Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Southern Smooth Snake
A small, secretive colubrid of southwestern Europe and North Africa, closely resembling the smooth snake but with a more southerly range.
White-Crowned Snake
A small, secretive nocturnal elapid with a pale crown-like marking on its head, rarely encountered due to its burrowing habits.
Brown-Lined Sea Snake
A slender sea snake with fine brown longitudinal striping over a pale body, native to shallow coastal waters of the Gulf of Thailand region.
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.
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.
Beddome's Cat Snake
A slender, forest-dwelling cat snake endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India, named in honor of British naturalist Richard Henry Beddome.
Amur Rat Snake
A large, glossy black-and-yellow rat snake native to the temperate forests of the Russian Far East, China, and Korea, well adapted to cold winters.
Aquatic Garter Snake
A strongly aquatic garter snake of Pacific coast streams and rivers, closely tied to clean flowing water.
Red-Tailed Pipe Snake
A widespread Southeast Asian burrowing snake with a glossy black body and a vividly banded red-and-black tail used in threat display.
Banded Cat-eyed Snake
A slender, nocturnal snake with bold banding and cat-like pupils, common near wetlands.
Large-Headed Sea Snake
A robust sea snake with a disproportionately broad head, found in muddy coastal waters of the Gulf of Thailand and surrounding seas.
Elephant Trunk Snake
A wholly aquatic snake with loose, baggy, wrinkled skin covered in tiny rough scales, giving it a texture reminiscent of an elephant's trunk.
Long-Nosed Worm Snake
A small, worm-like blind snake found in the leaf litter and soil of Trinidad and adjacent parts of northern South America.
San Diego Gopher Snake
A large southern California gopher snake subspecies frequently seen in coastal sage scrub and chaparral habitats.
Louisiana Milk Snake
A small tricolor milk snake subspecies from the Gulf Coast region, featuring vivid red, black, and yellow-white banding.
Everglades Rat Snake
An orange to reddish rat snake variant native to South Florida's Everglades, prized for its vivid coloration among rat snake forms.
Godman's Garter Snake
A small, high-elevation garter snake restricted to montane streams in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Frog-eating Rat Snake
A widespread South and Southeast Asian colubrid closely tied to wetlands, feeding heavily on frogs.
Ingram's Brown Snake
A large tropical brown snake species from northern Australia, closely related to other Pseudonaja species.
Rim Rock Crowned Snake
A rare, tiny Florida endemic snake with a dark crown-like head cap, restricted to limestone rockland habitat.
Western Ribbon Snake
A slender, fast-moving striped snake closely tied to water, ranging from the central US south through Mexico into Central America.
Redback Coffee Snake
A small, secretive leaf-litter snake with a distinctive reddish stripe down its back, common in Central American forests.
Northern Brown Snake
A fast, alert elapid closely related to the western brown snake, common across arid and tropical northern Australia.
Variable Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake with highly variable banding patterns found across much of Mexico and northern Central America.