Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with venomous status, family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell look-alikes apart.
Dwarf Burmese Python
A smaller-bodied insular form of the Burmese python found on Java, notably more modest in maximum size than mainland Burmese pythons.
Variegated Snail-eater
A brightly banded, snail-eating colubrid of Central American rainforests, named for its variegated red, black, and cream coloration.
Namaqua Dwarf Adder
Regarded as the world's smallest viper species, this diminutive adder inhabits coastal dunes of southern Africa.
Bibron's Burrowing Asp
A secretive, venomous African burrowing snake known for its unusual sideways stabbing bite delivered without opening its mouth wide.
Rough-Scaled Python
A rarely seen python distinguished by unusually keeled, rough-textured scales, restricted to a small area of the Kimberley in Australia.
Mexican Jumping Pit Viper
A thick-bodied Mexican relative of the Jumping Pit Viper, sharing the same rapid, forceful strike behavior.
Common Death Adder
A short, thick-bodied ambush-predator elapid that mimics a viper in body shape and hunting style, using a worm-like tail lure to attract prey.
Mexican Yellowbelly Brown Snake
A small, secretive brown snake from southern Mexico distinguished by its pale yellowish underside.
Mexican Hognose Snake
A stocky, upturned-snouted snake famous for its dramatic defensive bluff display, including hissing, hood-flattening, and death-feigning.
Island Lancehead
A rare, small island-endemic pit viper found only on Alcatrazes Island off the coast of Brazil, closely related to the Golden Lancehead.
Florida Cottonmouth
A large, semi-aquatic pit viper of Florida wetlands, often confused with harmless water snakes.
Godman's Garter Snake
A small, high-elevation garter snake restricted to montane streams in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Siamese Peninsula Pit Viper
A green pit viper of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, part of a complex of closely related arboreal pitvipers.
Wagner's Viper
A stocky, brightly patterned mountain viper from the highlands of eastern Anatolia, considered one of the most venomous vipers in its range.
Smooth Earth Snake
A small, plain, burrowing colubrid of the eastern and central United States, closely resembling the Rough Earth Snake but with smooth scales.
Temple Pit Viper
A venomous pit viper famous for the Malaysian temples where groups of these snakes are found coiled among the structures, tolerated by visitors.
Cross-marked Sand Snake
A small, slender southern African sand snake named for the distinctive cross- or arrow-shaped marking on its head and neck.
Western Shovel-Nosed Snake
A small, banded desert specialist with a flattened, shovel-shaped snout adapted for burrowing through loose sand.
Concho Water Snake
A rare, narrow-range Texas water snake tied to rocky, flowing sections of the Concho and Colorado rivers.
Clifford's Snake
A robust, boldly blotched diadem snake found in sandy and rocky desert habitats from North Africa across the Middle East into Central and South Asia.
Reticulated Python
The longest snake species in the world, a Southeast Asian constrictor famed for its intricate, iridescent pattern.
Nikolsky's Viper
A dark-colored viper closely related to the Common Adder, found in forest-steppe habitats of Ukraine and southwestern Russia.
Common Purple-glossed Snake
A glossy, burrowing African snake with an iridescent purplish sheen, feeding largely on other snakes and reptiles beneath the soil surface.
Schlegel's Beaked Blind Snake
One of the largest blind snakes in the world, notable for its hardened, beak-like snout used to dig through hard African soils.
Western Fox Snake
A stout, tan-and-brown blotched constrictor of the Midwest prairies, sometimes mistaken for a rattlesnake due to defensive tail vibration.
White-Bellied Mangrove Snake
A stocky, mildly aquatic mangrove-dwelling snake specialized in feeding on soft-shelled crabs.
Braminy Blind Snake
The world's most widely distributed snake species, a tiny, all-female burrower often mistaken for an earthworm and spread globally via potted plants.
Montane Egg-eater
A small, harmless African snake specialized entirely for eating bird eggs, found in highland and montane habitats of East and Central Africa.
Gray Rat Snake
A large, blotched gray-and-brown constrictor that retains its juvenile pattern into adulthood, unlike its solid-black eastern relative.
Cape Cobra
One of the most venomous cobras in Africa, notable for its variable yellow, brown, or speckled coloration across southern Africa's arid regions.
Banded Sand Snake
A tiny, brightly banded desert colubrid built for burrowing through loose sand, closely resembling the shovelnose snakes it shares habitat with.
Common Vine Snake
A slender, twig-mimicking African tree snake with exceptional camouflage and keyhole-shaped pupils, possessing venom that, though rear-fanged, can be medically significant.
Slender Blind Snake
A tiny, worm-like blind snake often mistaken for an earthworm, spread worldwide through the potted plant trade.
Narrow-Banded Shovel-Nosed Snake
A small burrowing elapid characterized by narrow banding, found in arid interior regions of Australia.
Japanese Mamushi
A small but medically significant pit viper widespread across Japan, responsible for the majority of the country's venomous snakebites.
Golden Lancehead
A critically endangered island-endemic pit viper found only on a single Brazilian island, known for unusually potent venom adapted to hunting birds.
Northern Small-Eyed Snake
A small, secretive nocturnal elapid of tropical northern Australia with a pale head and glossy dark body.
Brown Snake DeKay's
A small, common brownish colubrid found in gardens, parks, and woodlands across eastern North America.
Madagascar Ground Boa
A large, heavy-bodied terrestrial boa endemic to Madagascar, distinguished from its tree-dwelling relative by its stouter build and ground-dwelling habits.
Blue Krait
A highly venomous, nocturnal krait known for potent neurotoxic venom and a docile daytime demeanor that masks serious danger after dark.
Spitting Cobra
A group of African and Asian cobras capable of ejecting venom in defensive sprays aimed at the eyes of a perceived threat.
Cape File Snake
A distinctive African colubrid with unusually rough, file-like body scales and a specialized diet that includes other snakes, notably venomous species.
Pale Milk Snake
A pale, muted milk snake subspecies from the central Great Plains, with washed-out banding compared to more vividly colored relatives.
Black Kingsnake
A largely uniform glossy black kingsnake found in the central and southeastern United States, sometimes showing faint traces of pattern.
Terciopelo
A large, medically significant pit viper responsible for the majority of snakebite incidents across its Central American range.
Northern Green Anaconda
One of the world's largest and heaviest snakes, this massive semi-aquatic constrictor dominates the rivers and wetlands of the Amazon and Orinoco basins.
Travancore Wolf Snake
A small, secretive wolf snake endemic to the Western Ghats, named for the enlarged fang-like front teeth typical of its genus.
Jararaca
A widespread South American pit viper important both medically and pharmacologically, as its venom led to the development of ACE inhibitor drugs.