Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Mexican Dusky Rattlesnake
A small, high-elevation rattlesnake of Mexico's central highland forests, notable for its diminutive size and dark, muted coloration.
Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
A small rattlesnake with a mottled, rock-matching pattern found in rugged limestone and granite terrain of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
A common rattlesnake of coastal and inland southern California, noted for its dark diamond blotches.
Grand Canyon Rattlesnake
A pink to salmon-colored rattlesnake found almost exclusively within the Grand Canyon, closely matching the region's distinctive red rock.
Long-nosed Rattlesnake
A regionally used name sometimes applied to slender-snouted rattlesnakes of arid terrain, most often referring to the tiger rattlesnake.
Great Basin Rattlesnake
A pale, desert-adapted rattlesnake of the arid Great Basin, blending well with sandy and rocky terrain.
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
A large pinkish-red rattlesnake of Baja California and southern California, marked with bold diamond blotches.
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
A darkly colored montane rattlesnake of central Arizona known for its ability to darken further with age and altitude.
Cross-banded Mountain Rattlesnake
A small, rare rattlesnake of central Mexico's high volcanic slopes, distinguished by bold crossbands rather than typical diamond blotches.
Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake
A critically endangered island endemic notable for lacking a functional rattle segment, making it unusually silent among rattlesnakes.
Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake
One of the largest rattlesnakes in Mexico, inhabiting tropical dry forest and thorn scrub along the Pacific coast.
Northern Black-tailed Rattlesnake
A robust, calm-tempered rattlesnake of rocky desert and mountain terrain, easily recognized by its uniformly dark tail.
Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake
A small rattlesnake of the central Mexican plateau notable for its distinctly narrow, lance-shaped head compared to most rattlesnakes.
Pygmy Python
The world's smallest python species, a tiny constrictor restricted to a small region of northwestern Australia.
Pygmy Coral Snake
A small monadal-pattern coral snake of the dry Chaco and Cerrado regions of southern South America.
Pygmy Mulga Snake
A smaller relative of the mulga snake, restricted to the rocky woodlands of northwestern Australia.
Sidewinder
A small desert rattlesnake famous for its unique sideways locomotion, which minimizes contact with scorching sand.
Eastern Massasauga
A small, secretive rattlesnake of wetland prairies, now rare and protected across much of its range.
Desert Massasauga
The smallest and most arid-adapted massasauga, found in dry grasslands and desert scrub of the southern plains.
Massasauga
A small, secretive rattlesnake of wetland prairies, named from an Ojibwe word meaning 'great river-mouth.'
Pygmy Copperhead
The smallest of the copperhead species, restricted to a limited range in South Australia including Kangaroo Island.
Ord Curl Snake
A small curl snake relative restricted to the Ord River region of the Kimberley.
Orsini's Viper
A small, secretive meadow-dwelling viper with fragmented populations across Europe.
Ornate Shieldtail Snake
A small, glossy burrowing snake from the Western Ghats of India with a distinctive hardened, shield-like tail tip.