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