SNAKES
The snake checklist is based on Dowling and Jenner (1988), with modifications
and additions by Joe Slowinski and Alan Leviton. Although there have
been recent publications reworking snake phylogeny, the taxonomy of
this checklist reflects the taxonomy currectly used in our our specimen
database.
Column Status indicates whether
this species has been verified by the Project (V) or has been
reported in the literature (lit). Images are available for some
species (
) through a dynamic
link to our Image database. More images will be coming soon.
| Serpentes [156 spp.] |
Status
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| Acrochordidae [1 sp.] | ||||
Acrochordus
granulatus (Schneider 1799)
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V, lit
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| Boidae [2 spp.] | ||||
| Python molurus Linnaeus 1758 |
lit
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| Python reticulatus (Schneider 1801) |
V, lit
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| Colubridae: Colubrinae [63 spp.] | ||||
| Ahaetulla
fronticincta (Günther 1858)
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V, lit
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| Ahaetulla
nasuta (Lacépède 1789)
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V, lit
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| Ahaetulla
prasina (Shaw 1802)
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V, lit
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| Boiga
cyanea (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril 1854)
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V, lit
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| Boiga cynodon (Reinwardt in Boie 1827) |
lit
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| Boiga gokool Gray 1834 |
lit
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| Boiga
multomaculata (Reinwardt 1827)
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V, lit
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| Boiga
ocellata Kroon 1973
|
V, lit
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| Boiga
ochracea (Günther 1868)
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V, lit
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| Boiga quincunciata (Wall 1908) |
V, lit
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| Blythia reticulata (Blyth 1854) |
lit
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| Calamaria
pavimentata (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril 1854)
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V, lit
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| Chrysopelea
ornata (Shaw 1802)
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V, lit
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| Chrysopelea paradisi H. Boie in F. Boie 1827 |
lit
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| Chrysopelea pelias (Linnaeus 1758) |
lit
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| Cyclophiops doriae Boulenger 1888 |
V, lit
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| Cyclophiops hamptoni (Boulenger 1900) |
lit
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| Dendrelaphis caudolineatus (Gray 1834) |
lit
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| Dendrelaphis cyanochloris (Wall 1921) |
V, lit
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| Dendrelaphis gorei (Wall 1910) |
V, lit
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| Dendrelaphis
pictus (Gmelin 1789)
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V, lit
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| Dendrelaphis
subocularis (Boulenger 1888)
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V, lit
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| Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin 1803) |
lit
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| Dinodon flavozonatum Pope 1928 |
V, lit
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| Dinodon septentrionalis (Günther 1875) |
V, lit
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| Dryocalamus davisonii (Blanford 1878) |
V, lit
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| Elaphe cantoris (Boulenger 1894) |
lit
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| Elaphe flavolineata (Schlegel 1837) |
lit
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| Elaphe leonardi (Wall 1921) |
lit
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| Elaphe mandarina (Cantor 1842) |
V, lit
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| Elaphe
porphyracea (Cantor 1839)
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V, lit
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| Elaphe prasina (Blyth 1854) |
V, lit
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| Elaphe
radiata (Schlegel 1837)
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V, lit
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| Elaphe taeniura Cope 1861 |
V, lit
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| Gongylosoma scriptus (Theobold 1868) |
lit
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| Gonyosoma oxycephalum (H. Boie in D. Boie 1827) |
V, lit
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| Liopeltis frenatus (Günther 1858) |
lit
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| Liopeltis scriptus (Theobald 1868) |
lit
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| Liopeltis stoliczkai (Sclater 1891) |
lit
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| Lycodon
aulicus (Linnaeus 1758)
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V, lit
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| Lycodon fasciatus (Anderson 1879) |
V, lit
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| Lycodon kundui Smith 1943 |
lit
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| Lycodon
zawi Slowinski, Pawar, Htun Win,
Thin Thin, Sai Wunna Kyi, San Lwin Oo and Hla Tun 2001
|
V
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| Macropisthodon plumbicolor (Cantor 1839) |
V
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| Oligodon
albocinctus (Cantor 1839)
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V, lit
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| Oligodon catenata (Blyth 1854) |
lit
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| Oligodon
cinereus (Günther 1864)
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V, lit
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| Oligodon
cruentatus (Günther 1868)
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V, lit
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| Oligodon
cyclurus (Cantor 1839)
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V, lit
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| Oligodon dorsalis (Gray and Hardwicke 1835) |
lit
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| Oligodon hamptoni Boulenger 1918 |
lit
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| Oligodon mcdougalli Wall 1905 |
lit
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| Oligodon planiceps (Boulenger 1888) |
V, lit
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| Oligodon
splendidus (Günther 1875)
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V, lit
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| Oligodon
theobaldi (Günther 1868)
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V, lit
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| Oligodon torquatus (Boulenger 1888) |
V, lit
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| Psammophis
condanarus (Merrem 1820)
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V, lit
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| Ptyas
korros (Schlegel 1837)
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V, lit
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| Ptyas
mucosus (Linnaeus 1758)
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V, lit
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| Sibynophis
bistrigatus (Günther 1868)
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V, lit
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| Sibynophis
collaris (Gray 1853)
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V, lit
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| Zaocys carinatus (Günther 1858) |
lit
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| Zaocys nigromarginatus (Blyth 1854) |
V, lit
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| Colubridae: Homalopsinae [10 spp.] | ||||
| Bitia
hydroides Gray 1842
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V, lit
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| Cantoria
violacea Girard 1857
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V, lit
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| Cerberus
rynchops (Schneider 1799)
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V, lit
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| Enhydris enhydris (Schneider 1799) |
V, lit
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| Enhydris maculosa (Blanford 1879) |
lit
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| Enhydris plumbea (H. Boie in F. Boie 1827) |
lit
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| Enhydris sieboldii (Schlegel 1837) |
lit
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| Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel 1837) |
V, lit
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| Gerarda prevostiana (Eydoux and Gervais 1822) |
V, lit
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| Homalopsis buccata (Linnaeus 1758) |
V, lit
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| Colubridae: Natricinae [26 spp.] | ||||
| Amphiesma bitaeniata (Wall 1925) |
lit
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| Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger 1890) |
V, lit
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| Amphiesma modesta (Günther 1875) |
V, lit
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| Amphiesma parallela (Boulenger 1890) |
lit
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| Amphiesma
stolata (Linnaeus 1758)
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V, lit
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| Amphiesma taronensis (Smith 1940) |
V, lit 1
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| Amphiesma xernura Wall 1907 | V | |||
| Amphiesma venningi (Wall 1910) |
lit
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| Plagiopholis blakewayi Boulenger 1893 |
lit
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| Plagiopholis nuchalis (Boulenger 1893) |
lit
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| Psammodynastes
pulverulentus (H. Boie in D. Boie 1827)
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V, lit
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| Pseudoxenodon
macrops (Blyth 1854)
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V, lit
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| Rhabdophis chrysarga (Schlegel 1837) |
V, lit
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| Rhabdophis
himalayana (Günther 1864)
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V, lit
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| Rhabdophis leonardi (Wall 1923) |
lit
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| Rhabdophis nigrocincta (Blyth 1856) |
V, lit
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| Rhabdophis nuchalis (Boulenger 1891) |
lit
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| Rhabdophis
subminiata (Schlegel 1837)
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V, lit
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| Rhabdops bicolor (Blyth 1854) |
lit
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| Sinonatrix percarinata (Boulenger 1899) |
lit
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| Sinonatrix yunnanensis Rao and Yang 1998 | V | |||
| Xenochrophis bellula (Stoliczka 1871) |
lit
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| Xenochrophis flavipunctatus (Hallowell 1860) |
V, lit
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| Xenochrophis
piscator (Schneider 1799)
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V, lit 2
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| Xenochrophis
punctulatus (Günther 1858)
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V, lit
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| Xenochrophis trianguligerus (H. Boie in F. Boie 1827) |
V, lit
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| Colubridae: Pareatinae [5 spp.] | ||||
| Aplopeltura boa (F. Boie 1828) |
lit
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| Pareas carinatus (F. Boie 1828) |
V, lit
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| Pareas hamptoni (Boulenger 1905) |
V, lit
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| Pareas macularius Theobald 1868 |
V, lit
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| Pareas margaritophorus (Jan 1866) |
lit
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| Cylindrophiidae [1 sp.] | ||||
| Cylindrophis
ruffus (Laurenti 1768)
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V, lit
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| Elapidae: Elapinae [12 spp.] | ||||
| Bungarus bungaroides (Cantor 1839) |
lit
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| Bungarus
fasciatus (Schneider 1801)
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V, lit
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| Bungarus flaviceps Reinhardt 1843 |
lit
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| Bungarus
magnimaculatus Wall and Evans 1901
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V, lit
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| Bungarus multicinctus Blyth 1861 | ||||
| Bungarus wanghaotingi Pope 1928 |
V, lit
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| Calliophis bivirgata (H. Boie in F. Boie 1827) |
lit
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| Calliophis maculiceps (Günther 1858) |
lit
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| Naja
kaouthia Lesson 1831
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V, lit
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| Naja
mandalayensis Slowinski and Wüster
2000
|
V
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| Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor 1836) |
V, lit
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| Sinomicrurus macclellandi (Reinhardt 1844) |
V, lit
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| Elapidae: Hydrophiinae [15 spp.] | ||||
| Enhydrina schistosa (Daudin 1803) |
V, lit
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| Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw 1802) |
lit
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| Hydrophis cantoris (Günther 1864) |
lit
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| Hydrophis fasciatus (Schneider 1799) |
lit
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| Hydrophis gracilis (Shaw 1802) |
lit
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| Hydrophis obscurus Daudin 1803 |
lit
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| Hydrophis
ornatus (Gray 1842)
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V
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| Hydrophis spiralis (Shaw 1802) |
lit
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| Hydrophis stricticollis Günther 1864 |
lit
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| Kerilia jerdonii Gray 1849 |
lit
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| Lapemis hardwickii Gray 1834 |
V, lit
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| Laticauda
colubrina (Schneider 1799)
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V
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| Laticauda
laticaudata (Linnaeus 1758)
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V
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| Pelamis platurus (Linnaeus 1766) |
lit
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| Thalassophina viperina Schmidt 1852 |
lit
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| Typhlopidae [7 spp.] | ||||
| Ramphotyphlops albiceps (Boulenger 1898) |
lit
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| Ramphotyphlops braminus (Daudin 1803) |
V, lit
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| Typhlops diardii Schlegel 1839 |
V, lit
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| Typhlops jerdoni Boulenger 1890 |
lit
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| Typhlops muelleri Schlegel 1839 |
lit
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| Typhlops oatesii Boulenger 1890 |
lit 3
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| Typhlops porrectus Stoliczka 1871 |
lit
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| Viperidae: Azemiopinae [1 sp.] | ||||
| Azemiops feae Boulenger 1888 |
lit
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| Viperidae: Crotalinae [10 spp.] | ||||
| Ovophis monticola Günther 1864 |
V, lit
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| Protobothrops jerdonii (Günther 1875) |
V, lit
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| Protobothrops kaulbacki Smith 1940 |
V, lit
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| Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (Cantor 1839) |
V, lit
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| Trimeresurus
albolabris Gray 1842
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V, lit
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| Trimeresurus erythrurus (Cantor 1839) |
V, lit
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| Trimeresurus medoensis Zhao 1977 |
V, lit
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| Trimeresurus popeiorum M.A.Smith 1937 |
V, lit
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| Trimeresurus
purpureomaculatus (Gray in Gray and Hardwicke 1832)
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V, lit
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| Trimeresurus yunnanensis Schmidt 1925 |
V, lit
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| Viperidae: Viperinae [1 sp.] | ||||
| Daboia russelii (Shaw and Nodder 1797) |
V, lit
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| Xenodermatidae [1 sp.] | ||||
| Xenodermus javanicus Reinhardt 1836 |
lit
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| Xenopeltidae [1 sp.] | ||||
| Xenopeltis
unicolor Reinhardt in F. Boie 1827
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V, lit
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1. Natrix venningi taronensis in Smith 1940; known from northern Burma.
2. Smith (1943) suggests that "Natrix piscator flavipunctatus" occurs in central Myanmar and typical "N. piscator piscator" is present in "the Himalayas, ... Upper Burma, Yunnan, Upper Laos." Pope (1935) argues that Hallowell's flavipunctatum is available for the population of piscator found in southeastern China only. We are unable to resolve the taxonomic problem surrounding the several populations of Xenochrophis piscator at this time and therefore leave the nominal species X. flavipunctatum in X. piscator.
3. Known from the Andaman Island, India and Koko Islands, Burma, after Smith 1943.