35 Venomous Malaysia Snakes – Dangerous and Deadly

Venomous Snakes in Malaysia

The country of Malaysia also has a large number of venomous and very dangerous snakes. This is a list of venomous snakes, not including sea-snakes.

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1. Bungarus candidus – Malayan Krait, Common Krait, Blue Krait*
2. Bungarus fasciatus – Banded Krait*
3. Bungarus flaviceps – Red-headed Krait *
4. Calliophis bivirgata – Blue Malaysian Coral Snake, Blue Long-glanded Coral Snake *
5. Calliophis gracilis – Slender Coral Snake, Spotted Coral Snake, Gray’s Coral Snake *
6. Calliophis intestinalis – Banded Long-glanded Coral Snake, Brown Long-glanded Coral Snake *
7. Calliophis maculiceps – Small-spotted Coral Snake *
8. Calloselasma rhodostoma – Malayan Pit Viper*
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10. Macropisthodon flaviceps – Orange-necked Keelback, Orangeneck Keelback, Orange-lipped Water Snake, Yellow-headed Keelback *
11. Macropisthodon rhodomelas – Blue-necked Keelback, Blueneck Keelback, Blue-necked Water Snake *
12. Naja kaouthia – Monocellate Cobra, Monocled Cobra *
13. Naja sumatrana – Sumatran Spitting Cobra, Golden Spitting Cobra, Malayan Spitting Cobra, Equatorial Spitting Cobra, Sumatran Cobra *
14. Ophiophagus hannah – King Cobra, Hamadryad, Jungle Cobra Indian Sub-continent + North Asia + Southeast Asia *
15. Ovophis chaseni – Chasen’s Pit Viper, Kinabalu Brown Pit Viper, Chasen’s Mountain Pit Viper, Mount Kinabalu Pit Viper
16. Ovophis monticola – Mountain Pit Viper, Blotched Pit Viper, Mountain Iron-head Snake, Chinese Mountain Pit Viper *
17. Rhabdophis chrysargos – Speckle-bellied Keelback **
18. Rhabdophis conspicillatus – Red-bellied Keelback **
19. Rhabdophis murudensis – Muruden Keelback, Fire-lipped Keelback, Gunung Murud Keelback **
20. Rhabdophis subminiatus – Red-necked Keelback *
21. Trimeresurus albolabris – White-lipped Green Pit Viper, White-lipped Pit Viper, White-lipped Tree Viper *
22. Trimeresurus borneensis – Bornean Pit Viper, Bornean Leaf-nosed Pit Viper, Borneo Pit Viper *
23. Trimeresurus buniana – Fairy Pit Viper *
24. Trimeresurus fucatus – Siamese Peninsular Pitviper, Siamese Peninsula Pitviper *
25. Trimeresurus hageni – Hagen’s Pit Viper, Indonesian Pit Viper *
26. Trimeresurus malcolmi – Kinabalu Pit Viper, Malcolm’s Pit Viper *
27. Trimeresurus nebularis – Cameron Highlands Pitviper *
28. Trimeresurus popeiorum – Pope’s Pit Viper, Pope’s Green Pit Viper, Pope’s Tree Viper, Red-tailed Pit Viper, Pope’s Bamboo Pit Viper *
29. Trimeresurus puniceus – Flat-nosed Pit Viper, Ashy Pit Viper *
30. Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus – Mangrove Pit Viper, Shore Pit Viper, Gray’s Pit Viper, Purple-spotted Pit Viper *
31. Trimeresurus sabahi – Sabah Pit Viper, Sabah Bamboo Pit Viper *
32. Trimeresurus sumatranus – Sumatran Pit Viper, Sumatra Pit Viper *
33. Trimeresurus venustus – Beautiful Pit Viper *
34. Tropidolaemus philippinensis – South Philippine Temple Pit Viper *
35. Tropidolaemus subannulatus – North Philippine Temple Pit Viper *
36. Tropidolaemus wagleri – Wagler’s Pit Viper, Temple Pit Viper, Speckled Pit Viper, Wagler’s Palm Viper *

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