Eswatini Snake Species

 Family Leptotyphlopidae 

1. Leptotyphlops conjunctus (Jan, 1861) Cape Thread Snake  
2. Leptotyphlops incognitus (Broadley & Watson, 1976) Incognito Thread Snake 
3. Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Peters, 1854) Peters’ Thread Snake 
4. Leptotyphlops telloi (Broadley & Watson, 1976) Tello’s Thread Snake 
5. Myriopholis longicauda (Peters, 1854) Long-tailed Thread Snake 

Family Typhlophidae 

1. Afrotyphlops bibronii (Smith, 1846) Bibron’s Blind Snake 
2. Afrotyphlops schlegelii (Bianconi, 1849) Schlegel’s Giant Blind Snake 
3. Rhinotyphlops lalandei (Schlegel, 1839) Delalande’s Beaked Blind Snake 

Family Pythonidae 

1. Python natalensis (Smith, 1840) Southern African Python 

Family Viperidae 

1. Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820) Puff Adder 
2. Bitis atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) Berg Adder 
3. Causus defilippii (Jan, 1862) Snouted Night Adder 
4. Causus rhombeatus (Lichtenstein, 1823) Rhombic Night Adder 

Family Atractaspididae 

1. Amblyodipsas concolor (Smith, 1849) Natal Purple-glossed Snake 
2. Amblyodipsas polylepis (Bocage, 1873) Common Purple-glossed Snake 
3. Aparallactus capensis (Smith, 1849) Black-headed Centipede-eater 
4. Aparallactus lunulatus (Peters, 1854) Plumbeous Centipede-Eater 
5. Atractaspis bibronii (Smith, 1849) Bibron’s Stiletto Snake 
6. Homoroselaps dorsalis (Smith, 1849) Striped Harlequin Snake 
7. Homoroselaps lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758) Spotted Harlequin Snake 

Family Colubridae 

1. Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) Red-lipped Snake, Herald Snake 
2. Dasypeltis inornata (Smith, 1849) Southern Brown Egg-eater 
3. Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) Rhombic Egg-eater 
4. Dipsadoboa aulica (Günther, 1864) Marbled Tree Snake 
5. Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1828) Boomslang 
6. Meizodon semiornatus (Peters, 1854) Semiornate Snake 
7. Philothamnus hoplogaster (Günther, 1863) South-eastern Green Snake 
8. Philothamnus natalensis (Smith, 1848) Eastern Natal Green Snake 
9. Philothamnus occidentalis (Broadley, 1966) Western Natal Green Snake 
10. Philothamnus semivariegatus (Smith, 1840) Spotted Bush Snake 
11. Telescopus semiannulatus (Smith, 1849) Common Tiger Snake 
12. Thelotornis capensis (Smith, 1849) Southern Twig Snake 

Family Elapidae 

1. Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius (Smith, 1849) Intermediate Shield Cobra
2. Dendroaspis polylepis (Günther, 1864) Black Mamba 
3. Elapsoidea boulengeri (Boettger, 1895) Boulenger’s Garter Snake 
4. Elapsoidea sundevallii (Smith, 1848) Sundevall’s Garter Snake
5. Elapsoidea sundevallii decosteri (Boulenger, 1888) De Coster’s Garter Snake 
6. Hemachatus haemachatus (Bonnaterre, 1790) Rinkhals 
7. Naja annulifera (Peters, 1854) Snouted Cobra 
8. Naja mossambica (Peters, 1854) Mozambique Spitting Cobra 

Family Lamprophiidae 

1. Boaedon capensis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) Brown House Snake 
2. Gracililima nyassae (Günther, 1888) Black File Snake 
3. Inyoka swazicus (Schaefer, 1970) Swazi Rock Snake 
4. Lamprophis aurora (Linnaeus, 1758) Aurora House Snake 
5. Lamprophis fuscus (Boulenger, 1893) Yellow-bellied House Snake 
6. Alopecion guttatus (Smith, 1843) Spotted Rock Snake 
7. Limaformosa capensis (Smith, 1847) Common File Snake 
8. Lycodonomorphus inornatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) Olive Snake 
9. Lycodonomorphus laevissimus (Günther, 1862) Dusky-bellied Water Snake 
10. Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris (FitzSimons, 1964) Floodplain Water Snake 
11. Lycodonomorphus rufulus (Lichtenstein, 1823) Brown Water Snake 
12. Lycophidion capense (Smith, 1831) Cape Wolf Snake 
13. Lycophidion variegatum (Broadley, 1969) Variegated Wolf Snake 

Family Psammophiidae 

1. Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia (Günther, 1864) Eastern Bark Snake

Family Psammophiidae 

1. Psammophis brevirostris (Peters, 1881) Short-snouted Grass Snake 
2. Psammophis crucifer (Daudin, 1803) Cross-marked Whip Snake 
3. Psammophis mossambicus (Peters, 1882) Olive Grass Snake 
4. Psammophis subtaeniatus (Peters, 1882) Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake 
5. Psammophylax rhombeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Spotted Grass Snake 

Family Prosymnidae 

1. Prosymna lineata (Peters, 1871) Lined Shovel-snout 
2. Prosymna stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893) East African Shovel-Snout 

Family Pseudaspididae

1. Pseudaspis cana (Linnaeus, 1758) Mole Snake 

Family Pseudoxyrhophiidae 

1. Duberria lutrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Slug-Eater