Common Names
Alphabetical listing by common names
(Adapted from: Snake Venom Poisoning, pages 15-20,
by Dr. Findlay E. Russell.
New York: Scholium International, Inc., 1983)
Vipers
Adders (see also Asps and Vipers)
| African bush vipers
Mole vipers Gaboon viper Rhinoceros viper Hognose viper Jumping viper Eyelash viper Horned viper Sahara sand viper Saw-scaled viper Saw-scaled/Arabian viper Palestine/Persian horned viper Long-nosed viper Asp viper European viper Lataste's/snub-nosed viper Levantine viper Russell's viper Orsini's viper Near East viper Palestine viper Turkish viper |
Atheris species Atractaspis species Bitis gabonica Bitis naricornis Bothrops nasutus Bothrops nummifer Bothrops schlegelii Cerastes cerastes Cerastes vipera Echis carinatus Echis coloratus Pseudocerastes persicus Vipera ammodytes Vipera aspis Vipera berus Vipera latasti Vipera lebetina Vipera russelli Vipera ursinii Vipera xanthina Vipera xanthina palaestinae Vipera xanthina xanthina |
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Pit vipers
American
| Common cantil Taylor's cantil Southern copperhead Broad-banded copperhead Northern copperhead Osage copperhead Trans-Pecos copperhead Florida cottonmouth Eastern cottonmouth Western cottonmouth |
Agkistrodon bilineatus
bilineatus Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus Agkistrodon contortrix mokeson Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster Agistrodon piscivorus conanti Agistrodon piscivorus piscivorus Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma |
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Asian
| Hundred-pace snake
Mamushi (Japan & Korea) Hump-nosed viper Malayan pit viper |
Agkistrodon acutus Agkistrodon halys Agkistrodon hypnale Agkistrodon rhodostoma |
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American Lanceheads
| Urutu or Yarara Parker's
pit viper Andean pit viper Terciopelo* Barba amarilla* Caissaca* Barbour's pit viper Barnett's pit viper Bocourt's pit viper Amazonian tree-viper Brazil's pit viper St. Lucia pit viper Cotiara Dunn's pit viper Fonseca's pit viper Godmann's pit viper Island jararaca Jararaca Jararacussu Fer-de-lance Lansberg's hog nose viper Yellow-lined pit viper Black-tailed pit viper Hog-nosed pit viper Jararaca pintada or Wied's lance-head Black spotted pit viper Jumping viper Western hog-nosed pit viper Peruvian pit viper Piraja's pit viper, Jararacucu Eyelash viper Yucatan pit viper |
Bothrops alternatus Bothrops alticola Bothrops andianus Bothrops asper Bothrops atrox Bothrops barbouri Bothrops barnetti Bothrops bicolor Bothrops bilineatus bilineatus Bothrops brazili Bothrops caribbeaus Bothrops cotiara Bothrops dunni Bothrops fonsecai Bothrops godmanni Bothrops insularis Bothrops jararaca Bothrops jararacussu Bothrops lanceolatus Bothrops lansbergii Bothrops lateralis Bothrops melanurus Bothrops nasutus Bothrops neuwiedi Bothrops nigroviridis nigroviridis Bothrops nummifier Bothrops orphryomegas Bothrops peruvianis Bothrops pirajai Bothrops schlegelii Bothrops yucatannicus |
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Rattlesnakes
| Eastern diamondback
rattlesnake Western diamondback rattlesnake Mexican west-coast rattlesnake Oaxacan rattlesnake Santa Catalina Island or rattleless rattlesnake Mojave Desert sidewinder Sonoran Desert sidewinder Colorado Desert sidewinder Central American rattlesnake Northwestern neotropical rattlesnake South American rattlesnake Totonacan rattlesnake Lower California rattlesnake Cerralvo Island rattlesnake Rosario rattlesnake Cedros Island diamond rattlesnake Timber rattlesnake Canebrake rattlesnake Totalcan small-headed rattlesnake Mottled rock rattlesnake Banded rock rattlesnake Tamaulipan rock rattlesnake C San Lucan speckled rattlesnake Southwestern speckled rattlesnake Panamint rattlesnake Northern black-tailed rattlesnake Mexican black-tailed rattlesnake Mexican lance-headed rattlesnake Twin-spotted rattlesnake Red diamond rattlesnake San Lucan diamond rattlesnake Mojave rattlesnake Huamantlan rattlesnake Long-tailed rattlesnake Tiger rattlesnake Tortuga Island diamond rattlesnake Aruba Island rattlesnake Uracoan rattlesnake Crotalus viridis abyssus Grand Canyon rattlesnake Coronado Island rattlesnake Arizona black rattlesnake Midget faded rattlesnake Southern Pacific rattlesnake Great Basin rattlesnake Hopi rattlesnake Northern Pacific rattlesnake Prairie rattlesnake Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake Chihuahuan ridge-nosed rattlesnake Eastern massasauga Desert massasauga Western massasauga Carolina pigmy rattlesnake Southeastern pigmy rattlesnake Western pigmy rattlesnake Mexican pigmy rattlesnake |
Crotalus adamanteus Crotalus atrox Crotalus basiliscus basiliscus Crotalus basiliscus oaxacus Crotalus catalinensis Crotalus cerastes cerastes Crotalus cerastes cercobombus Crotalus cerastes laterorepens Crotalus durissus durissus Crotalus durissus culminatus Crotalus durissus terrificus Crotalus durissus totonacus Crotalus enyo enyo Crotalus enyo cerralvensis Crotalus enyo furvus Crotalus exsul Crotalus horridus horridus Crotalus horridus atricaudatus Crotalus intermedius intermedius Crotalus lepidus lepidus Crotalus lepidus klauberi Crotalus lepidus morulus Crotalus mitchelli mitchelli Crotalus mitchelli pyrrhus Crotalus mitchelli stephensi Crotalus molossus molossus Crotalus molussus nigrescens Crotalus polystictus Crotalus pricei pricei Crotalus ruber ruber Crotalus ruber lucasensis Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus Crotalus scutulatus salvini Crotalus stejnegeri Crotalus tigris Crotalus tortugensis Crotalus unicolor Crotalus vegrandis Crotalus viridis abyssus Crotalus viridis caliginis Crotalus viridis cerberus Crotalus viridis decolor Crotalus viridis helleri Crotalus viridis lutosus Crotalus viridis nuntius Crotalus viridis oreganus Crotalus viridis viridis Crotalus willardi willardi Crotalus willardi silus Sistrurus catenatus catenatus Sistrurus catenatus edwardsi Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus Sistrurus miliarius miliarius Sistrurus miliarius barbouri Sistrurus miliarius streckeri Sistrurus ravus |
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Bushmaster
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Asian Lanceheads
| White-lipped tree viper
Habu Green tree viper Chinese mountain viper Chinese habu Himehabu Pope's tree viper Mangrove pit viper Chinese green tree viper Wagler's pit viper |
Trimeresurus albolabris Trimeresurus flavoviridis Trimeresurus gramineus Trimeresurus monticola Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus Trimeresurus okinavensis Trimeresurus popeorum Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus Trimeresurus stejnegeri Trimeresurus wagleri |
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Elapids
Coral Snakes
| Oriental coral snake
Sonoran coral snake Brazilian coral snake Eastern coral snake Texas coral snake |
Calliophis species Micruroides euryxanthus Micrurus frontalis Micrurus fulvius fulvius Micrurus fulvius tenere |
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Cobras
| Water cobras Ringhals Anchita's cobra Egyptian or brown cobra Forest or black cobra Taiwan or Chinese cobra Monocellate cobra Indian cobra or Cobra de Capello Central Asian cobra Philippine cobra Malayan cobra Spitting cobra Cape or yellow cobra King cobra Burrowing cobra Tree cobras Gold's tree cobra Desert blacksnake/cobra |
Boulengerina species Hemachatus haemachatus Naja anchietae Naja haje Naja melanoleuca Naja naja atra Naja naja kaouthia Naja naja naja Naja naja oxiana Naja naja phillipinensis Naja naja sputatrix Naja nigricollis Naja nivea Ophiophagus hannah Paranaja multifasciata Pseudohaje species Pseudohaje goldii Walterinnesia aegyptia |
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Other Elapids
| Blue krait Malayan krait Banded krait Red-headed krait Formosan krait Eastern green mamba Jameson's mamba E African Jameson's mamba Black mamba Western green mamba Dwarf garter snake African garter snake |
Bungarus caeruleus Bungarus candidus Bungarus fasciatus Bungarus flaviceps Bungarus multicinctus Dendroaspis angusticeps Dendroaspis jamesoni jamesoni Dendroaspis jamesoni kaimosae Dendroaspis polylepsis Dendroaspis viridis Elaps lacteus Elapsoidea sundervallii |
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Australian and Pacific Elapids
| Common death adder
Eastern death adder Desert death adder Copperhead Spotted-headed snake Broad-headed snake Krefft's tiger snake King Island tiger snake Peninsula/Southern tiger snake Western Australian tiger snake Chappell Island tiger snake Tiger snake Australian/Common tiger snake Inland taipan Papuan taipan Australian/Common taipan King brown/Mulga snake Papuan black snake Red-bellied black snake Eastern brown snake Rough-scaled snake |
Acanthophis antarcticus
antarcticus Acanthophis antarcticul laevis Acanthophis pyrrhus Austrelaps superba Demansia psammophis Hoplocephalus bungaroides Notechis ater ater Notechis ater humphreysi Notechis ater niger Notechis ater occidentalis Notechis ater serventyi Notechis scutatus Notechis scutatus scutatus Oxyuranus microlepidotus Oxyuranus scutellatus canni Oxyuranus scutellatus scutellatus Pseudechis australis Pseudechis papuanus Pseudechis porphyriacus Pseudonaja textilis Tropidechis carinatus |
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Colubrids
| Boomslang | Dispholidus typhus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sea Snakes
| Olive-brown sea snake
Stokes's sea snake Beaked sea snake Annulated sea snake Banded small-headed sea snake Graceful small-headed sea snake Reef sea snake Yellow sea snake Hardwicke's sea snake Yellow-lipped sea krait Pelagic sea snake |
Aipysurus laevis Astrotia stokesii Enhydrina schistosa Hydrophis cyanocinctus Hydrophis fasciatus Hydrophis gracilis Hydrophis ornatus Hydrophis spiralis Lapemis hardwickii Laticauda colubrina Pelamis platurus |
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