One in five of Taiwan's 50-odd species of land snakes are poisonous. The five best known and most frequently exploited are the Taiwan habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus), the Taiwan cobra (Naja naja atra), the Chinese green tree viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri), the Taiwan banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus) and the hundred-pace viper (Deinagkistrodon acutus, aka the sharp-nosed pit viper).
台灣五十種左右的陸地蛇類中，毒蛇佔五分之一，其中較常被利用的龜殼花、眼鏡蛇、赤尾青竹絲、雨傘節與百步蛇，被稱為「五大毒蛇」。