Snake genera

Bogertophis is a genus of New World rat snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. There are two accepted species.

Leptodeira is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 18 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America.

Opisthotropis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is native to Southeast Asia and South China.

Pseudohaje is a genus of venomous African elapid snakes, commonly called tree cobras or forest cobras because of their arboreal lifestyle. Their ability to produce a hood is limited to a slight flattening of the neck.

Common name: centipede eaters. Aparallactus is a genus of rear-fanged mildly venomous snakes in the family Atractaspididae. The genus is endemic to Africa. 11 species are recognized as being valid.

Micrelaps is a genus of rear-fanged mildly venomous snakes. It is the only genus in the family Micrelapidae. The genus is native to Africa and the Middle East, and there are four species that are recognized as being valid.

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Hydrodynastes is a small genus of large colubrid snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Azemiopinae is a monogeneric subfamily created for the genus Azemiops that contains the viper species A. feae and A. kharini. They are commonly known as '''Fea's vipers'''. No subspecies are recognized. The first specimen was collected by Italian explorer Leonardo Fea, and was described as a new genus and new species by Boulenger in 1888. Formerly considered to be one of the most primitive vipers, molecular studies have shown that it is the sister taxon to the pit vipers, Crotalinae. It is found in the mountains of Southeast Asia, in China, southeastern Tibet, and Vietnam. Like all other viper

Lytorhynchus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Achalinus (common name: odd-scaled snakes) is a genus of harmless snakes in the family Xenodermidae. Species of the genus are found in China, Japan, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam. Ten species are recognized as being valid. Achalinus was previously placed in Colubridae (along with other xenodermids). The nickname "odd-scaled" is because their dorsal scales do not overlap one another as in most snakes, but instead are spread out and lie individually similar to pieces of a puzzle. Odd-scaled snakes are burrowers that crawl below the fallen leaves of the forest.

Pseudoxenodon is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Pseudoxenodontinae of the family Colubridae. Species in the genus Pseudoxenodon are native to Southeast Asia.

Common names: Montane pitvipers.

Xenophidion is a genus of snakes first described in 1995, and the only genus of the monotypic family Xenophidiidae. Commonly referred to as spinejaw snakes, this genus is found in Borneo and peninsular Malaysia.

Imantodes is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as blunt-headed vine snakes or blunt-headed tree snakes. The genus consists of seven species that are native to Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America.

Macrelaps (or KwaZulu-Natal black snake) is a monotypic genus created for the rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) venomous snake species, M. microlepidotus, endemic to South Africa. No subspecies are currently recognised.

Oxyrhopus, the false coral snakes, is a genus of colubrid snakes that belong to the subfamily Dipsadinae. All 15 members of the genus are found in the northern part of South America, with the native range of the most widespread member, Oxyrhopus petolarius, extending into Central America and Trinidad and Tobago as well.

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Bothrocophias is a genus of pit vipers in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae, known by the common name toadheaded pit vipers. The genus is endemic to South America.

Farancia is a genus of colubrid snakes. It consists of two species, one commonly referred to as the rainbow snake (F. erytrogramma) and the other commonly referred to as the mud snake (F. abacura). Both species are native to the southeastern United States.

Common name: Black shield-tail snakes Melanophidium is a genus of nonvenomous shield-tail snakes endemic to the Western Ghats of India. These species are identifiable by having a mental groove in their chin shields. Currently, four species are recognized, including one newly described species.

Common names: (none).

Dryophiops is a genus of whip snakes of the family Colubridae, containing two species. They are arboreal tree snakes, found in forests in Southeast Asia.

Common name: eyelash boas

Hypsiglena is a genus of small, rear-fanged snakes, commonly referred to as night snakes, in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus consists of nine species. Three of these species have subspecies, which have been maintained pending further investigation.

Cacophis is a genus of venomous snakes, commonly known as crowned snakes, in the family Elapidae. The genus is endemic to Australia.

Spalerosophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

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Thrasops is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

Dendrophidion is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.

Geophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. Species in the genus Geophis are commonly referred to as Latin American earth snakes (Spanish: culebra minera or culebra minadora). The genus consists of 53 distinct species.

Crotaphopeltis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Macroprotodon is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. All of the member species of the genus are commonly known as false smooth snakes.

Chilabothrus, commonly known as the Greater Antillean boas or West Indian boas, is a genus of nonvenomous snakes the family Boidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. 12 or 14 species are recognized as being valid.

Anomalepis is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes found in Central and South America. Currently, 4 monotypic species are recognized.

Xylophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Pareidae. The genus contains five species, all of which are endemic to the Western Ghats in southern India. All five species are non-venomous. They constitute the monotypic subfamily Xylophiinae. They are the only pareid snakes found in India and the only snakes in the family found outside Southeast Asia.

Common names: shield-tail snakes, shield-tailed snakes, earth snakes.

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Drymoluber is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae.

Plagiopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is native to Asia.

Aspidura is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the Family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to island of Sri Lanka. Member species are commonly known as rough-sided snakes, except for A. ceylonensis, which is commonly known as the black-spined snake and was formerly in the genus Haplocercus. The genus Aspidura comprises nine species, with the latest having been discovered in 2019.

Amblyodipsas is a genus of snakes found in Africa. Currently, 9 species are recognized. These snakes are often known as purple-glossed snakes or glossy snakes. Although rear-fanged, all species are considered harmless, but their venom has not been well studied. They should not be confused with the glossy snakes of the genus Arizona, which are found in North America.

Rhamphiophis is a genus of snakes of the family Psammophiidae.

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Rhinotyphlops is a genus of blind snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is found in Africa, the Middle East, and India. Some species formerly assigned to the genus Rhinotyphlops have been moved to the genera Afrotyphlops and Letheobia.

Pseudoboa is a genus of snakes, also known commonly as the false boas, in the subfamily Dipsadinae of family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Rhynchocalamus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

thumb | right | Drysdalia coronoides – white-lipped snake Drysdalia is a genus of snakes, commonly known as crowned snakes, belonging to the family Elapidae. The three species in this genus are venomous snakes, but not considered deadly.

Toxicocalamus is a genus of snakes in the family Elapidae. The genus is endemic to New Guinea.

Common name: quill-snouted snakes. Xenocalamus is a genus of rear-fanged mildly venomous snakes in the family Atractaspididae. The genus is endemic to Africa. Five species are recognized as being valid.

Hemiaspis is a genus of venomous snakes of the Elapidae family. The genus has two described species: Hemiaspis damelii and Hemiaspis signata, both endemic to Australia.

Common names: Mexican horned pitvipers.

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thumb | right | A specimen of Phimophis guerini collected in the Brazilian Amazon. Sections: (1) collection environment; (2) living specimen; (3–5) views of the head Phimophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Siphlophis is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the Americas.

Pseudalsophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America. Out of the ten species, nine are endemic to the Galapagos Islands.

Asthenodipsas is a genus of snakes of the family Pareidae.

Sinomicrurus is a genus of venomous elapid snakes, one of several genera commonly known as Asian coral snakes or oriental coral snakes. The genus includes nine subtropical species found in Asia. Molecular and morphological analysis suggest this new genus is part of the family Elapidae.

Coniophanes is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly referred to as black-striped snakes, but they also have many other common names. The genus consists of 17 species, and despite the common name, not all of them display striping.