Snake Species of the World

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Biological and ecological descriptions of various major snake groups from around the world. Last indexed June 13, 2013

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Description
Description of Micrurus psyches circinalis
These snakes reach a maximum size of about 54 cm, the...
Distribution
Description of Pseudolaticauda semifasciata
Japan (Ryukyu Islands) through the Philippines and Indonesia to Samoa. Taiwan...
Notes
Description of Pseudolaticauda schistorhynchus
Syntypes BMNH 1946.1. 6.95-98 Type-locality: Savage Island....
Distribution
Description of Laticauda laticaudata
Eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean east to the...
Common Names
Description of Laticauda colubrina
Colubrine sea krait Yellow-lipped sea krait Nattern-Plattschwanz...
Distribution
Description of Laticauda colubrina
Marine waters of eastern India (Bay of Bengal) through Indo-Malaysia to...
Common Names
Description of Parahydrophis mertoni
Arafura smooth sea snake Northern mangrove sea snake...
Distribution
Description of Parahydrophis mertoni
Marine waters around the Aru Islands and northern Australia (lower Gulf...
Notes
Description of Praescutata viperina
Holotype: ZMH 404 . Type-locality: Java....
Notes
Description of Lapemis curtus
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.59 (formerly BMNH iii.2.1a. Type-locality: East Indies....
Distribution
Description of Thalassophis anomalus
Gulf of Thailand to Indonesia (Borneo, Java, and Sumatra). East Coast...
Notes
Description of Kolpophis annandalei
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.56 (formerly 1926.10.8.1). Type-locality: Patani-Bucht [Thailand]. Given as Patani...
Distribution
Description of Kolpophis annandalei
Gulf of Thailand to Borneo. East Coast of west Malaysia, coast...
Distribution
Description of Kerilia
Eastern coast of India and Sri Lanka to the Strait of...
Notes
Description of Hydrophis vorisi
Holotype: AMNH 58869 Type-locality: New Guinea....
Distribution
Description of Hydrophis torquatus
South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand to Sumatra and...
Notes
Description of Hydrophis spiralis
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.94 (formerly BMNH iii.6.10c). Type-locality: Unknown. Given as Indian...
Common Names
Description of Hydrophis semperi
Lake Taal Snake Sempersche Ruderschlange Taal-Seeschlange...
Notes
Description of Hydrophis parviceps
Holotype: ZMUC 66182 Type-locality: Coast of Cochinchina [=Vietnam]...
Distribution
Description of Hydrophis macdowelli
Marine waters of northern Australia. Known from widely scattered localities. A...
Distribution
Description of Hydrophis klossi
Strait of Malacca, Gulf of Thailand. West Malaysia, Indonesia (Borneo [Sabah],...
Distribution
Description of Hydrophis brooki
Gulf of Bengal, Strait of Molucca, Gulf of Thailand, northern waters...
Notes
Description of Disteira nigrocincta
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.10.13 (formerly BMNH 1896.3.25.5), according to BMNH catalogue. Type-locality:...
Distribution
Description of Disteira nigrocincta
Bay of Bengal. Waters between eastern India and Sri Lanka east...
Notes
Description of Titanoboa cerrejonensis
Holotype: UF/IGM 1, a single precloacal vertebra (Head et al., 2009)....
Notes
Description of Crotalus viridis
Types: none designated (McDiarmid et al., 1999). Type-locality: "the Upper Missouri"...
Notes
Description of Crotalus tigris
Holotype: USNM 471 (McDiarmid et al., 1999). Type-locality: "Sierra Verde and...
Notes
Description of Crotalus scutulatus
Holotype: ANSP 7069 (formerly USNM 5027) (McDiarmid et al., 1999). Type-locality:...
Notes
Description of Crotalus ruber
Holotype: USNM 9209 (McDiarmid et al., 1999). Type-locality: None given in...
Distribution
Description of Crotalus ruber
Southwestern United States (southwestern California) southward through the peninsula of Baja...
Notes
Description of Crotalus polystictus
Types: None designated (McDiarmid et al., 1999). Type-locality: "Table Land, Mexico."...
Notes
Description of Crotalus lepidus
Syntypes: ANSP (?) two heads, now lost (McDiarmid et al., 1999)....
Notes
Description of Bothrops
Type-species: Bothrops lanceolatus
Notes
Description of Crotalus
Type-species: Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758, by susequent designation of Fitzinger (1843:29)....
Notes
Description of Crotalus adamanteus
Types: None designated. Type-locality: Not specifically stated in original description. Proposed...
Distribution
Description of Crotalus atrox
Southwestern USA and northern Mexico: from central Arkansas and southeastern California...
Notes
Description of Crotalus cerastes
Holotype: ANSP 7098 Type-locality: "borders of the Mohave river, and in...
Notes
Description of Crotalus durissus
Holotype: Lost. Originally in Claudius Grille collection (also referred to as...
Distribution
Description of Crotalus durissus
Mexico (Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leán on the Atlantic, Michocán on the...
Notes
Description of Crotalus enyo
Holotype: "Type 4663. Xant. Coll." "Cope (1861:293) mentioned specimens sent to...
Distribution
Description of Crotalus enyo
Western Mexico; the Peninsula of Baja California in the north from...
Notes
Description of Crotalus horridus
Types: lost, originally in King Adolph Friederic collection and later sent...
Common Names
Description of Pelamis platura
Yellow-bellied sea snake Pelagic sea snake Plättchen Seeschlange...
Distribution
Description of Pelamis platura
Indian and Pacific oceans: Red Sea, coastal waters of Persian Gulf...
Notes
Description of Hydrophis ornatus
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.23.72 (formerly BMNH iii.3.1a). Type-locality: Unknown. Given as Indian...
Distribution
Description of Hydrophis ornatus
Persian Gulf eastward to the China Sea through the Indo-Australian Archipelago...
Notes
Description of Hydrophis obscurus
Types: Description based on pl. 8 In Russell, 1801, Acc. Indian...
Notes
Description of Hydrophis melanocephalus
Types: BMNH 1946.1.9.22 (formerly BMNH 1847.3.4.68) designated lectotype by Cogger, 1983,...
Notes
Description of Hydrophis
Type-species: Hydrophis laticauda Sonnini and Latreille, 1801 [= Hydrophis fasciatus (Schneider,...
Distribution
Description of Enhydrina schistosa
Marine waters of the Persian Gulf through the Indian subcontinent, southeast...

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