Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with venomous status, family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell look-alikes apart.
Dwarf Mexican Garter Snake
A small-bodied garter snake of the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico, notable for a dark nape marking.
Keel-Bellied Whip Snake
A slender, mildly venomous, arboreal colubrid of Southeast Asian forests, notable for the distinct keeled scales along its belly.
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.
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.
Broad-banded Garter Snake
A striped garter snake variant found near streams and rivers in Texas, notable for its wide dorsal stripe.
Chiapas Highland Garter Snake
A small, striped garter snake endemic to the cool highland streams and cloud forests of Chiapas, Mexico, and neighboring Guatemala.
Black-headed Coral Snake
One of the most widespread and frequently recorded coral snakes of Central America, with a solid black head and tricolor banded body.
Black-Banded Sea Snake
A slender sea snake marked with bold black bands along a pale body, found in muddy coastal waters and estuaries throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Black-Headed Dwarf Snake
A small, secretive colubrid distinguished by its dark head cap, found in rocky and arid terrain across parts of the Middle East.
Japanese Four-lined Rat Snake
A common Japanese rat snake marked with four dark longitudinal stripes running the length of its body, frequently seen in fields and gardens.
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
A docile, egg-eating sea snake from the Ryukyu Islands with a blunt, turtle-like head and reduced venom apparatus.
Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake
A slender, arid-adapted sand snake of southwestern Africa distinguished by its bright yellow underside and swift diurnal foraging.
Speckled Racer
A fast, alert colubrid with a striking pattern of pale speckles or crossbars on a dark, glossy body.
Black Kingsnake
A largely uniform glossy black kingsnake found in the central and southeastern United States, sometimes showing faint traces of pattern.
Black-headed Centipede-eater
A small, secretive African burrower named for its glossy black head and its diet of centipedes.
Yellow-tailed Cribo
A large, powerful South American colubrid related to indigo snakes, known for its glossy scales and impressive length.
Mexican Black Kingsnake
A striking, almost entirely jet-black kingsnake from northwestern Mexico, notable for its uniform glossy appearance.
Texas Threadsnake
A small, glossy, burrowing thread snake native to Texas and adjacent Mexico, spending nearly its entire life underground feeding on ant and termite brood.
Speckled Kingsnake
A glossy black kingsnake speckled with small yellow spots on nearly every scale, giving it a salt-and-pepper appearance.
Black Mussurana
A large, glossy black colubrid widespread across Latin America, famed for eating other snakes, including venomous vipers and coral snakes.
Black Swampsnake
A small, glossy black wetland snake with a bright red-orange belly, found in dense marsh vegetation of the southeastern coastal plain.
Desert Cobra
A glossy black, primarily nocturnal elapid found in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, considered venomous and potentially dangerous to humans.