's Keelback Hebius groundwateri
• Banded Bronzeback Dendrelaphis striatus
• Vogel's Bronzeback Dendrelaphis vogeli
• Cicada-eating Kukri Snake Oligodon cicadophagus
• Surat Thani Kukri Snake Oligodon promsombuti
• Cave Kukri Snake Oligodon speleoserpens
• Joynson's Kukri Snake Oligodon joynsoni
• Hua Hin Kukri Snake Oligodon huahin
• Snake-eater Wolf Snake Lycodon ophiophagus
• Burmese Keelback Fowlea punctulatus
• Many-banded Green Snake Ptyas multicinctus
• Common Keelback Fowlea flavipunctatus
• Spencer's Mountain Keelback Opisthotropis spenceri
• Annam Kukri Snake Oligodon annamensis

Paretidae

• Smooth Slug Snake Asthenodipsas laevis

Homalopsidae

• Cantor's Water Snake Cantoria violacea
• Crab-eating Water Snake Fordonia leucobalia
• Gerard's Water Snake Gerarda prevostiana
• Puff-faced Water Snake Homalopsis buccata
• Deuve's Water Snake Homalopsis negroventralis
• Martaban Water Snake Homalopsis semizonata
• Chan-ard's Water Snake Enhydris chanardi
• Southern Rice Paddy Snake Hypsiscopus plumbea
• Bangkok Mud Snake Enhydris jagorii

Natricidae

• Blue-necked Keelback Rhabdophis rhodomelas
• Triangle Keelback Xenochrophis trianguligerus

Elapidae

• Banded Krait Bungarus fasciatus
• Malayan Blue Coral Snake Calliophis bivirgatus
• Malayan Banded Coral Snake Calliophis intestinalis
• Equatorial Spitting Cobra Naja sumatrana
• King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah
• Yellow-lipped Sea Krait Laticauda colubrina
• Marbled Sea Snake Aipysurus eydouxii
• Hardwicke's Sea Snake Hydrophis hardwickii
• Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Hydrophis platurus
• Sunda King Cobra Ophiophagus bungarus
• Indochinese Spitting Cobra Naja siamensis
• Monocled Cobra Naja kaouthia
• Brown-banded Cobra Naja fuxi
• Red-headed Krait Bungarus flaviceps
• Blue Krait Bungarus candidus
• Many-banded Krait Bungarus multicinctus
• Red River Krait Bungarus slowinskii
• Spotted Coral Snake Calliophis gracilis
• Small-spotted Coral Snake Calliophis maculiceps
• MacClelland's Coral Snake Sinomicrurus macclellandi
• Black-banded Sea Krait Laticauda laticaudata
• Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis
• Faint-banded Sea Snake Hydrophis belcheri
• Stokes's Sea Snake Hydrophis stokesii
• Blue-banded Sea Snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus
• Striped Sea Snake Hydrophis fasciatus
• Black-headed Sea Snake Hydrophis atriceps
• Reef Sea Snake Hydrophis ornatus
• Lambert's Sea Snake Hydrophis lamberti
• Kloss's Sea Snake Hydrophis klossi
• Biturberculated Sea Snake Hydrophis bituberculatus
• Persian Gulf Sea Snake Hydrophis lapemoides
• Dark Blue-banded Sea Snake Hydrophis caerulescens
• Peron's Sea Snake Acalyptophis peronii
• Graceful Sea Snake Hydrophis gracilis
• Brook's Sea Snake Hydrophis brookii
• Black Sea Snake Hydrophis melanosoma
• Black-banded Sea Snake Hydrophis nigrocinctus
• Inornate Sea Snake Hydrophis inornatus
• West Coast Black-headed Sea Snake Hydrophis torquatus

Viperidae

• Shore Pit Viper Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus
• Wagler's Pit Viper Tropidolaemus wagleri
• Malayan Pit Viper Calloselasma rhodostoma
• Wirot's Palm Pit Viper Craspedocephalus wiroti
• Hagen's Green Pit Viper Trimeresurus hageni
• Sumatran Pit Viper Trimeresurus sumatranus
• Clouded Pit Viper Trimeresurus nebularis
• Sabah Bamboo Pit Viper Trimeresurus sabahi
• Kanburi Pit Viper Trimeresurus kanburiensis
• Large-eyed Pit Viper Trimeresurus macrops
• Cardamom Green Pit Viper Trimeresurus cardamomensis
• Vogel's Pit Viper Trimeresurus vogeli
• Yunnan Banboo Pit Viper Trimeresurus yunnanensis
• White-lipped Pit Viper Trimeresurus albolabris
• Indo-Malayan Mountain Pit Viper Ovophis convictus
• Chinese Mountain Pit Viper Ovophis monticola
• Brown-spotted Pit Viper Protobothrops mucrosquamatus
• Siamese Viper Daboia siamensis
• Lanna Green Pit Viper Trimeresurus lanna
• Tenasserim Green Pit Viper Trimeresurus tenasserimensis
• Cryptic Green Pit Viper Trimeresurus cryptographicus
• Beautiful Pit Viper Trimeresurus venustus
• Kra Isthmus Pit Viper Trimeresurus kraensis
• Kuiburi Pit Viper Trimeresurus kuiburi
• Limestone Eyelash Pit Viper Trimeresurus ciliaris
• Phuket Pit Viper Trimeresurus phuketensis

Cylindrophiidae

• Jodi's Pipe Snake Cylindrophis jodiae

Pareidae

• Mirkwood Forest Slug Snake Asthenodipsas lasgalenensis
• Berdmore's Slug Snake Pareas berdmorei
• Keeled Slug-eating Snake Pareas carinatus
• White-spotted Slug-eating Snake Pareas margaritophorus
• Black-spotted Slug-eating Snake Pareas macularius
• Yunnan Slug-eating Snake Pareas yunnanensis
• Malaccan Slug-eating Snake Asthenodipsas malaccana
• Blunt-headed Tree Snake Aplopeltura boa

Homalopsidae:

• Bocourt's Water Snake Subsessor bocourti
• Jack's Water Snake Homalopsis mereljcoxi
• Asian Bockadam Cerberus rynchops
• South-east Asian Bockadam Cerberus schneiderii
• Tentacled Snake Erpeton tentaculatum
• Northern Rice Paddy Snake Hypsiscopus murphyi
• Rainbow Water Snake Enhydris enhydris
• Mekong Mud Snake Enhydris subtaeniata

Pseudaspididae

• Common Mock Viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus

Psammophiidae

• Indochinese Sand Snake Psammophis indochinensis

Xenodermidae

• Rough-bodied Dragon Snake Xenodermus javanicus

Frequently asked questions

How many snakes are in the Wildlife of Thailand guide?

The guide lists 216 snakes of Thailand, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of snakes are covered?

Acrochordidae (2), Typhlopidae (6), Xenopeltidae (2), Pythonidae (3), Colubridae (105), Paretidae (1), Homalopsidae (9), Natricidae (2), Elapidae (40), Viperidae (26), Cylindrophiidae (1), Pareidae (8), and 4 more groups.