Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Estuarine Sea Snake
A sea snake specialized for life in murky estuarine and river-mouth waters across the Indo-West Pacific, tolerant of reduced salinity.
Fiji Snake
A rare, burrowing elapid endemic to Viti Levu in Fiji, and the only terrestrial elapid native to the islands.
Flat-Nosed Pit Viper
A little-known montane pit viper of northern Myanmar and adjacent regions, noted for its flattened snout profile.
Forest Night Adder
A small, forest-dwelling night adder of Central and West Africa, adapted to a life among leaf litter in dense rainforest.
Gould's Hooded Snake
A small elapid of southwestern Australia named for its dark head marking resembling a hood.
Green Night Adder
A bright green night adder found in East and Central African wetlands, easily distinguished from its duller relatives by coloration.
Grey Snake
A small, uncommon elapid of inland eastern Australia's floodplains and grasslands, closely related to the Marsh Snake.
Grey Whipsnake
A slender, grey-toned whipsnake of Australia's tropical north, active by day and known for its speed and sharp vision.
Grey's Mudsnake
A small, primitive sea snake specialized for soft mangrove mudflats along the coast of north-western Australia, the sole member of its genus.
Gunther's Garter Snake
A small, secretive East African garter snake, part of the elapid genus Elapsoidea, with burrowing habits.
Hallowell's Coffee Snake
A small forest-floor snake of Central America closely related to the redback coffee snake, marked with a pale collar and dark body.
Halmahera Python
An island population of reticulated python native to Halmahera in the Moluccas, showing a somewhat darker and more compact pattern than mainland forms.
Horned Sea Snake
A distinctive sea snake covered in small spiny scale projections, especially around the head, giving it a rough, thorny appearance unique among sea snakes.
Ingram's Brown Snake
A large tropical brown snake species from northern Australia, closely related to other Pseudonaja species.
Irian Jaya Carpet Python
A New Guinea locality form of carpet python noted for its striking, high-contrast blotched pattern and relatively robust build.
Jerdon's Sea Snake
A small, lesser-known sea snake found in the coastal waters of South and Southeast Asia, distinguished by its small size and relatively uniform coloration.
Kaulback's Lance-Headed Pit Viper
A lance-headed pit viper of remote montane forests along the Myanmar-China-Vietnam border region, named after naturalist Ronald Kaulback.
Kayaudi Dwarf Reticulated Python
A dwarf reticulated python population endemic to the small island of Kayuadi in Indonesia, notably reduced in size.
Keel-Bellied Whip Snake
A slender, arboreal colubrid of Southeast Asian forests, notable for the distinct keeled scales along its belly.
Kellogg's Coral Snake
A slender Asian coral snake with a dark body, pale crossbars, and a boldly barred coral-red underside.
Kimberley Death Adder
A recently described death adder species endemic to the rugged Kimberley region of northwestern Australia.
King Rat Snake
A large, powerfully built East Asian rat snake with strongly keeled scales, known for its yellowish crossbanding and its habit of preying on other snakes.
King's Sea Snake
A large-headed, robust sea snake found in the coastal waters of northern Australia, notable for its thick body and small tail.
Kirtland's Tree Snake
A slender, uniformly colored nocturnal African tree snake found in rainforest habitats, closely related to other Dipsadoboa tree snakes.
Kloss's Sea Snake
A small, banded sea snake found in coastal waters of the Gulf of Thailand region, named after British naturalist Cecil Boden Kloss.
Lake Cronin Snake
A rare and little-known elapid known only from a small area of southwestern Australia near Lake Cronin.
Lake Taal Sea Snake
A remarkable freshwater sea snake found only in Lake Taal, a volcanic crater lake in the Philippines with no connection to the ocean.
Large-Headed Sea Snake
A robust sea snake with a disproportionately broad head, found in muddy coastal waters of the Gulf of Thailand and surrounding seas.
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.
Liner's Garter Snake
A montane garter snake from the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico, named after herpetologist Ernest Liner.
Little Spotted Snake
A tiny, faintly spotted elapid of inland grasslands, closely related to the little whip snake.
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.
Marbled Sea Snake
A small sea snake specialized for feeding on fish eggs rather than active prey.
Master's Snake
A small, secretive elapid of semi-arid southern Australia, closely related to the White-Lipped Snake but occupying drier habitats.
Medem's Coral Snake
A little-known tricolor coral snake named for Colombian herpetologist Federico Medem, found in Amazonian lowlands.
Merida Coral Snake
A high-Andean coral snake endemic to the Merida mountain range of western Venezuela.
Mertens' Coral Snake
A South American coral snake honoring herpetologist Robert Mertens, found in the dry western forests of Ecuador and Peru.
Molucca Python
A reticulated python population native to the Moluccan islands of Indonesia, sharing the intricate net-like patterning typical of the species.
Mosaic Sea Snake
A slender, brightly patterned sea snake with a mosaic-like arrangement of dark blotches, found in shallow estuarine and coastal waters of Asia.
Muller's Crowned Snake
A small nocturnal elapid found in eastern Australia, recognizable by a pale crown-like marking on its head.
Muller's Snake
A small banded burrowing elapid found in arid regions of western and central Australia.
Mustard-Bellied Snake
A small elapid named for its distinctive yellowish belly, found in a limited range of southeastern Australia.
Nayarit Coral Snake
A western Mexican coral snake found along the Pacific coast of Nayarit and Jalisco, marked by classic red-black-yellow banding.
Nicobar Pit Viper
A green pit viper endemic to the Nicobar Islands, closely related to the Andaman pit viper.
Northeastern Hill Krait
A montane krait of the eastern Himalayan foothills, patterned with narrow pale crossbands on a dark body.
Northern Bandy-Bandy
A banded burrowing elapid of tropical northern Australia, closely related to the common bandy-bandy.
Northern Dwarf Crowned Snake
A small, rarely observed crowned snake restricted to the wet tropics of far north Queensland, distinguished by its pale head marking.
Northern Mangrove Sea Snake
A small sea snake found along northern Australia's extensive mangrove coastlines, adapted to tidal creek and estuarine habitats.