Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
European Blind Snake
A small, worm-like burrowing snake with vestigial eyes, found across the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean, spending most of its life hidden underground.
Southern Coral Snake
A striking tricolor coral snake of central South America's woodlands and grasslands.
Two-Colored Snake
A small, slender Central American colubrid named for the sharply contrasting dark upperside and pale underside typical of the genus.
Collared Sea Snake
A patterned sea snake with a distinctive dark collar marking behind the head, found in coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal and northern Indian Ocean.
Eastern Hognose Snake
A theatrical colubrid famous for flattening its neck like a cobra and playing dead when threatened.
Kotschy's Gecko Snake
A small, secretive colubrid of the Middle East specialized in feeding on geckos and other small lizards, rarely encountered due to its cryptic habits.
Slender Sea Snake
A slim-bodied sea snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters, with a tiny head and greatly elongated, thin forebody.
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.
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, with a 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.
European Cat Snake
A small, secretive colubrid of the Mediterranean and Balkans, easily recognized by its vertical cat-like pupils.
Viperine Sea Snake
One of the largest and most heavily built sea snakes, with a viper-like thick body and disproportionately large head.
Variable Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake with highly variable banding patterns found across much of Mexico and northern Central America.
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 kraits.
Arizona Coral Snake
A small desert-dwelling coral snake of the Sonoran Desert region, the only coral snake species in the American Southwest.
Louisiana Pine Snake
One of North America's rarest snakes, a large burrowing constrictor tied closely to pocket gopher burrows in longleaf pine forests.
Speckled Brown Snake
A medium-sized brown snake species from the interior of Queensland, named for the fine speckled pattern often present on its scales.
Cape Wolf Snake
A small, nocturnal African colubrid named for its enlarged, recurved front teeth used to grip smooth-scaled reptile prey such as lizards and other snakes.
Common Trinket Snake
A slender, attractively patterned colubrid widespread across the Indian subcontinent, sometimes confused with other species due to superficial similarities.
Southern Hognose Snake
A small, upturned-snouted snake of sandy southeastern habitats, famous for its dramatic bluffing displays and playing dead.