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.
Rough-Scaled Python
A rarely seen python distinguished by unusually keeled, rough-textured scales, restricted to a small area of the Kimberley in Australia.
Reticulated Python
The longest snake species in the world, a Southeast Asian constrictor famed for its intricate, iridescent pattern.
Australian Scrub Python
Australia's longest snake, a large iridescent python of the tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland and Cape York.
Cape York Carpet Python
A tropical locality form of the widespread carpet python found on the Cape York Peninsula of far northern Queensland, Australia.
Papuan Python
One of the largest pythons of New Guinea, a powerful constrictor capable of preying on sizeable mammals.
Palmerston Carpet Python
A locality of the Darwin carpet python subspecies from the Palmerston area near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.
Borneo Short-Tailed Python
A stout island relative of the blood pythons, endemic to Borneo, typically lighter and tan-colored compared to its Sumatran cousin.
Aru Green Tree Python
A smaller-bodied island locality of the green tree python from the Aru Islands southwest of New Guinea.
Sorong Green Tree Python
A locality form of the green tree python from the Sorong area of New Guinea's Bird's Head Peninsula, prized for its vivid emerald-green adult coloration.
Bismarck Ringed Python
A small, boldly ringed python from the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, known for dramatic color change with age.
Top End Carpet Python
A broadly distributed population of the Darwin carpet python subspecies across the tropical Top End region of the Northern Territory.
Stimson's Python
A small, hardy python well adapted to Australia's dry interior, one of the smallest pythons in the world.
Inland Carpet Python
A carpet python subspecies adapted to the drier inland regions of southeastern Australia, with a subdued olive-and-cream blotched pattern.
Pygmy Python
The world's smallest python species, a tiny constrictor restricted to a small region of northwestern Australia.
Diamond Python
A cool-climate subspecies of carpet python from southeastern Australia, marked with diamond-shaped clusters of pale scales on a black background.
Water Python
A glossy, iridescent python closely tied to Australia's tropical wetlands, famous for its rainbow sheen in sunlight.
Bredl's Python
A rich reddish-brown python endemic to the arid ranges of central Australia, closely related to the carpet pythons.
Coastal Carpet Python
One of the largest carpet python subspecies, found along Australia's eastern seaboard with a variable olive-to-brown blotched pattern.
Timor Python
A slender relative of the reticulated python complex, restricted to Timor and neighboring islands in Indonesia.
Kofiau Green Tree Python
A rare island locality of the green tree python from Kofiau Island in the Raja Ampat archipelago, notable for a relatively small, isolated population.
Southwestern Carpet Python
A carpet python subspecies restricted to southwestern Australia, adapted to Mediterranean-type climate and coastal heathland habitats.
Children's Python
One of the smallest python species, native to northern Australia, and named not after children but after zoologist John George Children.
Angolan Python
A small African python from the arid regions of Angola and Namibia, marked with a bold pattern of dark blotches on a lighter background.
Cyclops Green Tree Python
A locality form of the green tree python from the Cyclops Mountains rainforest reserve near Jayapura in northern Papua.
Macklot's Python
An island-dwelling relative of the Water Python, found across Indonesia's Lesser Sunda archipelago.
Merauke Green Tree Python
A southern New Guinea locality form of the green tree python from the savanna-fringed lowlands near Merauke.
Ball Python
A small, docile, non-venomous python native to West and Central Africa, famous for curling into a tight ball as a defensive posture.
Calabar Python
A small, cylindrical burrowing python from Africa with a blunt tail used to mimic its head as a defense strategy.
Biak Green Tree Python
An island locality form of the green tree python from Biak Island in Cenderawasih Bay, often noted for bold blue speckling on an emerald-green body.
Indian Rock Python
A large, powerful constrictor native to the Indian subcontinent, historically significant in local culture and folklore.
New Guinea Carpet Python
A subspecies of carpet python native to southern New Guinea, sometimes classified as Morelia spilota harrisoni.
Black-Headed Python
A striking Australian python with a glossy jet-black head and neck contrasting sharply with a banded tan-and-brown body.
Blood Python
A stout, non-venomous python of Southeast Asia known for its short, heavy build and rich reddish or blood-colored patterning.
Olive Python
One of Australia's largest snakes, a plain olive-brown python found around rocky gorges and river systems in the continent's arid and tropical north.
Southern African Python
A large, powerfully built constrictor found across southern Africa, closely related to the African rock python but occupying more southerly range.
Wamena Green Tree Python
A high-elevation locality form of the green tree python from the Baliem Valley highlands near Wamena, one of the highest-altitude populations of the species.
Manokwari Green Tree Python
A locality form of the green tree python from the Manokwari area on the northern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula.
Sumatran Short-Tailed Python
A stout, heavy-bodied python from Sumatra known for its short tail and rich reddish coloration, part of the blood python group.
Boelen's Python
A striking black python with an iridescent sheen and cream banding, restricted to the mountainous highlands of New Guinea.
Jungle Carpet Python
A vividly patterned carpet python subspecies from Queensland's Wet Tropics, known for bold black-and-yellow contrasting markings.
Indian Python
A large, non-venomous python native to the Indian subcontinent, one of the largest snakes in Asia and a species of conservation concern.
Carpet Python
A widespread, non-venomous python found throughout Australia and New Guinea, highly variable in pattern and color across its many subspecies.
Yapen Green Tree Python
An island locality of the green tree python from Yapen Island in Cenderawasih Bay off the northern coast of New Guinea.
Northern White-Lipped Python
The northern representative of the white-lipped python complex, found across the lowlands of northern New Guinea.
Jayapura Green Tree Python
A northern New Guinea locality of the green tree python from the coastal hills around Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua.
Woma Python
A non-venomous python of Australia's arid interior, unusual among pythons for lacking heat-sensing labial pits.
Green Tree Python
A vividly green, non-venomous arboreal python of New Guinea and northern Australia, known for its striking resemblance to the emerald tree boa of South America.