Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes): countries with most species © Rune Midtgaard

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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically Rank* Country Species No. 1 Mexico 323 No. 2 Brazil 302 No. 3 Colombia 217 No. 4 Indonesia 197 No. 5 Ecuador 181 No. 6 India 152 No. 7 Venezuela 150 No. 8 China 149 No. 9 Peru 139 No. 10 USA 138 No. 11 Bolivia 130 No. 12 Vietnam 126 No. 13 Malaysia 120 No. 14 Honduras 116 No. 15 Panama 113 No. 16 Guatemala 112 No. 17 Costa Rica 111 No. 18 Thailand 105 No. 19 Myanmar 98 No. 20 Argentina 96 No. 21 Paraguay 92 No. 22 Nicaragua 84 No. 23 Surinam 82 No. 24 Guyana 73 No. 25 French Guiana [France] 72 No. 26 Laos 72 No. 27 Philippines 70 No. 28 Belize 54 No. 29 Cambodia 54 No. 30 Congo-Kinshasa 52 No. 31 Cameroon 50 No. 32 Bangladesh 48 No. 33 El Salvador 48 No. 34 Brunei 46 No. 35 Central African Republic 44 No. 36 Iran 44 No. 37 Nepal 44 No. 38 Sri Lanka 44 No. 39 Singapore 42 No. 40 Bhutan 41 No. 41 Tanzania 41 No. 42 Nigeria 40 No. 43 Trinidad & Tobago 39 No. 44 Guinea 38 No. 45 Kenya 37 No. 46 Congo-Brazzaville 36 No. 47 Ghana 36 No. 48 Turkey 36 No. 49 Ivory Coast 34 No. 50 Pakistan 34 No. 51 Uganda 34 No. 52 Liberia 33 No. 53 Togo 33 No. 54 Uruguay 31 No. 55 Angola 30 No. 56 Sierra Leone 30 No. 57 Equatorial Guinea 29 No. 58 Papua New Guinea 28 No. 59 Syria 28 No. 60 Zambia 27 No. 61 Benin 26 No. 62 Ethiopia 26 No. 63 Gabon 26 No. 64 South Sudan 26 No. 65 Taiwan 26 No. 66 Israel 25 No. 67 Russia 25 No. 68 Somalia 25 No. 69 Iraq 24 No. 70 Rwanda 24 No. 71 Jordan 22 No. 72 Burundi 21 No. 73 Canada 21 No. 74 Mozambique 21 No. 75 Senegal 21 No. 76 Turkmenistan 20 No. 77 Chad 19 No. 78 Japan 19 No. 79 Mali 19 No. 80 Sudan 19 No. 81 Malawi 18 No. 82 Zimbabwe 18 No. 83 Azerbaijan 17 No. 84 South Africa 17 No. 85 Afghanistan 16 No. 86 Burkina Faso 16 No. 87 Egypt 16 No. 88 Lebanon 16 No. 89 Armenia 15 No. 90 Italy 15 No. 91 Algeria 14 No. 92 Greece 14 No. 93 Guinea-Bissau 14 No. 94 Namibia 14 No. 95 Georgia 13 No. 96 Morocco 13 No. 97 Saudi Arabia 13 No. 98 Botswana 12 No. 99 Croatia 12 No. 100 Eritrea 12 No. 101 Eswatini 12 No. 102 Kazakhstan 12 No. 103 Bulgaria 11 No. 104 Cuba 11 No. 105 Gambia 11 No. 106 Niger 11 No. 107 Tunisia 11 No. 108 Albania 10 No. 109 Haiti 10 No. 110 Macedonia 10 No. 111 Montenegro 10 No. 112 Uzbekistan 10 No. 113 Bosnia & Herzegovina 9 No. 114 Dominican Republic 9 No. 115 Slovenia 9 No. 116 Spain 9 No. 117 Cyprus 8 No. 118 France 8 No. 119 Libya 8 No. 120 Mauritania 8 No. 121 North Korea 8 No. 122 Switzerland 8 No. 123 Tajikistan 8 No. 124 Ukraine 8 No. 125 Yemen 8 No. 126 Djibouti 7 No. 127 Portugal 7 No. 128 Serbia 7 No. 129 South Korea 7 No. 130 Western Sahara 7 No. 131 Chile 6 No. 132 Moldova 6 No. 133 Oman 6 No. 134 Romania 6 No. 135 Australia 5 No. 136 East Timor 5 No. 137 Germany 5 No. 138 Gibraltar [United Kingdom] 5 No. 139 Hungary 5 No. 140 Kyrgyzstan 5 No. 141 San Marino 5 No. 142 United Arab Emirates 5 No. 143 Austria 4 No. 144 Cayman Islands 4 No. 145 Czech Republic 4 No. 146 Kuwait 4 No. 147 Mongolia 4 No. 148 Poland 4 No. 149 Puerto Rico 4 No. 150 Slovakia 4 No. 151 Andorra 3 No. 152 Bahamas 3 No. 153 Guadeloupe [France] 3 No. 154 Jamaica 3 No. 155 Qatar 3 No. 156 Bahrain 2 No. 157 Belarus 2 No. 158 Belgium 2 No. 159 British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom] 2 No. 160 Dominica 2 No. 161 Estonia 2 No. 162 Finland 2 No. 163 Grenada 2 No. 164 Lesotho 2 No. 165 Liechtenstein 2 No. 166 Lithuania 2 No. 167 Luxembourg 2 No. 168 Maldives 2 No. 169 Malta 2 No. 170 Netherlands 2 No. 171 Norway 2 No. 172 Saint Lucia 2 No. 173 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 2 No. 174 Sao Tome & Principe 2 No. 175 Solomon Islands 2 No. 176 Sweden 2 No. 177 U.S. Virgin Islands [USA] 2 No. 178 United Kingdom 2 No. 179 Anguilla 1 No. 180 Antigua & Barbuda 1 No. 181 Aruba [Netherlands] 1 No. 182 Cocos Islands (Indonesia) [Indonesia] 1 No. 183 Curacao [Netherlands] 1 No. 184 Denmark 1 No. 185 Montserrat [United Kingdom] 1 No. 186 Palau 1 No. 187 Saba [Netherlands] 1 No. 188 Saint Barthelemy [France] 1 No. 189 Saint Martin [France / Netherlands] 1 No. 190 Seychelles 1 No. 191 Sint Eustatius [Netherlands] 1 No. 192 Socotra Archipelago [Yemen] 1