Category
page 1Snakes of South America

Anaconda
Anacondas or water boas are a group of large boas of the genus Eunectes. They are a semiaquatic group of snakes found in tropical South America. Three to five extant and one extinct species are currently recognized, including one of the largest snakes in the world, E. murinus, the green anaconda.

Bothrops
Bothrops is a genus of highly venomous pit vipers endemic to the Neotropics. The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words , , meaning , and , , meaning or , together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs. Members of this genus are responsible for more human deaths in the Americas than any other group of venomous snakes. Currently, 48 species are recognized.

Rainbow boa
species of reptile

Lachesis
genus of snakes

milk snake
species of kingsnake
Eunectes beniensis
species of reptile
mussuranas
genus of reptiles

Oxybelis aeneus
species of reptile

Leptophis ahaetulla
species of snake

Atractus
Atractus is a genus of snakes, commonly called ground snakes, in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus includes more than 150 distinct species.

Clelia clelia
species of reptile

Corallus annulatus
species of reptile

Bothrops ammodytoides
species of reptile

Leptodeira annulata
species of reptile

Dipsas gracilis
species of reptile

Micrurus nigrocinctus
species of reptile

Liophis reginae
species of reptile

Porthidium nasutum
species of reptile

Bothrops neuwiedi
species of reptile

Micrurus mipartitus
species of reptile

Micrurus clarki
species of reptile

Bothrops venezuelensis
species of reptile
Alsophis biserialis
species of reptile

Corallus ruschenbergerii
species of reptile

Helicops angulatus
species of reptile
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Pseudoeryx
Pseudoeryx is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae.

Boddaerts Tropical Racer
species of reptile

Chironius monticola
species of reptile

Philodryas baroni
species of reptile
Pliocercus euryzonus
species of reptile

Oxybelis brevirostris
species of reptile
Atractus nicefori
species of reptile

Geophis nigroalbus
species of reptile

Adorned graceful brown snake
species of reptile
Tropidophis battersbyi
species of reptile

Atractus snethlageae
species of reptile

Philodryas chamissonis
species of reptile

Xenodon rabdocephalus
species of reptile

Atractus pantostictus
species of reptile

Bothrops punctatus
species of reptile

Atractus schach
species of reptile

Bothrops medusa
species of reptile

Atractus paucidens
species of reptile
Atractus resplendens
species of reptile

Siphlophis compressus
species of reptile
Imantodes gemmistratus
species of reptile

Atractus clarki
species of reptile

Xenodon pulcher
species of reptile

Dipsas andiana
species of reptile

Synophis calamitus
species of reptile

Synophis bicolor
species of reptile

Bothriopsis oligolepis
species of reptile

Anomalepis mexicanus
species of reptile

Atractus biseriatus
species of reptile

Micrurus medemi
species of reptile
Leptotyphlops guayaquilensis
species of reptile
Tantilla insulamontana
species of reptile
Atractus roulei
species of reptile
Bothrocophias colombianus
species of reptile

Atractus modestus
species of reptile