Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Rough-Scaled Python
A rarely seen python distinguished by unusually keeled, rough-textured scales, restricted to a small area of the Kimberley in Australia.
Saw-Scaled Viper
A small viper found across the Middle East and South Asia, notable for producing a distinctive rasping sound by rubbing its scales together.
Common Saw-Scaled Viper
One of the 'Big Four' snakes of India, small in size and widespread.
Painted Saw-Scaled Viper
A brightly patterned desert viper of the Arabian Peninsula known for its distinctive warning display and rasping sound.
Rough-Scaled Sand Boa
A stout, blunt-tailed burrowing boa from South Asia with a bold, blotched pattern often mistaken for a viper.
Egyptian Saw-Scaled Viper
A small viper known for producing a rasping sound by rubbing its serrated scales together.
Sochurek's Saw-Scaled Viper
A desert viper closely related to the Common Saw-Scaled Viper, recognized as a distinct species in some taxonomies.
Leaf-Scaled Sea Snake
A small, rare sea snake restricted to a limited stretch of Western Australian coral reef waters, named for its distinctive leaf-shaped body scales.
Rough-Scaled Sea Snake
A heavily built sea snake with distinctly rough, keeled scales.
Rough-Scaled Bush Viper
A striking arboreal viper covered in unusually long, upturned, spine-like scales that give it a shaggy, bristly appearance.
Sind Saw-Scaled Viper
A small desert viper known for producing a distinctive rasping warning sound by rubbing its serrated scales together.
Common Smooth-Scaled Water Snake
A small, aquatic colubrid common in the rice paddies, ponds, and waterways of Southeast Asia.
Central Asian Saw-Scaled Viper
A subspecies of saw-scaled viper adapted to the arid steppe and desert basins of Central Asia.
Round Island Keel-Scaled Boa
The last surviving species of an ancient, highly endangered snake family, found only on Round Island near Mauritius and rescued through conservation breeding.
Large Shieldtail Snake
One of the larger species within the shieldtail snake family, endemic to the moist forests of India's Western Ghats.
Spiny Bush Viper
A distinctive arboreal viper covered in long, spine-tipped scales that create a shaggy, thorny appearance.
Round Island Boa
A now likely-extinct burrowing boa once endemic to Round Island near Mauritius, notable for its unique jaw structure among snakes.
Indian Smooth Snake
A small, secretive colubrid found across drier parts of India, rarely encountered due to its fossorial habits.
Bridal Snake
A slender relative of the diadem snakes endemic to the Zagros region of western Iran, marked with fine, small scales and a subtly blotched pattern.
Kenyan Horned Bush Viper
A little-known arboreal bush viper of Cameroon, distinguished by its enlarged subocular scales and rough, keeled body scalation.
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.
Forest Racer
A slim, keel-scaled racer inhabiting the leaf litter and understory of humid Neotropical forests.
Glossy Snake
A pale, sleek desert snake resembling a gophersnake but with smoother scales and a distinctly glossy sheen.
Southeastern Green Snake
A slender, bright green North American snake with keeled scales, a resident of shrubs and vines.