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REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS OF THE WORLD - FILE SNAKES OF THE WORLD

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REPTILES OF THE WORLD SPECIES LISTS

SNAKES OF THE WORLD

Pythons of the world

Boas of the World

Colubrids of the World

Vipers of the World

ELAPIDS OF THE WORLD

SEA SNAKES OF THE WORLD

File Snakes of the World

Blind / Worm Snakes of the World

A Complete List of File Snakes of the World

FILE SNAKES OF THE WORLD

NOTE THAT THERE ARE ONLY 3 SPECIES OF FILE SNAKES
(as of 2025)

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	DISTRIBUTION
Arafura File Snake	Acrochordus arafurae	Australia (NT, Qld), eastern Indonesia, New Guinea
Little File Snake	Acrochordus granulatus	Australia (NT, Qld, WA), China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Javan File Snake, Javan Wart Snake or Elephant Trunk Snake	Acrochordus javanicus	Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra; exact range in eastern Indonesia unknown); Cambodia; Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia); Thailand; Vietnam

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Aquatic File Snakes - Acrochordidae

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