37 Venomous Vietnam Snakes – Dangerous and Some Deadly

Vietnam’s Venomous Snakes

Vietnam snake map covering from north to south.

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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One Comment

  1. ANOTHER FANTASTIC PAGE ABOUT NAM SNAKES. I SPENT TEN YEARS IN VIETNAM AS A CIVILIAN AND ADVISER BUT ONLY A FEW OF THEM, BATAM ISAND, INDONESIA.

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