Worldwide
Snakes by country
Pick a continent or country to see every snake species recorded there, which ones are venomous, and how to identify them.
Africa
Continent guide →Congo, Democratic Republic of the200+ speciesTanzania, United Republic of175+ speciesSouth Africa150+ speciesKenya150+ speciesCameroon150+ speciesNamibia125+ speciesNigeria125+ speciesAngola125+ speciesUganda100+ speciesCongo100+ speciesCentral African Republic100+ speciesGhana100+ speciesZambia100+ speciesZimbabwe100+ speciesCôte d’Ivoire100+ speciesMozambique100+ speciesGuinea100+ speciesBenin75+ speciesSudan75+ speciesMadagascar75+ speciesMalawi75+ speciesGabon75+ speciesEthiopia75+ speciesChad75+ speciesLiberia75+ speciesTogo75+ speciesMali50+ speciesSenegal50+ speciesSierra Leone50+ speciesBotswana50+ speciesEgypt50+ speciesSomalia50+ speciesSouth Sudan50+ speciesRwanda50+ speciesEswatini50+ speciesEquatorial Guinea50+ speciesNiger50+ speciesBurundi50+ speciesGambia40+ speciesAlgeria40+ speciesGuinea-Bissau40+ speciesBurkina Faso40+ speciesMorocco40+ speciesMauritania30+ speciesTunisia30+ speciesLesotho20+ speciesLibya20+ speciesEritrea10+ speciesDjibouti10+ speciesSao Tome and Principe10+ speciesMauritius10+ speciesWestern Sahara9 speciesRéunion8 speciesComoros7 speciesMayotte4 speciesSeychelles4 speciesCabo Verde1 species
India350+ speciesIndonesia350+ speciesChina300+ speciesThailand250+ speciesViet Nam250+ speciesMalaysia200+ speciesMyanmar200+ speciesPhilippines150+ speciesLao People’s Democratic Republic125+ speciesSri Lanka125+ speciesSingapore100+ speciesCambodia100+ speciesChinese Taipei75+ speciesJapan75+ speciesIran (Islamic Republic of)75+ speciesNepal75+ speciesPakistan75+ speciesBangladesh75+ speciesHong Kong50+ speciesTürkiye50+ speciesBrunei Darussalam50+ speciesIsrael50+ speciesBhutan50+ speciesIraq40+ speciesSyrian Arab Republic40+ speciesAfghanistan40+ speciesSaudi Arabia40+ speciesYemen30+ speciesJordan30+ speciesLebanon30+ speciesOman30+ speciesArmenia30+ speciesGeorgia30+ speciesKorea, Republic of30+ speciesPalestine, State of20+ speciesTurkmenistan20+ speciesKazakhstan20+ speciesAzerbaijan20+ speciesUzbekistan20+ speciesMacao20+ speciesTimor-Leste20+ speciesUnited Arab Emirates20+ speciesCyprus10+ speciesKorea (Democratic People’s Republic of)10+ speciesTajikistan10+ speciesKuwait10+ speciesMongolia10+ speciesKyrgyzstan10+ speciesBahrain11 speciesQatar10 speciesMaldives6 species
Europe
Continent guide →Germany75+ speciesFrance50+ speciesRussian Federation50+ speciesGreece30+ speciesDenmark30+ speciesItaly30+ speciesSpain20+ speciesNetherlands20+ speciesBelgium20+ speciesCroatia20+ speciesAlbania10+ speciesBulgaria10+ speciesNorth Macedonia10+ speciesUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland10+ speciesAustria10+ speciesUkraine10+ speciesMontenegro10+ speciesRomania10+ speciesBosnia and Herzegovina10+ speciesPortugal10+ speciesSwitzerland10+ speciesSlovenia10+ speciesSweden10+ speciesHungary10 speciesPoland10 speciesSerbia10 speciesMalta9 speciesCzechia8 speciesKosovo8 speciesSlovakia7 speciesAndorra6 speciesGibraltar6 speciesNorway6 speciesFinland4 speciesIceland4 speciesLuxembourg4 speciesMoldova, Republic of4 speciesLithuania3 speciesBelarus2 speciesEstonia2 speciesIsle of Man2 speciesLatvia2 speciesLiechtenstein2 speciesJersey1 speciesMonaco1 species
North America
Continent guide →Mexico450+ speciesUnited States of America400+ speciesGuatemala175+ speciesCosta Rica175+ speciesPanama175+ speciesHonduras175+ speciesNicaragua125+ speciesBelize75+ speciesTrinidad and Tobago75+ speciesEl Salvador75+ speciesCanada50+ speciesDominican Republic40+ speciesCuba30+ speciesMartinique30+ speciesHaiti20+ speciesBahamas20+ speciesPuerto Rico20+ speciesJamaica10+ speciesGuadeloupe10+ speciesVirgin Islands (U.S.)10+ speciesCayman Islands10+ speciesDominica11 speciesGrenada11 speciesSaint Lucia10 speciesAruba9 speciesSaint Barthélemy8 speciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines8 speciesAntigua and Barbuda7 speciesSaint Kitts and Nevis7 speciesSaint Martin (French part)7 speciesTurks and Caicos Islands7 speciesVirgin Islands (British)7 speciesBarbados6 speciesCuraçao5 speciesBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba4 speciesAnguilla3 speciesMontserrat3 speciesBermuda2 speciesSaint Pierre and Miquelon2 speciesSint Maarten (Dutch part)1 species
South America
Continent guide →Brazil400+ speciesColombia350+ speciesEcuador250+ speciesPeru200+ speciesBolivia (Plurinational State of)200+ speciesVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)175+ speciesSuriname150+ speciesArgentina150+ speciesParaguay125+ speciesFrench Guiana125+ speciesGuyana125+ speciesUruguay50+ speciesChile20+ species
Oceania
Continent guide →Australia200+ speciesPapua New Guinea100+ speciesSolomon Islands30+ speciesNew Caledonia20+ speciesFiji10+ speciesPalau10+ speciesMicronesia (Federated States of)11 speciesTonga10 speciesVanuatu9 speciesNew Zealand8 speciesSamoa8 speciesNorthern Mariana Islands7 speciesGuam6 speciesFrench Polynesia5 speciesKiribati3 speciesMarshall Islands3 speciesWallis and Futuna3 speciesAmerican Samoa2 speciesNiue2 speciesNauru1 speciesTuvalu1 species