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.
Jerdon's Sea Snake
A small, lesser-known sea snake found in the coastal waters of South and Southeast Asia, distinguished by its small size and relatively uniform coloration.
Water Coral Snake
An unusually aquatic coral snake of the Amazon Basin, bearing classic red-black-yellow banding and a potent neurotoxic venom, but rarely encountered due to its semi-aquatic habits.
Common Egg-Eating Snake
A slender African colubrid famed for a diet consisting almost entirely of bird eggs, which it swallows whole and crushes internally.
White-spotted Cat Snake
A slender, marbled cat snake often marked with pale flecks, found in the forests of Southeast Asia.
Red-Bellied Black Snake
A glossy black elapid with a vivid red or pink belly, common near waterways in eastern Australia.
Indian Egg-eating Snake
A rare, highly specialized colubrid from India adapted almost exclusively to eating bird eggs.
Dumeril's Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake of humid forests in northern South America, named for French naturalist Auguste Dumeril.
Turtle-Headed Sea Snake
A small, docile reef sea snake specialized for feeding exclusively on fish eggs, with reduced venom and fangs.
Glossy Crayfish Snake
A glossy, dark-bodied wetland snake of the southeastern coastal plain that specializes in eating crayfish.
Highland Garter Snake
A cold-tolerant garter snake found at high elevations in central Mexico's mountain grasslands and pine forests.
Cross-marked Sand Snake
A small, slender southern African sand snake named for the distinctive cross- or arrow-shaped marking on its head and neck.
Ecuadorian Milk Snake
A tricolor South American milk snake subspecies from the tropical lowlands of Ecuador and neighboring countries.
Indo-Chinese Rat Snake
A slender, fast-moving rat snake widespread across Southeast Asia and southern China, closely related to the larger Indian rat snake.
Short-snouted Grass Snake
A grassland-dwelling sand snake of southern Africa recognized by its relatively short snout and active daytime habits.
Eastern Hognose Snake
A harmless-to-humans, theatrical colubrid famous for flattening its neck like a cobra and playing dead when threatened.
Southern Hognose Snake
A small, upturned-snouted snake of sandy southeastern habitats, famous for its dramatic bluffing displays and playing dead.
Kellogg's Coral Snake
A slender Asian coral snake with a dark body, pale crossbars, and a boldly barred coral-red underside that warns predators of its venom.
Mexican Hognose Snake
A stocky, upturned-snouted snake famous for its dramatic defensive bluff display, including hissing, hood-flattening, and death-feigning.
Beddome's Coral Snake
A small, secretive coral snake endemic to the rainforests of the Western Ghats in southern India, named after naturalist Richard Beddome.
Blanding's Tree Snake
A slender, nocturnal arboreal snake from African rainforests with large eyes adapted for night vision and a mild rear-fanged venom.
Kirtland's Tree Snake
A slender, uniformly colored nocturnal African tree snake found in rainforest habitats, closely related to other Dipsadoboa tree snakes.
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.
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.
Narrow-headed Garter Snake
A highly aquatic, fish-eating garter snake of clear mountain streams, notable for its unusually narrow head.