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.
Coastal Rosy Boa
A docile, small desert-and-scrub boa from coastal Southern California, recognized by its three longitudinal stripes.
Javelin Sand Boa
A stocky, sand-dwelling boa found from the Balkans and North Africa through the Middle East, named for its pointed, javelin-like snout.
Rough-Scaled Sand Boa
A stout, blunt-tailed burrowing boa from South Asia with a bold, blotched pattern often mistaken for a viper.
Round Island Keel-Scaled Boa
The last surviving species of an ancient, highly endangered snake family, found only on Round Island near Mauritius and rescued through conservation breeding.
Jamaican Boa
Jamaica's largest native snake, a non-venomous constrictor known locally as the 'yellow snake' for its coloration, and considered vulnerable due to introduced predators.
Calabar Burrowing Python
A stout, secretive burrowing snake of West and Central Africa whose blunt tail mimics its head as a defensive strategy against predators.
Arabian Sand Boa
A small, stout burrowing boa adapted to the sand dunes and gravel deserts of the Arabian Peninsula.
Rosy Boa
A small, calm desert boa recognized by three dark longitudinal stripes running down its otherwise pale, sandy body.
Cuban Dwarf Boa
A small, thick-bodied Cuban endemic known for feigning death and even releasing blood from its eyes as a dramatic defense.
Virgin Islands Boa
A small West Indian boa found across several islands of the Puerto Rico Bank, including parts of the Virgin Islands.
Green Anaconda
One of the world's heaviest snakes, a massive semi-aquatic constrictor of South American rivers and wetlands.
Amazon Tree Boa
A slender, highly variable arboreal boa of the Amazon rainforest, known for its extraordinary range of color morphs and prehensile, tree-dwelling lifestyle.
Kenyan Sand Boa
A stout, burrowing boa of East African savannas and deserts, recognized by its bold saddle-like pattern and spade-shaped head suited for digging through sand.
Whitaker's Sand Boa
A small, burrowing sand boa native to western India, named for herpetologist Romulus Whitaker and closely related to the more widespread red sand boa.
Dumeril's Boa
A robust, non-venomous ground boa endemic to Madagascar, named after French zoologist Auguste Dumeril and known for its heavily patterned camouflage.
Solomon Islands Ground Boa
A variably patterned ground-dwelling boa endemic to the Solomon Islands and nearby New Guinea.
Somali Sand Boa
A small burrowing boa native to the arid Horn of Africa, adapted to sandy soils with a stout body and reduced eyes.
Round Island Boa
A now likely-extinct burrowing boa once endemic to Round Island near Mauritius, notable for its unique jaw structure among snakes.
Silver Boa
An extremely rare, silvery-scaled boa described only in 2016, found solely on a single tiny island in the Bahamas.
Elegant Sand Boa
A small, patterned sand boa found across arid parts of Central Asia and Iran, named for its comparatively attractive, well-defined blotched pattern.
Cropan's Boa
An extremely rare and poorly known tree boa endemic to a small area of Brazil's Atlantic Forest.
Central American Dwarf Boa
A small, arboreal dwarf boa found in Central American rainforests, notable for its prehensile tail and slender build.
Cook's Tree Boa
A slender arboreal boa endemic to the island of Saint Vincent in the Lesser Antilles, closely related to mainland tree boas but geographically isolated.
Bahamian Boa
A West Indian boa endemic to islands of the northern Bahamas.
Boa Constrictor
A large, adaptable New World constrictor found across a wide range of tropical and subtropical habitats.