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Families Acrochordidae Australasian File Snakes Aniliidae South American Pipe Snake Anomalepididae Neotropical Blind Snakes Atractaspididae Stiletto Snakes, etc. Anomochilidae Dwarf Pipe Snakes Boidae Greater Boas Bolyeriidae Mascarene Boas Calabariidae Calabar Boa Calamariidae Reed Snakes, etc. Candoiidae Pacific Boas Charinaidae North American Boas Colubridae Typical Snakes Cyclocoridae Philippine Burrowing Snakes, etc. Cylindrophiidae Asian Pipe Snakes Dipsadidae American Snail Eaters, etc. Elapidae Cobras, Sea Snakes, etc. Elapidae: part 1 [terrestrial species] Cobras, Mambas, Coral Snakes, etc. Elapidae: part 2 [marine species] Sea Snakes Erycidae Sandboas Gerrhopilidae Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes Grayiidae Equatorial African Water Snakes Homalopsidae Australasian Mud Snakes Lamprophiidae House Snakes, etc. Leptotyphlopidae Thread Snakes Loxocemidae Neotropical Sunbeam Snake Micrelapidae Short-jawed Rear-fanged Snakes Natricidae Keelbacks Pareidae Oriental Slug Eaters Prosymnidae Shovel-snout Snakes Psammodynastidae Asian Mock Vipers Psammophiidae Old World Sand Snakes, etc. Pseudaspididae African Mole Snake & Western Keeled Snake Pseudoxenodontidae Mock Cobras, etc. Pseudoxyrhophiidae Gemsnakes Pythonidae Pythons Sanziniidae Madagascar Boas Sibynophiidae Oriental Black-headed Snakes, etc. Tropidophiidae Southern Dwarf Boas Typhlopidae Typical Blind Snakes Ungaliophiidae Northern Dwarf Boas Uropeltidae Shield-tailed Snakes Viperidae Vipers Xenodermidae Asian Litter Snakes Xenopeltidae Asian Sunbeam Snakes Xenophidiidae Spiny-jawed Snakes Xenotyphlopidae Round-nosed Blind Snake

Taxonomy of Snakes (Serpentes) Bibliography of Snakes (Serpentes) Species richness map of the snakes (Serpentes) of the world (click on the map to see larger version) Biodiversity of snake species How many snake species are there in the World? How many endemic snakes are there in the World? Chronology of new snake species descriptions Frequency (left) Cumulative frequency (right) Which countries and regions have most snake species? Ranked list (countries, left map) Ranked list (all regions, right map)