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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: North & South Korea

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in The Far East

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

Literature on the distribution

Colubrids

Rhabdophis spp., in particular: R. tigrinus and R. subminiatus, Keelbacks

Rhabdophis tigrinus

X

Pit Vipers

Gloydius spp., Asian pitvipers

Gloydius brevicaudus	X
Gloydius intermedius	X
Gloydius ussuriensis	X

Vipers

Vipera spp., European vipers

Vipera berus

N

North Korea