The following is a list of snakes of South Asia, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains. All families are covered except for the Colubridae which is found here. This forms part of the complete list of reptiles of South Asia. South Asia and India in particular have the highest number of snake species in the world. Order Squamata - suborder Serpents Family Leptotyphlopidae Myriopholis blanfordi Myriopholis hamulirostris Family Typhlopidae Brahminy Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Slender blind snake (Typhlops porrectus) Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Giant blind snake (Typhlops diardii) Northeast India, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region Pied blind snake (Typhlops leucomelas) Sri Lanka Jan's blind snake (Typhlops mirus) Sri Lanka Günther's blind snake (Typhlops pammeces Günther 1864) Typhlops exiguus Typhlops beddomii Typhlops andamanesis Rhinotyphlops acutus Ramphotyphlops exocoeti (Typhlops tindalli) (Typhlops thurstoni) (Typhlops tenuicollis) (Typhlops oligolepis) (Typhlops oatesii) (Typhlops meszoelyi) (Typhlops loveridgei) (Typhlops jerdoni) (Typhlops fletcheri) Family Cylindrophiidae Sri Lankan pipe snake Cylindrophis maculatus Sri Lanka Family Uropeltidae Palni Shieldtail Snake Teretrurus rhodogaster Two-lined Black Shieldtail Melanophidium bilineatum Beddome's Black Shieldtail Melanophidium punctatum Indian Black Earth Snake Melanophidium wynaudense Travancore Hills Thorntail Snake Platyplectrurus madurensis Lined Thorntail Snake Platyplectrurus trilineatus Kerala Shieldtail Plectrurus aureus Günther's Burrowing Snake Plectrurus guentheri Nilgiri Burrowing Snake Plectrurus perroteti Karnataka burrowing snake Pseudoplectrurus canaricus Cardamom Hills Earth Snake Rhinophis fergusonianus Schneider's Earth Snake Rhinophis oxyrhynchus Salty Earth Snake Rhinophis sanguineus Travancore Shieldtail Rhinophis travancoricus Purple-red Earth Snake Teretrurus sanguineus Madurai Earth Snake Uropeltis arcticeps Beddome's Earth Snake Uropeltis beddomii Bhupathy's shieldtail Uropeltis bhupathyi Brougham's Earth Snake Uropeltis broughami Ceylon Earth Snake Uropeltis ceylanicus Sirumalai Hills Earth Snake Uropeltis dindigalensis Elliot's Earth Snake Uropeltis ellioti Smith's Earth Snake Uropeltis grandis Jerdon's shieldtail Uropeltis jerdoni Günther's Earth Snake Uropeltis liura Bombay Earth Snake Uropeltis macrolepis Anaimalai Earth Snake Uropeltis macrorhynchus Spotted Earth Snake Uropeltis maculatus Boulenger's Earth Snake Uropeltis myhendrae Southern Earth Snake Uropeltis nitidus Ocellated Shieldtail Uropeltis ocellatus Shieldtail Earth Snake Uropeltis petersi Phipson's Shieldtail Uropeltis phipsonii Indian Earth Snake Uropeltis pulneyensis Red-lined Earth Snake Uropeltis rubrolineatus Red-spotted Earth Snake Uropeltis rubromaculatus Woodmason's Earth Snake Uropeltis woodmasoni Family Acrochordidae Wart snake Acrochordus granulatus India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Timor Family Boidae Common sand boa Eryx conicus Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Red sand boa Eryx johnii India, Pakistan Whitaker's sand boa