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Forty seven species of snake have been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago, making the snake population of this area the most diverse in the Caribbean. Forty four of these snake species are found in Trinidad and twenty one in Tobago. Many of these species are South American, most of which are present in Venezuela. Trinidad and Tobago consists of two main islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and several smaller islands. The Bocas Islands, which lie between Trinidad and Venezuela, in the Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouths), consist of Chacachacare, Monos, Huevos and Gaspar Grande. Several smaller islands lie off Trinidad, but snakes have been recorded on only one of them, Caledonia Island. Snakes have been recorded on one island off Tobago, Little Tobago. Four species are venomous: two coral snake species (Micrurus spp. ), the fer de lance (Bothrops atrox) and the South American bushmaster (Lachesis muta). The common coral (Micrurus fulvius) is found on at least two of the Bocas Islands: Gaspar Grande and Monos. No venomous snakes inhabit Tobago.<onlyinclude>

Anomalepididae is a family of nonvenomous snakes native to Central and South America. They are similar to Typhlopidae, except that some species possess a single tooth in the lower jaw. One possible species has been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago. +Anomalepididae Species Common name Trinidad Tobago Bocas Is. OtherHelminthophis cf. flavoterminatusYellow headed ground puppy; Trinidadian dawn blind snake

Typhlopidae is a family of blind snakes found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. Two species have been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago. +Typhlopidae Species Common name Trinidad Tobago Bocas Is. OtherAmerotyphlops brongersmianusBrongersma's worm snakeAmerotyphlops trinitatusTrinidad burrowing snakeBurrowing false coral; rouleau

Boidae is a family of non venomous snakes found in America, Africa, Europe, Asia and some Pacific Islands, containing the boas. Four species have been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago. +Boidae Species Common name Trinidad Tobago Bocas Is. OtherBoa constrictor constrictor Macajuel, boa constrictor

Colubridae is a family of snakes comprising about two thirds of all snake species on earth. Colubrid species are found on every continent, except Antarctica. Species from three subfamilies are found in Trinidad and Tobago.

Xenodontinae is a subfamily of snakes within the family Colubridae that includes mud snakes and New World hognose snakes. +Xenodontinae Species Common name Trinidad Tobago Bocas Is. OtherLiophis cobellus cobellusMangrove snake, mangrove mapepireLiophis melanotus nesosBeh belle chemin, doctor snakeSiphlophis compressus Tropical flat snakeThamnodynastes ramonriveroiStriped swamp snakeTripanurgos compressusMapepire de fe, false coral

Dipsadinae is a subfamily of snakes within the family Colubridae that includes cat eyed snakes, night snakes, and black striped snakes. +Dipsadinae Species Common name Trinidad Tobago Bocas Is. OtherAtractus fuliginosusHallowell's ground snakeAtractus trilineatusThree lined ground snakeAtractus cf. univittatusTobago one lined snakeClelia clelia cleliaBlack cribo, mussuranaSnail eating snakeErythrolamprus aesculapiiFalse coralErythrolamprus bizonaFalse coralErythrolamprus cobellaMangrove snakeErythrolamprus melanotusBlack backed snakeErythrolamprus ocellatusTobago false coral, red snakeErythrolamprus pseudoreginaeTobago stream snakeErythrolamprus zweifeliZweifel's ground snakeHelicops angulatus Water mapepire, brown banded water snakeHydrops triangularis neglectusWater coralImantodes cenchoa cenchoa Mapepire corde violon, fiddle string snakeChironius multiventris septentrionalis Long tailed machete savaneChironius scurrulusSmooth machete savaneDrymarchon corais coraisYellow tailed criboGrey loraMastigodryas amaraliAmaral's tropical racerMachete couessePseustes sulphureus sulphureus Yellow bellied puffing snakeSpilotes pullatus pullatusTigre, chicken snakeMicrurus circinalisLarge coral snake

Viperidae is a family of venomous snakes found all over the world, except for Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Madagascar, Hawaii and the Arctic Circle. All have relatively long hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of venom. Two species are found in Trinidad and Tobago. Species Common name Trinidad Tobago Bocas Is. OtherBothrops atrox Mapepire balsain, fer de lanceLachesis muta muta Mapepire zanana, mapepire z'ananas, bushmaster