Phuket pit viper
(Trimeresurus phuketensis) (Sumontha et al, 2011)
So far I have recorded over 60 species of snake on Phuket island, however the Phuket pit viper is the only endemic species found here.
All photos © Matt Wilson 2022 (Last update April 2023)
Typhlopidae (Blind snakes)
- Mueller’s’ blind snake (Argyrophis muelleri)


- Brahminy’s blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus) NO PHOTOS
Cylindrophiidae (Pipe snakes)
- Jodi’s pipe snake (Cylindrophis jodiae)


Pythonidae (Pythons)
- Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)






- Brongersma’s short-tailed python (Python brongersmai)









Xenopeltidae (Sunbeam snakes)
- Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor)





Acrochordidae (File snakes)
- Marine file snake (Acrochordus granulatus) NO PHOTOS
Pareidae (Slug-eating snakes)
- Common slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus)



- Blunt-headed slug-eating snake (Aplopeltura boa)



Homalopsidae (Water snakes)
- Keel-bellied water snake (Bitia hydroides) NO PHOTOS
- Schneider’s bockadam (Cerberus schneiderii)




- Gerard’s mud snake (Gerarda prevostiana) NO PHOTOS
- Martaban water snake (Homalopsis semizonata)


- Crab-eating mud snake (Fordonia leucobalia)



- Cantor’s mangrove snake (Cantoria violacea)







Colubridae (Colubrids)
- Yellow-spotted keelback (Fowlea flavipunctatus)


- Speckle-bellied keelback (Rhabdophis chrysargos)



- Black-banded keelback (Rhabdophis nigrocinctus)




- Siamese red-necked keelback (Rhabdophis siamensis)







- Triangle keelback (Xenochrophis trianguligerus)





- Speckle-headed vine snake (Ahaetulla fasciolata)



- Oriental vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina)








- Keel-bellied whip snake (Dryophiops rubescens)





- Green cat snake (Boiga cyanea)








- Dog-toothed cat snake (Boiga cynodon)












- Mangrove cat snake (Boiga melanota)






- Jasper cat snake (Boiga jaspidea) NO PHOTOS FROM PHUKET
- Drapiez’s cat snake (Boiga drapiezii)




- Common wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus)


- Malayan banded wolf snake (Lycodon subcinctus)






- Laotian wolf snake (Lycodon laoensis)





- Malayan bridle snake (Lycodon subannulatus)



- Ornate flying snake (Chrysopelea ornata)








- Paradise flying snake (Chrysopelea paradisi)



- Twin-barred flying snake (Chrysopelea pelias)



- Striped bronzeback (Dendrelaphis caudolineatus)



- Common bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) NO PHOTOS FROM PHUKET. ABSENT?
- Elegant bronzeback (Dendrelaphis formosus)








- Wall’s bronzeback (Dendrelaphis cyanochloris) NO PHOTOS FROM PHUKET
- Kopstein’s bronzeback (Dendrelaphis kopsteini) NO PHOTOS
- Haas’s bronzeback (Dendrelaphis haasi)


- Brown kukri snake (Oligodon purpurascens)


- Indochinese ground snake (Gongylosoma scriptum)


- Keeled rat snake (Ptyas carinata)



- White-bellied rat snake (Ptyas fusca)





- Indochinese rat snake (Ptyas korros)




- Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa)



- Yellow-striped racer (Coelognathus flavolineatus)



- Copperhead racer (Coelognathus radiatus)




- Red-tailed racer (Gonyosoma oxycephalum)





- Malayan ringneck (Liopeltis tricolor) NO PHOTOS
Pseudaspididae (Mock vipers)
- Common mock viper (Psammodynastes pulverulentus)






Elapidae (Elapids)
- Yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) Photos by Kat




- Blue-banded sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata) NO PHOTOS
- Yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) NO PHOTOS
- Small-spotted coral snake (Calliophis maculiceps)


- King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)














- Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)









- Sumatran spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana) NO PHOTOS FROM PHUKET
- Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus)










Viperidae (Vipers)
- Malayan pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma) ** NO PHOTOS FROM PHUKET
- Phuket pit viper (Trimeresurus phuketensis)




















- Mangrove pit viper (Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus)






- Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)




































**Based on a reference from 1965 and one photograph in 2020