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Distribution of terrestrial venomous snakes
Selection
| Occurrences in | |
|---|---|
| NW | the Northwest |
| N | the North |
| NE | the Northeast |
| W | the West |
| C | central areas |
| E | the East |
| SW | the Southwest |
| S | the South |
| SE | the Southeast |
| X | most areas |
| ? | unclear |
See also separate
distribution charts for various Colubrids
of lesser medical importance.
Distribution tables
Colubrids
Elapids
Pit vipers
| Gloydius angusticeps | NW+N | Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu |
| Gloydius blomhoffii | C+E | |
| Gloydius cognatus | N | E Gansu |
| Gloydius huangi | X | E Tibet |
| Gloydius lateralis | W | Sichuan |
| Gloydius lipipengi | W | Tibet |
| Gloydius qinlingensis | N | S Shaanxi |
| Gloydius rubromaculatus | NW | Sichuan, Qinghai, Tibet |
| Gloydius stejnegeri | X | |
| Gloydius strauchi | C | |
| Gloydius swild | W | Sichuan |
| Ovophis makazayazaya | X | Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang |
| Ovophis zayuensis | W | Xizang (Tibet), Western |
| Protobothrops dabieshanensis | E | Anhui only |
| Protobothrops himalayanus | W | S Tibet |
| Protobothrops jerdonii | W | Xizang (Tibet) |
| Protobothrops maolanensis | S | Guizhou and Guangxi only |
| Protobothrops mucrosquamatus | C+E |
| Trimeresurus (Sinovipera) sichuanensis | X | S Sichuan, probably also in Chongqing and Gizhou |
| Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus) albolabris | X | including Hainan |
| Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) stejnegeri | X | Nepal. Bhutan ? |
| Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) yunnanensis | ? | Nepal ? |
Vipers
| Azemiops feae | W+C | incl. SE Tibet |
| Azemiops kharini | ? |