3-syllable Snakes that end with A

List of 3-syllable Snakes that end with A

1

Black Mamba

Dendroaspis polylepis

Africa's fastest snake and one of the most feared elapids, named for the inky black lining of its mouth rather than its skin colour.

2

Forest Cobra

Naja melanoleuca

A large, glossy black-and-yellow African elapid of equatorial rainforests, known for its semi-aquatic habits and powerful neurotoxic venom.

3

Green Mamba

Dendroaspis angusticeps

A vivid emerald-green arboreal elapid of East African coastal forests, far shyer and more retiring than its infamous black cousin.

4

King Cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

The world's longest venomous snake, native to South and Southeast Asian forests, known for the hooded display and powerful neurotoxic venom.

5

Sand Boa

Eryx colubrinus

A short, thick, blunt-tailed burrowing boa of African and Asian deserts that spends most of its life buried in loose sand.

6

Yarara

Bothrops diporus

A pit viper of southern South America, a close cousin of the jararaca and a major cause of snakebite in northern Argentina and Paraguay.