Snakes of Europe/Species
Appearance
Family: Typhlopidae (Blind snakes)
Genus: Typhlops
- Worm Snake Typhlops vermicularis (south-eastern Europe, Cyprus, across to Afghanistan)
Family: Boidae, (Boas, Anacondas)
Genus: Eryx
- Javelin Sand Boa Eryx jaculus (south-eastern Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Africa)
Family: Colubridae (Colubrids)
- Subfamily: Colubrinae
- Western Whip Snake Coluber viridiflavus (south-western Europe, Italy, Switzerland and Slovenia)
- Caspian WhipSnake Coluber caspius (south-eastern Europe, Turkey)
- Large Whip Snake Dolichophis jugularis (south-eastern Europe)
- Red-Bellied Racer Dolichophis schmidti (Russia, Turkey, Georgia)
- Horseshoe Whip Snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis(Italy, Iberian Peninsula)
- Spotted Whip Snake Hemorrhois ravergieri (Greece, Turkey, Georgia)
- Algerian Whip Snake Hemorrhois algirus (Malta)
- Coin Snake, Hemorrhois nummifer (has been mentioned from European Turkey but actual presence in Europe remains unconfirmed and demands substantiation)
- Red Whip Snake Platyceps collaris (Bulgaria, Turkey)
- Dahl's Whip Snake Platyceps najadum (south-eastern Europe)
- Balkan Whip Snake Hierophis gemonensis (south-eastern Europe)
- Cyprus Whip Snake Hierophis cypriensis (Cyprus, Greece, Turkey)
- Asia Minor Dwarf Racer Eirenis modestus (Greece, Russia, Turkey, Georgia)
- Collared Dwarf Racer Eirenis collaris (Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia)
- Four-lined Snake Elaphe quatuorlineata (south-eastern Europe)
- Blotched Snake Elaphe sauromates (eastern and south-eastern Europe)
- Steppes RatSnakes Elaphe dione (Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan)
- Transcaucasian Rat Snake Elaphe hohenackeri (Russia, Georgia, Turkey)
- Ladder Snake Rhinechis scalaris (Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy)
- Leopard Snake Zamenis situla (southern Europe)
- Aesculapian Snake Zamenis longissimus
- Italian Aesculapian Snake Zamenis lineatus (Italy)
- Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca
- Southern Smooth Snake Coronella girondica (Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy)
- European Cat Snake Telescopus fallax (south-eastern Europe)
- Subfamily: Psammophiinae
- Montpellier Snake Malpolon monspessulanus (southern Europe)
- Subfamily: Natricinae
- Viperine Water Snake Natrix maura
- Grass Snake Natrix natrix (ssp. cetti, schweizeri)
- Dice Snake Natrix tessellata
- Large-headed Water Snake Natrix megalocephala (Russia, Turkey, Georgia)
- Subfamily: Boodontinae
- False Smooth Snake Macroprotodon brevis (Iberian peninsula)
- False Smooth Snake Macroprotodon cucullatus (Iberian peninsula)
Family: Viperidae
- Caucasus Viper Vipera kaznakovi (Russia, Georgia, Turkey)
- Orsini's Viper, Meadow Viper Vipera ursinii (ssp. moldavica, ssp. rakosiensis (south-eastern France, central Italy, west Balkans, northern Greece, Hungary, Romania)
- European Adder Vipera berus
- Seoane's Viper Vipera seoanei (Iberia)
- Asp Viper Vipera aspis (south-western Europe, Italy and Switzerland)
- Lataste's Viper Vipera latastei (Iberia)
- Nose-horned Viper Vipera ammodytes (south-eastern Europe, Hungary and Austria)
- Ottoman Viper Vipera xanthina (Aegean Greece, Turkey)
- Nikolsky's Adder Vipera nikolskii (Ukraine)
- Meadow Viper Vipera renardi (Russia)
- Magnificent Viper Vipera magnifica (Russia)
- Orlov's Viper Vipera orlovi (Russia)
- Lotiev's Viper Vipera lotievi (Russia, Georgia)
- Caucasus Subalpine Viper Vipera dinniki (Russia, Georgia)
- Milos Viper Macrovipera schweizeri (Islands of Milos, Kimolos, Polyaigos, Sifnos in Aegean Greece)
- Blunt-nosed Viper Macrovipera lebetina (southern Russia, Cyprus, Turkey)
- Halys Pit Viper Gloydius halys (Russia, Kazakhstan)