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.
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
A tiny, common rattlesnake of Florida wetlands and pinelands, notable for its buzzy, insect-like rattle.
Duberria Lutrix
A small, harmless African colubrid known scientifically as Duberria lutrix, specialized in eating slugs and snails.
Black-headed Bushmaster
A large, rare pit viper endemic to a small region of Pacific Costa Rica, distinguished by its notably dark head.
Sri Lankan Green Pit Viper
A vividly colored green pit viper found only in Sri Lanka's forests and hill country, notable for striking eye coloration.
Flat-Nosed Pit Viper
A little-known montane pit viper of northern Myanmar and adjacent regions, noted for its flattened snout profile.
Kayaudi Dwarf Reticulated Python
A dwarf reticulated python population endemic to the small island of Kayuadi in Indonesia, notably reduced in size.
Black Swampsnake
A small, glossy black wetland snake with a bright red-orange belly, found in dense marsh vegetation of the southeastern coastal plain.
Central American Dwarf Boa
A small, arboreal dwarf boa found in Central American rainforests, notable for its prehensile tail and slender build.
Rhombic Egg-eater
A patterned southern African egg-eating snake, closely related to (and often considered the same species complex as) the common egg-eater, marked by bold diamond-shaped dorsal blotches.
Pygmy Copperhead
The smallest of the copperhead species, restricted to a limited range in South Australia including Kangaroo Island.
Chihuahuan Nightsnake
A slender, nocturnal desert snake with catlike vertical pupils and a pair of dark neck blotches resembling a collar.
Yellow-Faced Whipsnake
A slender, fast-moving Australian elapid named for the distinctive yellowish marking on its face, active by day and generally shy toward humans.
Children's Python
One of the smallest python species, native to northern Australia, and named not after children but after zoologist John George Children.
Bardick
A stout, short-tailed elapid of southern Australia's heath and mallee, notable for its viper-like ambush hunting style.
White-Lipped Island Pit Viper
A striking island pit viper found across the Lesser Sunda Islands, notable for its variable turquoise, blue, or yellow coloration.
Philippine Cobra
A highly venomous cobra endemic to the northern Philippines, notable for its potent venom relative to its comparatively modest size.
Hump-Nosed Pit Viper
A small but medically significant pit viper of southern India and Sri Lanka, notable for its upturned, hump-like snout.
Short-Tailed Kingsnake
A small, secretive Florida endemic with a slender body and reduced tail, rarely seen due to its burrowing habits.
Sonoran Lyresnake
A slender, big-eyed nocturnal snake named for the lyre-shaped mark on its head, with rear fangs used to subdue small prey.
San Luis Potosi Kingsnake
A boldly banded Mexican highland kingsnake with striking red, black, and cream tricolor rings.
Greater Black Whipsnake
A large, fast-moving, alert diurnal elapid of northern Australia and New Guinea, known for its speed and keen eyesight.
Berg Adder
A small mountain-dwelling viper of southern Africa notable for venom that primarily affects the nervous system, unusual among vipers.
Dwarf Burmese Python
A smaller-bodied insular form of the Burmese python found on Java, notably more modest in maximum size than mainland Burmese pythons.
Taylor's Cantil
A distinctively patterned pit viper of northeastern Mexico, notable for its bright orange facial stripes.