Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Dinnik's Viper
A small, high-altitude viper endemic to alpine meadows of the Caucasus Mountains, adapted to cold montane conditions.
Wagner's Viper
A stocky, brightly patterned mountain viper from the highlands of eastern Anatolia.
Nikolsky's Viper
A dark-colored viper closely related to the Common Adder, found in forest-steppe habitats of Ukraine and southwestern Russia.
Pit Viper
A diverse group of vipers defined by heat-sensing facial pits, including rattlesnakes, copperheads, and Asian bamboo vipers.
Persian Viper
A rare and localized mountain viper endemic to a small area of the Alborz range in northern Iran.
Levantine Viper
One of the largest vipers of the Middle East and Central Asia.
Levant Viper
A large, robust viper subspecies found across the Levant and Caucasus, closely related to the widespread Blunt-Nosed Viper.
McMahon's Viper
A stout, sand-dwelling true viper with an upturned snout adapted for burrowing in loose desert dunes.
Gaboon Viper
One of the largest vipers in the world, with a broad triangular head and remarkably calm movements.
Meadow Viper
A small, threatened viper of montane meadows and steppe grasslands in southern and southeastern Europe.
Steppe Viper
A small, grassland-dwelling viper of the Eurasian steppe, closely related to the common European Adder.
Kaznakov's Viper
A small, colorful viper of the western Caucasus, often displaying vivid copper or reddish coloration and a zigzag dorsal pattern.
Ottoman Viper
A large, heavy-bodied mountain viper of Anatolia and the Aegean region.
Palestine Viper
A heavy-bodied viper of the Levant.
Spiny Bush Viper
A distinctive arboreal viper covered in long, spine-tipped scales that create a shaggy, thorny appearance.
Usambara Bush Viper
A small, horn-scaled arboreal viper endemic to the Eastern Arc mountain forests of Tanzania, known for distinctive raised scales above the eyes.
Sumatran Pit Viper
A large, striking green pit viper found in the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo, notable for its vivid coloration and arboreal lifestyle.
Vogel's Pit Viper
A green pit viper of Indochinese forests, named in honor of German herpetologist Gernot Vogel.
Jumping Pit Viper
A stout, heavy-bodied terrestrial pit viper known for its rapid, forceful strikes that can propel part of its body off the ground.
Malayan Pit Viper
A medium-sized, heavy-bodied pit viper of Southeast Asia known for its distinctive triangular head markings.
Horseshoe Pit Viper
A pit viper of the Western Ghats named for horseshoe-shaped markings on its head.
Mount Bulgar Viper
A rare mountain viper restricted to the Bolkar Mountains of southern Turkey, part of the diverse Montivipera radiation.
Armenian Steppe Viper
A small steppe-dwelling viper of the Armenian highlands, closely related to Orsini's Viper and generally of limited medical significance to humans.
Nitsche's Bush Viper
An arboreal African viper of montane forest habitats, named for its variable coloring and keeled scales.