.::::: Snakes of the World :::::.

Snakes are very adaptable creatures to be found in the driest of deserts, the humid rainforests, high to the north and far in the south, and even wide at sea. Snakes has concurred the world with more than 3000 species and new ones are found every year.

Acrochordidae Aniliidae Anomochilidae
Anomalepidae Atractaspididae Boidae
Bolyeriidae Colubridae Cylindrophiidae
Elapidae Leptotyphlopidae Loxocemidae
Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Typhlopidae
Uropeltidae Viperidae Xenopeltidae

We will in time make this site as interactive as possible, with a species list for each country, and with individual genus accounts, telling as much as possible about each species and giving a full list of references. Any help with this project will be fully appreciated.
Bothrops atrox on Ilha Marajo, Para, Brazil
(© Wolfgang Wüster)
Literature
Gruber, U. 1989. Die Schlangen Europas und rund ums Mittelmeer. Kosmos Naturführer, Franckh’sche Verlag, Stuttgart, 248 pp.
McDiarmid, R.W., J.A. Campbell & T.A. Touré. 1999. Snakes Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1. Herpetol. League, Washington, 511 pp.
Peters, J.A. & B. Orejas-Miranda. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part I. Snakes. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 297: 1-347.
Shine, R. 2002. Do Dietary Habits Predict Scale Counts in Snakes? J. Herpetol., 36(2): 268-272.
Trutnau, L. 1981. Schlangen 1. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 200 pp.
Vanzolini, P.E. 1986. Addenda and Corrigenda to Part I Snakes. In: Peters, J.A., R. Donoso-Barros & B. Orejas-Miranda (eds.). Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Smithsonian Herp. Info. Serv., 70: 1-26.