Scientific name: Helicops angulatus
Vern: mountain keelback / brown-banded watersnake (En); dwarsbandige schele waterslang (Du)
Local: watra sneki (Sr)
Indig: aimarawa (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Dipsadidae
Scientific name: Spilotes pullatus
Vern: tropical rat snake / chicken snake (En); kippenslang (Du)
Local: sapakara sneki (Sr)
Indig: akurikuri (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Colubridae
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Scientific name: Pseustes sulphureus
Vern: Amazon puffing snake (En); zwartgele liaanslang (Du)
Local: trangabaka sneki (Sr)
Indig: waapu (Tr)
Maroon/AD:
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Colubridae
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Scientific name: Oxybelis fulgidus
Vern: green vine snake (En); groene spitsneusslang / groene zweepstaart slang (Du)
Local: busi swipi (Sr)
Indig:
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Colubridae
Scientific name: Leptophis ahaetulla
Vern: (giant) parrot snake (En); paradijsboomslang / groene draadslang (Du)
Local: swipi sneki
Indig:
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Colubridae
Scientific name: Drymarchon corais
Vern: indigo snake (En); geelstaart indigoslang (Du)
Local: konkoni sneki / kruyaraman (Sr)
Indig: akurikuri (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Colubridae
Scientific name: Clelia clelia
Vern: mussurana (En, Du)
Local: todoman sneki (Sr)
Indig: wapunpë
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Colubridae
Scientific name: Chironius carinatus
Vern: sipo (En); kielrugslang / sipo (Du)
Local: reditere (Sr)
Indig: atarakare / napijaran ëkëi (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Colubridae
Scientific name: Eunectes murinus
Vern: (Green) Anaconda (En); Anaconda (Du)
Local: watra aboma / boma (Sr)
Indig: Ëkëimë (= ‘big snake’) / Ïmatapi (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Boidae
Scientific name: Epicrates cenchria
Vern: rainbow boa (En); regenboogboa (Du); boa arc-en-ciel (Fr)
Local: heigron aboma (Sr)
Indig: kïwïnï (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Snakes
Family: Boidae