A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Psammophiidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dwarf Beaked SnakeDipsina multimaculata (Smith, 1847) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Bark SnakeHemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii (Peters, 1878) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Keller's Bark SnakeHemirhagerrhis kelleri Boettger, 1893 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beaked skaapstekkerKladirostratus acutus (Günther, 1888) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Montpellier SnakeMalpolon insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montpellier SnakeMalpolon monspessulanus (Hermann, 1804) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Psammophis aegyptius Marx, 1958 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| West-African Whip SnakePsammophis afroccidentalis Trape, Böhme & Mediannikov, 2019 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dwarf Sand SnakePsammophis angolensis (Bocage, 1872) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ansorge’s Sand SnakePsammophis ansorgii Boulenger, 1905 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Link-marked Sand SnakePsammophis biseriatus Peters, 1881 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-snouted Grass SnakePsammophis brevirostris Peters, 1881 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sand SnakePsammophis condanarus (Merrem, 1820) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cross-marked Grass SnakePsammophis crucifer (Daudin, 1803) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elegant Sand RacerPsammophis elegans (Shaw, 1802) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Psammophis indochinensis Smith, 1943 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jalla's Sand SnakePsammophis jallae Peracca, 1896 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Sand SnakePsammophis leightoni Boulenger, 1902 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pakistan Sand RacerPsammophis leithii Günther, 1869 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leopard Grass SnakePsammophis leopardinus Bocage, 1887 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gray Grass SnakePsammophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steppe Ribbon RacerPsammophis lineolatus (Brandt, 1838) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long Sand RacerPsammophis longifrons Boulenger, 1890 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Olive Grass SnakePsammophis mossambicus Peters, 1882 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Karoo Sand Snake Or Whip SnakePsammophis notostictus Peters, 1867 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand SnakePsammophis orientalis Broadley, 1977 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Olive Grass RacerPsammophis phillipsii (Hallowell, 1844) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ornate Olympic SnakePsammophis praeornatus (Schlegel, 1837) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beautiful Sand snakePsammophis pulcher Boulenger, 1895 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sand snakePsammophis punctulatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rukwa Sand RacerPsammophis rukwae Broadley, 1966 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Forskal Sand SnakePsammophis schokari (Forskål, 1775) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Egyptian Hissing Sand SnakePsammophis sibilans (Linnaeus, 1758) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stripe-bellied Sand SnakePsammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern stripe-bellied sand snakePsammophis sudanensis Werner, 1919 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tanganyika Sand SnakePsammophis tanganicus Loveridge, 1940 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Sand SnakePsammophis trigrammus Günther, 1865 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sand snakePsammophis trivirgatus Peters, 1878 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Turpan Sand SnakePsammophis turpanensis Chen, Liu, Cai, Li, WU & Guo, 2021 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zambian Whip SnakePsammophis zambiensis Hughes & Wade, 2002 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kenyan striped skaapstekerPsammophylax multisquamis (Loveridge, 1932) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhombic SkaapstekerPsammophylax rhombeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped SkaapstekerPsammophylax tritaeniatus (Günther, 1868) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grey-bellied Grass SnakePsammophylax variabilis Günther, 1893 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhamphiophis maradiensis Chirio & Ineich, 1991 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western beaked snakeRhamphiophis oxyrhynchus (Reinhardt, 1843) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rufous Beaked SnakeRhamphiophis rostratus Peters, 1854 | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red Beaked SnakeRhamphiophis rubropunctatus (Fischer, 1884) | PsammophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.