used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]

viper

cobra

python; boa

rattlesnake

lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others

illegal immigrant (esp. one smuggled across borders)

variant of 逶迤[wei1 yi2]; used in 虛與委蛇|虚与委蛇[xu1 yu3 wei1 yi2]

Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)

water snake

water snake; colubrid; racer

(dialect) gecko

boa

Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys); pit viper

forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)

(Tw) (slang) (loanword) loser

Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper (lit. "five-pace snake" – supposedly, a person bitten by it can only walk five steps before succumbing to the venom)

lizard

local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss

king ratsnake (Elaphe carinata)

Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosus)

Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosus)

king ratsnake (Elaphe carinata)

long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)

Entechinus major (kind of snake)

adder (zoology)

copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake

Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

(lit.) the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom); (fig.) (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous

(idiom) to feign civility

Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds

Indian cobra (Naja naja)

lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law