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A Selection of
COLUBRIDS OF THE WORLD


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COMMON NAME
(INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME
(EXTERNAL LINK)

DISTRIBUTION

Brown Tree Snake

Boiga Irregularis

Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia (Introduced to Guam)

Pink Headed Reed Snake
or White Headed Reed Snake

Calamaria schlegeli

Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Kalimantan, Sumatra), Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia), Singapore and Thailand

Paradise Flying Tree Snake

Chrysopelea paradisi

Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, India (Andaman Islands),
Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore

Eastern Racer

Coluber constrictor

Eastern and Central USA, extending just over the borders into Canada and Mexico

Northern Tree Snake
or Coconut Tree Snake

Dendrelaphis calligaster
(Status uncertain)

Australia (Queensland), Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia

Painted Bronzeback

Dendrelaphis pictus
(Status uncertain)

Myanmar, Thailand,  Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java and Borneo

King Rat Snake

Elaphe carinata

North Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Japan

Western Hognose Snake

Heterodon nasicus

South- central Canada, south to southeast Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, southward into Mexico

Eastern Hognose Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

Occurs across the eastern half of the United States extending into some regions of southern Canada

Honduran Milk Snake

Lampropeltis abnorma, Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis or Lampropeltis triangulum oligozona

Guatemala

Wolf Snake

Lycodon capucinus

South East Asia. Including Christmas Island - (Australian Territory)

Malayan Banded Wolf Snake

Lycodon subcinctus

Brunei, Cambodia,
China, Indonesia, East Timor, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam,
West Malaysia, Nicobar Islands India (Nicobar Islands)

Montpellier Snake

Malpolon monspessulanus

Mediterranean basin

Viperine Water Snake

Natrix maura

Spain (introduced to the Balearic islands, Iles d'Hyéres, Mallorca, Menorca), Portugal, Gibraltar, France, Switzerland, Italy, Sardinia,
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Galita Island

 

Beauty Rat Snake

Orthriophis taeniura

India, Bhutan,
Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea, Myanmar, W Malaysia,
China, Taiwan,
Indonesia
Japan (Ryukyu archipelago)

Corn snake

Pantherophis guttatus

Southeastern United States
(Possibly feral populations in Australia)

Flowered Desert Racer

Platyceps florulentus

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon

Eastern Rat Snakes

Pantherophis alleghaniensis

Eastern USA

*Hissing Sand Snake

Psammophis schokari

Western Sahara?, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Mali, Niger?, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait,
Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Yemen

Eastern Fox Snake

Pantherophis vulpinus

Eastern USA and Southern Canada

Speckle-bellied Keelback

Rhabdophis chrysargos

Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
Malaysia, China (Hainan)

Ribbon Snakes

Thamnophis sauritus (=saurita)

Eastern North America

Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

North America

Australasian Keelbacks or Freshwater Snakes

Tropidonophis mairii

Australia (NSW, NT, Qld, WA)
New Guinea



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