The following is a list of snakes 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.

Order Squamata - suborder Serpents

Family Leptotyphlopidae

Family Typhlopidae

Common Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus)

Family Cylindrophiidae

Family Uropeltidae

Family Acrochordidae

Wart snake (Acrochordus granulatus)

Family Boidae

Family Xenopeltidae

Family Elapidae

Bungarus fasciatus, the Banded Krait
The Binocellate Cobra(naja naja)

Family Hydrophiidae

Family Viperidae

Russel's viper Daboia russelii
Common hump-nosed pit viper Hypnale hypnale

Family Colubridae

See also

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.

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