This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis.

A

Adder

Common adder

Death Adder

Desert death adder

Horned adder

Long-nosed adder

Many-horned adder

Mountain adder

Mud adder

Namaqua dwarf adder

Peringuey's adder

Puff adder

African puff adder

Rhombic night adder

Sand adder

Dwarf sand adder

Namib dwarf sand adder

Water adder

Aesculapian snake

Anaconda

Bolivian anaconda

De Schauensee's anaconda

Green anaconda

Yellow anaconda

Arafura file snake

Asp

European asp

Egyptian asp

African beaked snake

B

Ball Python

Bird snake

Black-headed snake

Mexican black kingsnake

Black rat snake

Black snake

Red-bellied black snake

Blind snake

Brahminy blind snake

Texas blind snake

Western blind snake

Boa

Abaco Island boa

Amazon tree boa

Boa constrictor

Cuban boa

Dumeril's boa

Dwarf boa

Emerald tree boa

Hogg Island boa

Jamaican boa

Madagascar ground boa

Madagascar tree boa

Puerto Rican boa

Rainbow boa

Red-tailed boa

Rosy boa

Rubber boa

Sand boa

Tree boa

Boiga

Boomslang

Brown snake

Eastern brown snake

Bull snake

Bushmaster

Dwarf beaked snake

Rufous beaked snake

C

Canebrake

Cantil

Cascabel

Cat-eyed snake

Banded cat-eyed snake

Green cat-eyed snake

Cat snake

Andaman cat snake

Beddome's cat snake

Dog-toothed cat snake

Forsten's cat snake

Gold-ringed cat snake

Gray cat snake

Many-spotted cat snake

Nicobar cat snake

Sri Lanka cat snake

Tawny cat snake

Chicken snake

Coachwhip snake

Cobra

Andaman cobra

Arabian cobra

Asian cobra

Banded water cobra

Black-necked cobra

Black-necked spitting cobra

Black tree cobra

Burrowing cobra

Cape cobra

Caspian cobra

Chinese cobra

Cobra de capello

Congo water cobra

Common cobra

Eastern water cobra

Egyptian cobra

Equatorial spitting cobra

False cobra

False water cobra

Forest cobra

Gold tree cobra

Indian cobra

Indochinese spitting cobra

Javan spitting cobra

King cobra

Mandalay cobra

Monocled cobra

Monoculate cobra

Mozambique spitting cobra

North Philippine cobra

Nubian spitting cobra

Philippine cobra

Red spitting cobra

Rinkhals cobra

Shield-nosed cobra

Sinai desert cobra

Southern Indonesian spitting cobra

Southern Philippine cobra

Southwestern black spitting cobra

Snouted cobra

Spectacled cobra

Spitting cobra

Storm water cobra

Thai cobra

Taiwan cobra

West African brown spitting cobra

White-lipped cobra

Yellow cobra

Zebra spitting cobra

Collett's snake

Congo snake

Copperhead

American copperhead

Australian copperhead

Coral snake

Arizona coral snake

Beddome's coral snake

Brazilian coral snake

Cape coral snake

Eastern coral snake

False coral snake

Harlequin coral snake

High Woods coral snake

Malayan long-glanded coral snake

Texas Coral Snake

Western coral snake

Corn snake

South eastern corn snake

Cottonmouth

Crowned snake

Cuban wood snake

E

Eastern hognose snake

Egg-eater

Indian egg-eater

Eyelash viper

Eastern coral snake

F

Fer-de-lance

Fierce snake

Fishing snake

Flying snake

Golden tree snake

Indian flying snake

Moluccan flying snake

Ornate flying snake

Paradise flying snake

Twin-Barred tree snake

Banded Flying Snake

Fox snake, three species of Pantherophis

Forest flame snake

G

Garter snake

Checkered garter snake

Common garter snake

San Francisco garter snake

Texas garter snake

Glossy snake

Gopher snake

List of snakes by common name