Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Red Sand Boa
A thick-bodied, burrowing boa with a blunt tail often mistaken for a second head, prized illegally in wildlife trafficking.
Rosy Boa
A small, calm desert boa recognized by three dark longitudinal stripes running down its otherwise pale, sandy body.
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.
Rubber Boa
A small boa with loose, wrinkled skin resembling rubber, found at higher elevations and cooler climates than most other boas.
Rubber Boa Northern
A small, smooth-skinned boa from western North America named for its rubbery, loose-fitting skin.
Ruschenberger's Tree Boa
A slender, arboreal tree boa of Central America and northern South America closely related to the common tree boa.
Saharan Sand Boa
A burrowing sand boa of the Saharan and Sahelian regions of Africa, adapted for life beneath loose desert sand.
Sand Boa
A small, stout, burrowing boa adapted for a life spent mostly beneath sand and loose soil in South Asia's dry habitats.
Southern Rubber Boa
A small, smooth-skinned boa from southern California mountain ranges, closely related to the more widespread rubber boa.
Tartar Sand Boa
A stout, burrowing boa of Central Asian deserts and steppe, adapted for a fossorial lifestyle with a blunt tail and small eyes.
Turks Island Boa
A small West Indian boa endemic to the Turks and Caicos Islands and nearby southern Bahamian islands.
Viper Boa
A short, stout ground boa that resembles a viper in appearance.
Virgin Islands Boa
A small West Indian boa found across several islands of the Puerto Rico Bank, including parts of the Virgin Islands.
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.
Yellow Anaconda
A large, semi-aquatic constrictor of South American wetlands, smaller than its relative the green anaconda but still among the heaviest snakes in the Americas.
Bahamian Boa
A West Indian boa endemic to islands of the northern Bahamas.
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.
Cropan's Boa
An extremely rare and poorly known tree boa endemic to a small area of Brazil's Atlantic Forest.
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.
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.
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.