37 Venomous Vietnam Snakes – Dangerous and Some Deadly

Vietnam’s Venomous Snakes

As you can see by the map, Vietnam lies on the coast, so it has many venomous sea snakes in addition to this list of terrestrial venomous snakes in the country.

To IDENTIFY a Vietnam Snake you can use our SNAKE ID link in the menu above.

37 Venomous and Dangerous Snakes Found in Vietnam

1. Azemiops feae – Fea’s Viper
2. Bungarus candidus – Malayan Krait, Common Krait, Blue Krait, Javan Krait
3. Bungarus fasciatus – Banded Krait, Golden Banded Snake
4. Bungarus flaviceps – Red-headed Krait, Yellow-Headed Krait, Kinabalu Krait
5. Bungarus slowinskii – Red River Krait
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
9. Daboia siamensis – Eastern Russell’s Viper, Daboia, Siamese Russell’s Viper
10. Deinagkistrodon acutus – Sharp-nosed Pit Viper, Hundred-pacer
11. Naja atra – Chinese Cobra, Taiwan Cobra, Formosan Cobra
12. Naja kaouthia – Monocellate Cobra, Thailand Cobra, Monacled Cobra
13. Naja siamensis – Thai Spitting Cobra
14. Ophiophagus hannah – King Cobra, Hamadryad, Jungle Cobra
15. Ovophis monticola – Mountain Pit Viper, Blotched Pit Viper,
16. Ovophis tonkinensis – Tonkin Pit Viper
17. Protobothrops cornutus – Horned Pit Viper, Fan-Si-Pan Horned Pit Viper
18. Protobothrops jerdonii – Jerdon’s Pit Viper, Bourret’s Pit Viper
19. Protobothrops mucrosquamatus – Chinese Habu, Taiwanese Pit Viper
20. Rhabdophis angeli – Angel’s Keelback
21. Rhabdophis callichroma –
22. Rhabdophis chrysargos – Speckle-bellied Keelback
23. Rhabdophis nigrocinctus – Green Keelback, Banded Keelback
24. Rhabdophis nuchalis – Hubei Keelback
25. Rhabdophis subminiatus – Red-necked Keelback, Heller’s Keelback
26. Sinomicrurus kelloggi – Kellog’s Coral Snake
27. Sinomicrurus macclellandi – Macclelland’s Coral Snake
28. Triceratolepidophis sieversorum – Three Horned-scaled Pitviper
29. Trimeresurus albolabris – White-lipped Green Pit Viper, White-lipped Pit Viper, White-lipped Tree Viper
30. Trimeresurus gumprechti – Gumprecht’s Green Pit Viper
31. Trimeresurus macrops – Dark Green Pit Viper, Large-eyed Pit Viper
32. Trimeresurus popeiorum – Pope’s Pit Viper, Pope’s Green Pit Viper
33. Trimeresurus stejnegeri – Chinese Bamboo Pit Viper, Chinese Green Tree Viper
34. Trimeresurus truongsonensis – Quang Binh Pitviper
35. Trimeresurus vogeli – Vogel’s Green Pitviper, Vogel’s Pitviper
36. Tropidolaemus philippinensis – South Philippine Temple Pit Viper
37. Tropidolaemus wagleri – Wagler’s Pit Viper, Temple Pit Viper

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