The nearly 300 species of snake found in Colombia represent nine of the eighteen families. Six families (Aniliidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Elapidae, Tropidophiidae, Viperidae) are within the infraorder Alethinophidia (advanced snakes) and three families (Anomalepididae, Leptotyphlopidae, Typhlopidae) are within the infraorder Scolecophidia (blind snakes).
The largest snake ever known, Titanoboa, was discovered as a fossil in northeastern Colombia.
Aniliidae
Pipe SnakesScientific nameCommon nameDistributionStatusAnilius scytaleRed Pipe SnakeAmazon basin
Boidae
BoasScientific nameCommon nameDistributionStatusBoa constrictorBoa ConstrictorThroughout; mostly rainforestEndemicCorallus annulatusAnnulated Tree BoaPacific regionCorallus batesiiAmazon Basin Emerald Tree BoaAmazon basinCorallus hortulanusAmazon Tree BoaAmazon basinCorallus ruschenbergeriiRuschenberger Tree BoaCaribbean lowlands & Orinoquia regionEpicrates cenchriaBrazilian Rainbow BoaAmazon & Orinoquia regions EndemicEpicrates maurusColombian Rainbow BoaCaribbean region; dry forest NativeEunectes murinusGreen AnacondaAmazon & Orinoquia regions
Colubridae