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Smooth Greensnake
Colubridae

Smooth Greensnake

Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan, 1827)

Opheodrys vernalis, the smooth green snake, is a small-medium Nearctic snake with uniform bright green dorsal coloration.

Striped Kukri Snake
Colubridae

Striped Kukri Snake

Oligodon taeniatus (Günther, 1861)

The striped kukri snake (Oligodon taeniatus) is a colubrid snake found in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Brown Kukri Snake
Colubridae

Brown Kukri Snake

Oligodon purpurascens (Schlegel, 1837)

The brown kukri snake, Oligodon purpurascens, is a colubrid species found across parts of Southeast Asia.

(Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake
Colubridae

(Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake

Oligodon octolineatus (Schneider, 1801)

Oligodon octolineatus is a gonochoric, oviparous colubrid snake found across parts of Southeast Asia.

Taiwan Kukri Snake
Colubridae

Taiwan Kukri Snake

Oligodon formosanus (Günther, 1872)

Oligodon formosanus is a snake with characteristic patterned brown scaling, found across parts of East and Southeast Asia.

Small-banded Kukri Snake
Colubridae

Small-banded Kukri Snake

Oligodon fasciolatus (Günther, 1864)

Oligodon fasciolatus is an oviparous brownish snake that lives in forests of mainland Southeast Asia.

Chinese Kukri Snake
Colubridae

Chinese Kukri Snake

Oligodon chinensis (Günther, 1888)

Oligodon chinensis, the Chinese kukri snake, is a colubrid snake found in China and Vietnam.

Black Cross-barred Kukri Snake
Colubridae

Black Cross-barred Kukri Snake

Oligodon cinereus (Günther, 1864)

Oligodon cinereus is a species of snake found across South and East Asia, with a defined scale arrangement and uniform pale to reddish dorsal color.

Banded kukri snake
Colubridae

Banded kukri snake

Oligodon arnensis (Shaw, 1802)

Oligodon arnensis, the banded kukuri snake, is a non-venomous colubrid found across South Asia.

Streaked Kukri Snake
Colubridae

Streaked Kukri Snake

Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853)

Oligodon taeniolatus is a nonvenomous Asian streaked kukri snake listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.

Tillack's Kukri Snake
Colubridae

Tillack's Kukri Snake

Oligodon tillacki Bandara, Ganesh, Kanishka, Danushka, Sharma, Campbell, Ineich, Vogel & Amarasinghe, 2022

Tillack's kukri snake (Oligodon tillacki) is an endemic Indian colubrid that reaches 650 mm in snout–vent length.

Iberian False Smooth Snake
Colubridae

Iberian False Smooth Snake

Macroprotodon brevis (Günther, 1862)

Macroprotodon brevis is a colubrid snake found in the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, living in forests and Mediterranean scrubland.

Awl-headed Snake
Colubridae

Awl-headed Snake

Lytorhynchus diadema (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Lytorhynchus diadema is a species found across dry North African and Middle Eastern habitats that lays 3 to 5 eggs per clutch.

Malayan Banded Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Malayan Banded Wolf Snake

Lycodon subcinctus Boie, 1827

The Malayan banded wolf snake (Lycodon subcinctus) is an Asian colubrid species with a banded pattern similar to a krait.

Travancore Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Travancore Wolf Snake

Lycodon travancoricus (Beddome, 1870)

Lycodon travancoricus is a non-venomous endemic snake of Peninsular India also found in the Maldives.

Barred Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Barred Wolf Snake

Lycodon striatus (Shaw, 1802)

Lycodon striatus is a nocturnal dry-habitat wolf snake found across South and Central Asia, feeding on small lizards.

Laotian Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Laotian Wolf Snake

Lycodon laoensis Günther, 1864

Lycodon laoensis is a non-aggressive nocturnal ground-dwelling wolfsnake found across multiple regions of East and Southeast Asia.

Banded Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Banded Wolf Snake

Lycodon fasciatus (Anderson, 1879)

Lycodon fasciatus is a ringed snake species found across South and East Asia, with distinct scale and color traits.

Scarce Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Scarce Wolf Snake

Lycodon effraenis Cantor, 1847

Lycodon effraenis, the brown wolf snake, is a colubrid snake found in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand.

Indian Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Indian Wolf Snake

Lycodon aulicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lycodon aulicus is a common variable-colored Asian snake that is often confused with the common krait.

Formosa Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Formosa Wolf Snake

Lycodon ruhstrati (Fischer, 1886)

Lycodon ruhstrati is an oviparous Asian wolf snake classified as Least Concern by the IUCN.

Common Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Common Wolf Snake

Lycodon capucinus (Boie, 1827)

Lycodon capucinus is a small non-harmful Asian common wolf snake with a characteristic duck-bill snout for digging.

Futsing Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Futsing Wolf Snake

Lycodon futsingensis (Pope, 1928)

Lycodon futsingensis (Fuqing white ring snake) is a colubrid snake with specific morphological traits described here.

Big-tooth Snake
Colubridae

Big-tooth Snake

Lycodon flavozonatus (Pope, 1928)

Lycodon flavozonatus is a colubrid snake species found in Myanmar, Vietnam, and China.

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