Snake genera

Diaphorolepis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is indigenous to northwestern South America.

Omoadiphas is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Honduras.

Phisalixella is a genus of pseudoxyrhophiid snakes endemic to the island of Madagascar. They are harmless to humans.

Lycodryas is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains nine species, seven of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the Comoros Islands. Its sister taxon is Phisalixella. All of the species are harmless to humans.

Rhabdops is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Phrynonax is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World

Herpetoreas is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South Asia.

Oxyrhabdium is a genus of snakes of the family Cyclocoridae.

Hypsirhynchus is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae. found on Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and the Bahamas.

Malayopython is a genus of constricting snakes in the family Pythonidae. The genus is native to India and Southeast Asia. It contains two species, both of which were previously classified within the genus Python. However, multiple studies recovered these species as distinct. Known as the "reticulatus clade", it was eventually found to be sister to a lineage giving rise to the Indo-Australian pythons rather than the genus Python.

Rodriguesophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus contains three species, all of which are endemic to Brazil.

Amerotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Limnophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus contains three species.

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Rhadinella is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae.

Spilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.

Thermophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to China.

Gyiophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to Myanmar.

Brachyurophis is a genus of elapid snakes known as shovel-nosed snakes, so named because of their shovel-nosed snout which is used to burrow. The genus has eight recognized species, which are all found in Australia.

Amastridium is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is native to Mexico, Central America and Colombia.

Malayotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Xerotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Mehelya is a genus name of snakes native to Africa. Some species formerly assigned to the genus Mehelya are now found in the genera Gonionotophis, Gracililima, or Limaformosa. They are collectively called file snakes due to their unusually small but strongly keeled scales, giving them the impression of a file. They are not venomous.

Tricheilostoma is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is native to Africa. All of the member species of Tricheilostoma were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Anilios is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae, first described in 1845 by John Edward Gray.

Stoliczkia is a genus of snakes in the family Xenodermidae. The genus contains two species, both from India.

Parafimbrios is a genus of snakes belonging to the family Xenodermatidae.

Madatyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Argyrophis is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Pseustes was a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Liodytes is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus contains three species.

Siagonodon is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus contains five species, all of which were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.

Eutrachelophis is a genus of snakes, known commonly as ivory-naped snakes, of the family Colubridae. The genus contains two species, which are native to South America.

Homalophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Xenoxybelis is a genus of colubrid snakes endemic to South America.

Leiopython is a genus of snakes in the family Pythonidae.

Rabdion is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Fowlea is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Asia.

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Blythia is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus, which contains two recognized species, is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Cemophora is a genus of harmless snakes, also known commonly as scarlet snakes, in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus contains two species, which are endemic to the United States.

Antillotyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Neelaps is a genus in the family Elapidae of two snakes that are endemic to Australia.

Mimophis is a genus of snakes in the family Psammophiidae. Species in the genus are native to Madagascar. Prior to 2017, the genus comprised only a single species, Mimophis mahfalensis. A second species, Mimophis occultus, was described in 2017.

Lystrophis is the genus of tricolored South American hognose snakes. They mimic milk snakes or coral snakes with their red, black, and white ringed patterns.

Caaeteboia is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.

Metlapilcoatlus is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Mexico and Central America. Six species are currently recognized. The common names suggest they are able to leap at an attacker, but this is likely exaggerated. Common names for the species include jumping pitvipers and jumping vipers. The genus name comes from the Nahuatl name metlapilcohuatl, which means of the oblong grindstone held in the hand when grinding corn—alluding to the (edit "shape of its head which looks like the shape and size of the grindstone") (original "snake's short, stocky body.") I live in Costa Rica, and 2 different gro

Mesotes is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Antaioserpens is a genus of mildly venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.

Rhinocheilus is a genus of snakes, commonly called the long-nosed snakes, in the family Colubridae. The genus is native to the western United States and Mexico.

Dromophis is a genus of colubrid snakes. There are two commonly accepted species in the genus Dromophis:

Cubatyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Limaformosa is a genus of snakes, commonly known as file snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

Sahyadriophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Teretrurus is a genus of nonvenomous shield-tail snakes which are endemic to the central and southern Western Ghats of India. Currently, eight species are recognized.

Smithophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae; the one species that was known prior to 2019 had been classified under the genus Rhabdops, but was removed in the process of erecting the new genus Smithophis. The genus is endemic to Asia. It is named for Malcolm Arthur Smith, a British herpetologist who was active in Indian herpetology.

Craspedocephalus is a genus of pit vipers found in Asia from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia. Currently 14 species are recognized.

Kladirostratus is a genus of snakes of the family Lamprophiidae. Members of this genus are known as '''Branch's beaked snakes.'''

Elapoidis is a genus of snakes endemic to Indonesia and Malaysia.

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