Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Rufous Beaked Snake
A fast-moving, ground-dwelling African snake named for its distinctive upturned, beak-like snout used for burrowing and probing after prey.
Elegant Sea Snake
A large, robust sea snake native to Australian waters, patterned with broad dark bands that fade with age, often found in reef and estuarine habitats.
Russell's Kukri Snake
A small kukri snake of the Indian subcontinent named after herpetologist Patrick Russell.
Pacific Gopher Snake
A large, heavy-bodied colubrid of the Pacific coast known for its loud hiss and tail-vibrating display that often leads to mistaken identity as a rattlesnake.
Forest Flame Snake
A slender tricolor Neotropical snake whose banded red-and-black pattern resembles that of coral snakes.
American Pipe Snake
A striking red-and-black banded burrowing snake from the Amazon Basin, often mistaken for a coral snake.
Indian Rat Snake
One of the largest and most commonly encountered snakes in South Asia, a fast-moving diurnal hunter that plays a major role in controlling rodent populations.
Carib Coral Snake
A coral snake of Trinidad and northern Venezuela, marked with bold tricolor rings along its slender body.
Japanese Coral Snake
A small, secretive coral snake endemic to the subtropical Ryukyu Islands of Japan, patterned with reddish-brown bands.
Brown Vine Snake
A slender, brown-colored vine snake with a pointed snout, native to the Western Ghats, closely related to the more familiar green vine snakes.
Western Whip Snake
A fast, alert colubrid of southern Europe known for its bold yellow-and-black pattern.
Bocourt's Coral Snake
A vividly ringed true coral snake native to the Pacific lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador.
Florida Pine Snake
A large, pale, burrowing constrictor of Florida's sandhills, associated closely with gopher tortoise burrows.
Green Vine Snake
A slender, bright green colubrid of the Indian subcontinent with an elongated pointed snout, blending seamlessly into foliage.
Uruguayan Coral Snake
A small coral snake of the temperate grasslands and forests of Uruguay and neighboring regions.
Oaxacan Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake restricted to montane and foothill forests of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Brahminy Blind Snake
A tiny, worm-like blind snake and the only known snake species that reproduces entirely by parthenogenesis, spreading globally in nursery soil.
Neotropical Bird Snake
A fast, alert diurnal snake found from Central America to the Amazon, named for its habit of raiding bird nests for eggs and nestlings.
Amur Rat Snake
A large, glossy black-and-yellow rat snake native to the temperate forests of the Russian Far East, China, and Korea, well adapted to cold winters.
Persian Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid found across Iran and neighboring regions, typically marked with a subtle striped pattern and a pale yellowish underside.
Algerian Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid native to the Maghreb region of North Africa, closely related to the horseshoe whip snake.
Little Whip Snake
One of Australia's smallest snakes, a slender nocturnal elapid found in grassland and woodland of the southeast.
Peruvian Coral Snake
An Andean coral snake native to Peru, displaying the classic ringed warning pattern of its genus.
Scorpion-eating Snake
A tiny, secretive burrowing snake with a dark head cap, specialized in preying on scorpions and centipedes.