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.
Black File Snake
A small, dark, heavily keeled fossorial snake from East Asian forests, named for the rasp-like texture of its scales.
Argentine Coral Snake
A widely used common name for a monadal-patterned coral snake found across the drier regions of southern South America.
Western Blind Snake
A small, glossy, worm-like burrowing snake widespread across the deserts of the American Southwest, feeding almost exclusively on ants and termites.
Black-Naped Snake
A slender burrowing elapid identified by a distinctive black patch on the back of the neck, native to southern Australia.
Black Whip Snake
A large, fast, and powerfully built colubrid of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, often appearing nearly all black as an adult.
Slowinski's Corn Snake
A regional corn snake species found along the Texas-Louisiana border, closely resembling the more widespread corn snake but occupying a distinct range.
Texas Rat Snake
A large, variably patterned rat snake from Texas known for its bold blotches and sometimes irritable temperament when disturbed.
Streaked Kukri Snake
A small streaked colubrid of Southeast Asia belonging to the harmless, egg-eating kukri snake group.
Bibron's Coral Snake
A small, elusive coral snake endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India, named after French herpetologist Gabriel Bibron.
Angola Green Snake
A slender, bright green tree snake widespread across savanna and woodland of central and southern Africa.
Cape Tiger Snake
A regional form of tiger snake found on offshore islands and coastal areas, often smaller-bodied than mainland populations.
Fitzinger's Coral Snake
A South American coral snake named in honor of naturalist Leopold Fitzinger, marked with tricolor rings.
Spotted Bush Snake
A slender, bright green African tree snake marked with small dark speckles, commonly seen climbing through shrubs and buildings in search of frogs and lizards.
Tropical Hognose Snake
A stout, upturned-snouted colubrid known for its dramatic bluffing displays when threatened.
Venezuelan Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake of Venezuela's lowlands and llanos, notable for evenly spaced black rings of roughly equal width to the red bands.
Langsdorff's Coral Snake
A widespread Amazonian coral snake named after German naturalist Georg von Langsdorff, patterned in bold tricolor rings.
Mexican Milk Snake
A tricolor banded milk snake native to northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, harmless despite its coral snake-like appearance.
Steppe Rat Snake
A hardy, adaptable rat snake found across the steppes and arid regions of Central Asia, tolerant of a wide range of temperate and semi-arid habitats.
Viperine Sea Snake
One of the largest and most heavily built sea snakes, with a viper-like thick body and disproportionately large head, capable of delivering a substantial venom yield.
Variable Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake with highly variable banding patterns found across much of Mexico and northern Central America.
Northern Pine Snake
A large, powerful black-and-white blotched constrictor known for its loud hissing display and habit of burrowing in sandy pine habitats.
Anomalous Sea Snake
A sea snake named for its unusual combination of scale and morphological traits, found in coastal waters of the northern Indian Ocean.
Barred Wolf Snake
A small, sharp-toothed colubrid with narrow crossbands, frequently confused with venomous kraits.
Arizona Coral Snake
A small desert-dwelling coral snake of the Sonoran Desert region, the only coral snake species in the American Southwest, with a mild but medically distinct venom.