Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Smooth Green Snake
A small, grass-green colubrid of meadows and grasslands, distinguished from its relative by smooth, unkeeled scales.
Australian Coral Snake
A small, brightly banded burrowing elapid found across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia, unrelated to true New World coral snakes.
Dahl's Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving whip snake of dry, open habitats across the Balkans, Middle East, and parts of Central Asia.
Baird's Rat Snake
A handsomely patterned orange-and-gray rat snake of the arid Trans-Pecos region, with faint striping along its length.
Northern Green Snake
A slender, bright green tree-dwelling colubrid of West and Central Africa, well camouflaged among foliage.
Brown Water Snake
A large, heavy-bodied water snake often seen basking on branches over southeastern rivers, patterned with square dark blotches.
Tuxtlan Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake endemic to the humid volcanic forests of Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico.
MacClelland's Coral Snake
A small, brightly patterned coral snake of Asian montane forests, recognized by its orange-brown body with black crossbands and a black-and-orange head pattern.
MacDowell's Sea Snake
A rarely documented sea snake from the Bay of Bengal region, named in honor of a herpetologist who studied elapid snakes.
Nilgiri Shieldtail Snake
A montane burrowing snake endemic to the Nilgiri Hills of southern India, adapted to cool, high-elevation forest soils.
Bibron's Blind Snake
A small, worm-like burrowing blind snake widespread across southern and eastern Africa, with vestigial eyes and a smooth, glossy body.
Battersby's Green Snake
A little-known, slender green colubrid from Central and East African forests, closely related to other bush snakes.
Aurora House Snake
A small southern African snake named for the striking orange-red dorsal stripe reminiscent of an aurora glow.
Utah Milk Snake
A small tricolor milk snake subspecies with narrow red, black, and white/yellow bands found in the arid intermountain West.
Montane Trinket Snake
A regional highland form of the common trinket snake found in the hill tracts of peninsular India, marked by a distinctive patterning adapted to its cooler, elevated habitat.
Andean Milk Snake
A South American milk snake subspecies from Andean foothill regions, displaying classic tricolor banding.
Para Coral Snake
A Brazilian Amazonian coral snake named for the state of Para, displaying the classic tricolor ring pattern.
Long-tailed Snake
A rare, slender, banded fossorial snake endemic to the sandy scrub habitats of central Florida.
Adorned Coral Snake
A strikingly patterned Amazonian coral snake whose scientific name, ornatissimus, reflects its especially vivid tricolor banding.
Angolan Garter Snake
A small African garter snake with faint banding, related to the African garter snakes of the genus Elapsoidea.
Green Cat Snake
A large, bright green nocturnal tree snake with prominent cat-like vertical pupils, found across South and Southeast Asian forests.
Orange-Naped Snake
A slender elapid with a bold orange nape patch and black head, widespread across northern and eastern Australia.
Giant Garter Snake
California's largest garter snake, an endangered wetland specialist of the Central Valley.
Dwarf Wolf Snake
A diminutive Southeast Asian wolf snake, among the smallest members of the genus Lycodon.