Snakes: where they live

Maps and quick facts for 160 snakes (king cobra, inland taipan, black mamba, green anaconda, common krait). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show snakes on the world map

All 160 snakes

Colubridae 49

• Aesculapian snake Zamenis longissimus
• Ahaetulla nasuta Ahaetulla nasuta
• Ahaetulla prasina Ahaetulla prasina
• Banded water snake Nerodia fasciata
• Beauty rat snake Orthriophis taeniurus
• Boomslang Dispholidus typus
• Brown tree snake Boiga irregularis
• Buff striped keelback Amphiesma stolatum
• California kingsnake Lampropeltis californiae
• Checkered keelback Xenochrophis piscator
• Chrysopelea ornata Chrysopelea ornata
• Chrysopelea paradisi Chrysopelea paradisi
• Common garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis
• Common watersnake Nerodia sipedon
• Corn snake Pantherophis guttatus
• DeKay's brown snake Storeria dekayi
• Dice snake Natrix tessellata
• Eastern hognose snake Heterodon platirhinos
• Eastern racer Coluber constrictor
• Elaphe carinata Elaphe carinata
• Gonyosoma oxycephalum Gonyosoma oxycephalum
• Grass snake Natrix natrix
• Green whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus
• Horseshoe whip snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis
• Hydrodynastes gigas Hydrodynastes gigas
• Japanese rat snake Elaphe climacophora
• Ladder snake Rhinechis scalaris
• Lampropeltis getula Lampropeltis getula
• Leptophis ahaetulla Leptophis ahaetulla
• Lycodon aulicus Lycodon aulicus
• Lycodon capucinus Lycodon capucinus
• Masticophis flagellum Masticophis flagellum
• Milk snake Lampropeltis triangulum
• Mud snake Farancia abacura
• Natrix maura Natrix maura
• Opheodrys aestivus Opheodrys aestivus
• Oriental rat snake Ptyas mucosa
• Oxybelis aeneus Oxybelis aeneus
• Oxybelis fulgidus Oxybelis fulgidus
• Pantherophis obsoletus Pantherophis obsoletus
• Pituophis catenifer Pituophis catenifer
• Pituophis melanoleucus Pituophis melanoleucus
• Rhabdophis tigrinus Rhabdophis tigrinus
• Ring-necked snake Diadophis punctatus
• Smooth green snake Opheodrys vernalis
• Smooth snake Coronella austriaca
• Spilotes pullatus Spilotes pullatus
• Western hognose snake Heterodon nasicus
• Western terrestrial garter snake Thamnophis elegans

Elapidae 40

• Aipysurus laevis Aipysurus laevis
• Banded krait Bungarus fasciatus
• Black mamba Dendroaspis polylepis
• Black-banded sea krait Laticauda semifasciata
• Black-necked spitting cobra Naja nigricollis
• Blue-lipped sea krait Laticauda laticaudata
• Bungarus candidus Bungarus candidus
• Calliophis bivirgatus Calliophis bivirgatus
• Cape cobra Naja nivea
• Caspian cobra Naja oxiana
• Chinese cobra Naja atra
• Coastal taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus
• Common death adder Acanthophis antarcticus
• Common krait Bungarus caeruleus
• Eastern brown snake Pseudonaja textilis
• Eastern green mamba Dendroaspis angusticeps
• Egyptian cobra Naja haje
• Forest cobra Naja melanoleuca
• Hydrophis belcheri Hydrophis belcheri
• Indian cobra Naja naja
• Inland taipan Oxyuranus microlepidotus
• Jameson's mamba Dendroaspis jamesoni
• King brown snake Pseudechis australis
• King cobra Ophiophagus hannah
• Many-banded krait Bungarus multicinctus
• Monocled cobra Naja kaouthia
• Mozambique spitting cobra Naja mossambica
• Philippine cobra Naja philippinensis
• Pseudonaja nuchalis Pseudonaja nuchalis
• Red spitting cobra Naja pallida
• Red-bellied black snake Pseudechis porphyriacus
• Red-headed krait Bungarus flaviceps
• Rinkhals Hemachatus haemachatus
• Samar cobra Naja samarensis
• Texas coral snake Micrurus tener
• Tiger snake Notechis scutatus
• Walterinnesia aegyptia Walterinnesia aegyptia
• Western green mamba Dendroaspis viridis
• Yellow-bellied sea snake Hydrophis platurus
• Yellow-lipped sea krait Laticauda colubrina

Viperidae 40

• Adder Vipera berus
• Agkistrodon piscivorus Agkistrodon piscivorus
• Atheris hispida Atheris hispida
• Atheris squamigera Atheris squamigera
• Bitis nasicornis Bitis nasicornis
• Bothriechis schlegelii Bothriechis schlegelii
• Bothrops alternatus Bothrops alternatus
• Bothrops asper Bothrops asper
• Bothrops atrox Bothrops atrox
• Bothrops jararaca Bothrops jararaca
• Cerastes vipera Cerastes vipera
• Crotalus cerastes Crotalus cerastes
• Crotalus durissus Crotalus durissus
• Crotalus oreganus Crotalus oreganus
• Crotalus ruber Crotalus ruber
• Crotalus scutulatus Crotalus scutulatus
• Crotalus viridis Crotalus viridis
• Daboia palaestinae Daboia palaestinae
• Deinagkistrodon Deinagkistrodon acutus
• Eastern copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix
• Eastern diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus
• Eastern massasauga Sistrurus catenatus
• Echis carinatus Echis carinatus
• Gaboon viper Bitis gabonica
• Golden lancehead Bothrops insularis
• Hypnale hypnale Hypnale hypnale
• Macrovipera lebetinus Macrovipera lebetina
• Montivipera xanthina Montivipera xanthina
• Protobothrops flavoviridis Protobothrops flavoviridis
• Puff adder Bitis arietans
• Russell's viper Daboia russelii
• Tiger rattlesnake Crotalus tigris
• Timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
• Trimeresurus albolabris Trimeresurus albolabris
• Trimeresurus stejnegeri Trimeresurus stejnegeri
• Tropidolaemus wagleri Tropidolaemus wagleri
• Vipera ammodytes Vipera ammodytes
• Vipera aspis Vipera aspis
• Vipera ursinii Vipera ursinii
• Western diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox

Pythonidae 14

• Amethystine python Morelia amethistina
• Ball python Python regius
• Black-headed python Aspidites melanocephalus
• Burmese python Python bivittatus
• Central African rock python Python sebae
• Children's python Antaresia childreni
• Green tree python Morelia viridis
• Indian python Python molurus
• Morelia spilota Morelia spilota
• Olive python Liasis olivaceus
• Python brongersmai Python brongersmai
• Reticulated python Malayopython reticulatus
• Southern African rock python Python natalensis
• Woma python Aspidites ramsayi

Boidae 11

• Boa constrictor Boa constrictor
• Cuban boa Chilabothrus angulifer
• Desert rosy boa Lichanura trivirgata
• Emerald tree boa Corallus caninus
• Eryx conicus Eryx conicus
• Eryx jayakari Eryx jayakari
• Eryx johnii Eryx johnii
• Green anaconda Eunectes murinus
• Rainbow boa Epicrates cenchria
• Rubber boa Charina bottae
• Yellow anaconda Eunectes notaeus

Acrochordidae 1

• Acrochordus arafurae Acrochordus arafurae

Homalopsidae 1

• Tentacled snake Erpeton tentaculatum

Leptotyphlopidae 1

• Barbados threadsnake Tetracheilostoma carlae

Psammophiidae 1

• Malpolon monspessulanus Malpolon monspessulanus

Pseudaspididae 1

• Mole snake Pseudaspis cana

Typhlopidae 1

• Indotyphlops braminus Indotyphlops braminus