Ninia, commonly referred to as coffee snakes, is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus consists of 12 species that are native to south-eastern Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Some species are also found on Caribbean islands.
There are 12 species that are recognized as being valid.[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninia atrata | Hallowell's coffee snake | southern Central America, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Ninia celata | Costa Rica; Panama | ||
| Ninia diademata | ringneck coffee snake | Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico | |
| Ninia espinali | Espinal's coffee snake | El Salvador; Honduras | |
| Ninia franciscoi | Simla coffee snake | Trinidad | |
| Ninia guytudori | Ecuador | ||
| Ninia hudsoni | Guiana coffee snake, Hudson's coffee snake | Guiana, Ecuador (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Tambopata, Madre de Dios), Brazil (Rondônia), SW Colombia | |
| Ninia maculata | Pacific banded coffee snake, spotted coffee snake | Costa Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama | |
| Ninia pavimentata | northern banded coffee snake | Guatemala | |
| Ninia psephota | red-bellied coffee snake, Cope's coffee snake | Panama, Costa Rica | |
| Ninia sebae | redback coffee snake, culebra de cafetal espalda roja | Mexico and Central America. | |
| Ninia teresitae | Colombia; Ecuador | ||
A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ninia.