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Snakes (Serpentes)

IUCN Red List assessments:
Extinct (in recent times): 5 species
Extinct in the Wild: 0 species= 0.0 %
Critically Endangered: 85 species= 2.0 %
Endangered: 172 species= 4.1 %
Vulnerable: 160 species= 3.8 %
Near Threatened: 149 species= 3.6 %
Least Concern: 2232 species= 53.4 %
Data Deficient: 669 species= 16.0 %
Not Assessed: 715 species= 17.1 %


Families:

Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes)
Aniliidae (South American Pipe Snake)
Anomalepididae (Neotropical Blind Snakes)
Anomochilidae (Dwarf Pipe Snakes)
Boidae (Typical Boas)
Bolyeriidae (Mascarene Boas)
Colubridae (Typical Snakes)
Cyclocoridae (Philippine Burrowing Snakes)
Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes)
Elapidae (Cobras, Mambas, Sea Snakes, etc.)
Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Loxocemidae (Neotropical Sunbeam Snake)
Micrelapidae (Short-jawed Rear-fanged Snakes)
Pareidae (Oriental Slug Eaters)
Pythonidae (Pythons)
Tropidophiidae (Dwarf Boas)
Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Uropeltidae (Shield-tailed Snakes)
Viperidae (Vipers)
Xenodermidae (Asian Litter Snakes)
Xenopeltidae (Asian Sunbeam Snakes)
Xenophidiidae (Spiny-jawed Snakes)
Xenotyphlopidae (Round-nosed Blind Snake)