Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Many-spotted Cat Snake
A slender, densely spotted nocturnal tree snake found across Southeast Asian forests and gardens.
Twin-Spotted Wolf Snake
A small nocturnal colubrid with paired dark spots and enlarged front teeth.
Afro-Asian Sand Snake
A slim, fast-moving diurnal sand snake distributed across arid regions of Africa and Asia.
Southern Shovel-Nosed Snake
A small burrowing elapid from southern and western Australia with a distinctive banded pattern and a shovel-shaped snout for digging through sand.
Small-Headed Sea Snake
A slender sea snake with a strikingly tiny head and narrow forebody widening toward the rear, found in shallow coastal waters across the Indo-Pacific.
Hook-Nosed Sea Snake
A sea snake found in murky coastal and estuarine waters across the Indo-Pacific, notable for its distinctive hooked snout.
Northern Cat-eyed Snake
A nocturnal colubrid named for its vertical, cat-like pupils.
Mexican Wandering Garter Snake
A wide-ranging highland garter snake of western Mexico, adaptable to a variety of montane stream and forest habitats.
Big Bend Patch-Nosed Snake
A desert colubrid with an enlarged, upturned rostral scale used for digging, marked by a bold pale vertebral stripe.
Trans-Pecos Black-Headed Snake
One of the largest black-headed snakes, a slender tan species with a bold black hood found in West Texas canyon country.
Ijima's Turtle-Headed Sea Snake
An egg-eating sea snake from the Ryukyu Islands with a blunt, turtle-like head.
Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake
A slender, arid-adapted sand snake of southwestern Africa distinguished by its bright yellow underside and swift diurnal foraging.
Transcaucasian Ratsnake
A small, secretive ratsnake of the Caucasus and surrounding mountains, closely related to the Aesculapian snake but with a much smaller range and size.
Steppe Ratsnake
A widespread, cold-tolerant ratsnake of the Eurasian steppe and taiga edges, ranging farther north than almost any other ratsnake species.
Gray-banded Kingsnake
A desert kingsnake famed for its highly variable banding of gray, orange, and black, native to the Chihuahuan Desert.
Red-tailed Racer
A slender, bright green arboreal snake from Southeast Asian rainforests, distinguished by the reddish-brown coloration of its tail contrasting with its emerald green body.
Western Rattlesnake
A widespread pit viper of the western United States and Canada, recognized by its dark blotches and rattling tail.
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
A small, colorful rattlesnake of rocky mountain slopes, known for its bold black or dark bands set against a bluish-gray to greenish body.
Grand Canyon Rattlesnake
A pink to salmon-colored rattlesnake found almost exclusively within the Grand Canyon, closely matching the region's distinctive red rock.
Midget Faded Rattlesnake
A small, pale rattlesnake of the Colorado Plateau.
Twin-spotted Rattlesnake
A tiny, high-elevation rattlesnake marked by paired rows of small dark spots down its gray body.
Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake
A small, gray-toned rattlesnake subspecies of the Carolinas and Gulf Coastal Plain, with a subtle rusty back stripe.
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
A widespread western rattlesnake found from forested foothills to coastal scrub, recognizable by its dark blotched pattern and prominent tail rattle.
Prairie Kingsnake
A secretive, moderately patterned kingsnake of grasslands and open woods, often mistaken for a young rat snake or gopher snake.