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Snakes of Suriname

165 species · 128 profiles

Common LanceheadCommon LanceheadBothrops atroxowrukukusnekiGarden Tree BoaGarden Tree BoaCorallus hortulanaBrown-banded watersnakeBrown-banded watersnakeHelicops angulatusGreen AnacondaGreen AnacondaEunectes murinusabomaBoa constrictorBoa constrictordaguwesnekiEmerald Tree BoaEmerald Tree BoaCorallus caninuskadasnekiAmazon Coastal House SnakeAmazon Coastal House SnakeThamnodynastes pallidusGreen JararacaGreen JararacaBothrops bilineatusYellow-lipped SipoYellow-lipped SipoChironius carinatusSouth American Banded Cat-eyed SnakeSouth American Banded Cat-eyed SnakeLeptodeira annulataBrown SipoBrown SipoChironius fuscusSouth American SipoSouth American SipoChironius multiventrisCommon Blunt-headed Tree SnakeCommon Blunt-headed Tree SnakeImantodes cenchoaAmazon Puffing SnakeAmazon Puffing SnakeSpilotes sulphureusPanama Spotted Night SnakePanama Spotted Night SnakeSiphlophis cervinusCloudy Snail-eating SnakeCloudy Snail-eating SnakeSibon nebulatusWagler's SipoWagler's SipoChironius scurrulusBoddaert's Tropical RacerBoddaert's Tropical RacerMastigodryas boddaertiWestern Rainbow BoaWestern Rainbow BoaEpicrates cenchriaSouth American BushmasterSouth American BushmasterLachesis mutaVelvet SwampsnakeVelvet SwampsnakeErythrolamprus typhlusNorthern Woodland RacerNorthern Woodland RacerDrymoluber dichrousRibbon CoralsnakeRibbon CoralsnakeMicrurus lemniscatusCrowned False BoaCrowned False BoaPseudoboa coronataForest Flame SnakeForest Flame SnakeOxyrhopus petolariusGreen Vine SnakeGreen Vine SnakeOxybelis fulgidusBrown vine snakeBrown vine snakeOxybelis aeneusGuyana Blind SnakeGuyana Blind SnakeEpictia tenellaAesculapian False Coral SnakeAesculapian False Coral SnakeErythrolamprus aesculapiiOlive Forest RacerOlive Forest RacerDendrophidion dendrophisNeuwied's False BoaNeuwied's False BoaPseudoboa neuwiediiRutherford's Vine SnakeOxybelis rutherfordiBlack-headed SnakeBlack-headed SnakeTantilla melanocephalaTropical Flat SnakeTropical Flat SnakeSiphlophis compressusNorthern Snail-eaterNorthern Snail-eaterDipsas pavoninaBrown Rainbow BoaBrown Rainbow BoaEpicrates maurusMangrove SnakeMangrove SnakeErythrolamprus cobellaBoie's Ground SnakeBoie's Ground SnakeAtractus badiusNeckband Ground SnakeNeckband Ground SnakeAtractus torquatusRoyal Ground SnakeRoyal Ground SnakeErythrolamprus reginaeFalse Coral SnakeFalse Coral SnakeAnilius scytaleAquatic CoralsnakeAquatic CoralsnakeMicrurus surinamensisGreen SipoGreen SipoChironius exoletusFlaming Ground SnakeFlaming Ground SnakeAtractus flammigerusSouth American Pond SnakeSouth American Pond SnakePseudoeryx plicatilisChicken SnakeChicken SnakeSpilotes pullatusHemprich's CoralsnakeHemprich's CoralsnakeMicrurus hemprichiiWucherer's Ground SnakeWucherer's Ground SnakeXenopholis scalarisYellow-tailed Indigo SnakeYellow-tailed Indigo SnakeDrymarchon coraisLined Ground SnakeLined Ground SnakeLygophis lineatusTschudi's False Coral SnakeTschudi's False Coral SnakeOxyrhopus melanogenysCatesby's Snail-eaterCatesby's Snail-eaterDipsas catesbyiYellow-headed Flame-SnakeYellow-headed Flame-SnakeOxyrhopus occipitalisStriped Sharpnose SnakeStriped Sharpnose SnakeXenoxybelis argenteusTriangle Water SnakeTriangle Water SnakeHydrops triangularisAmazon Banded SnakeAmazon Banded SnakeRhinobothryum lentiginosumNeotropical Snail-eaterNeotropical Snail-eaterDipsas indicaReticulate Worm SnakeReticulate Worm SnakeAmerotyphlops reticulatusNeotropical RattlesnakeNeotropical RattlesnakeCrotalus durissusCarib CoralsnakeMicrurus psychesBrongersma's Worm SnakeBrongersma's Worm SnakeAmerotyphlops brongersmianusZidok's Ground SnakeZidok's Ground SnakeAtractus zidokiTroschel's Pampas SnakeTroschel's Pampas SnakePhimophis guianensisAmazon Basin Tree SnakeAmazon Basin Tree SnakeImantodes lentiferusSlender Snail SuckerSlender Snail SuckerSibon dimidiatusCommon MussuranaCommon MussuranaClelia cleliaFalse Fer-de-lanceFalse Fer-de-lanceXenodon rabdocephalusLatin American Blind SnakeLatin American Blind SnakeEpictia albipunctaPuffing SnakePuffing SnakePhrynonax poecilonotusLeopard KeelbackLeopard KeelbackHelicops leopardinusBrazil's LanceheadBrazil's LanceheadBothrops braziliSpeckled Forest Pit ViperSpeckled Forest Pit ViperBothrops taeniatusEsmarald RacerEsmarald RacerDrymobius rhombiferMilitary Ground SnakeMilitary Ground SnakeErythrolamprus miliarisLichtenstein's Green RacerLichtenstein's Green RacerPhilodryas olfersiiCentral SipoCentral SipoChironius quadricarinatusNorthern Cat-eyed SnakeNorthern Cat-eyed SnakeLeptodeira septentrionalisPainted CoralsnakePainted CoralsnakeMicrurus corallinusShort Ground SnakeShort Ground SnakeErythrolamprus brevicepsGuyana Blackback CoralsnakeMicrurus collarisWagler's SnakeWagler's SnakeXenodon merremiiSchach's Ground SnakeSchach's Ground SnakeAtractus schachBeautiful Calico SnakeBeautiful Calico SnakeOxyrhopus formosusCaatinga CoralsnakeCaatinga CoralsnakeMicrurus ibibobocaFalse Tree CoralFalse Tree CoralRhinobothryum bovalliiGuianan Green SnakeGuianan Green SnakeXenodon werneriJaeger's Ground SnakeJaeger's Ground SnakeErythrolamprus jaegeriBlack-backed SnakeErythrolamprus melanotusFalse Water CobraFalse Water CobraHydrodynastes gigasBig-scaled Blind SnakeBig-scaled Blind SnakeTrilepida macrolepisTrinidad Blind SnakeTrinidad Blind SnakeTyphlophis squamosusBanded Flying SnakeBanded Flying SnakeChrysopelea peliasNorth American RacerNorth American RacerColuber constrictorVariegated Snail-eaterVariegated Snail-eaterDipsas variegataYellow-bellied LiophisYellow-bellied LiophisErythrolamprus poecilogyrusThree-scaled Ground SnakeThree-scaled Ground SnakeErythrolamprus triscalisBrazilian KeelbackBrazilian KeelbackHelicops infrataeniatusFalse Coral SnakeFalse Coral SnakeHydrops martiiFalse Smooth SnakeFalse Smooth SnakeMacroprotodon cucullatusSalmon-bellied RacerSalmon-bellied RacerMastigodryas melanolomusAnnellated CoralsnakeAnnellated CoralsnakeMicrurus annellatusBrazilian False Coral SnakeBrazilian False Coral SnakeOxyrhopus trigeminusSpecklebelly KeelbackSpecklebelly KeelbackRhabdophis chrysargosEastern CopperheadEastern CopperheadAgkistrodon contortrixHighland Eyelash-PitviperHighland Eyelash-PitviperBothriechis schlegeliiUrutu LanceheadUrutu LanceheadBothrops alternatusHispaniolan BoaHispaniolan BoaChilabothrus striatusTimber RattlesnakeTimber RattlesnakeCrotalus horridusPainted BronzebackPainted BronzebackDendrelaphis pictusBarred Forest RacerBarred Forest RacerDendrophidion percarinatumSpeckled RacerDrymobius margaritiferusFrog-eater SnakeFrog-eater SnakeEchinanthera undulataArrow Ground SnakeArrow Ground SnakeErythrolamprus sagittiferRough-scaled Sand BoaRough-scaled Sand BoaEryx conicusRainbow SnakeRainbow SnakeFarancia erytrogrammaWest Mexican MilksnakeWest Mexican MilksnakeLampropeltis polyzonaWhitenose Blind SnakeWhitenose Blind SnakeLiotyphlops albirostrisTernetz's Blind SnakeTernetz's Blind SnakeLiotyphlops ternetziiLema's Ground SnakeLema's Ground SnakeLygophis dilepisReticulated PythonReticulated PythonMalayopython reticulatusCommon CoachwhipCommon CoachwhipMasticophis flagellumPará CoralsnakePará CoralsnakeMicrurus paraensisIndonesian CobraIndonesian CobraNaja sputatrixAmazon False Coral SnakeAmazon False Coral SnakeOxyrhopus rhombiferArgentine Pampas SnakeArgentine Pampas SnakePhimophis gueriniWide Ground SnakeWide Ground SnakePsomophis obtususKeeled Sepia SnakeKeeled Sepia SnakeThamnodynastes hypoconiaNeuwied's False Fer-de-lanceNeuwied's False Fer-de-lanceXenodon neuwiedii

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Recorded in Suriname, but there is not enough reliable information yet for a full profile.

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