Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake
A widespread nocturnal colubrid of the Americas with large cat-like eyes and a banded or blotched pattern, common near wetlands.
Big Bend Black-Headed Snake
A small, reddish-brown desert snake with a dark head cap, found in rocky canyons of the Big Bend region.
Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper
A small, mottled green and black arboreal pit viper found in the high-elevation cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama.
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.
Egyptian Cobra
A large cobra widespread across Africa, historically significant in ancient Egyptian culture and iconography.
Desert Cobra
A glossy black, primarily nocturnal elapid found in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East.
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
A common rattlesnake of coastal and inland southern California, noted for its dark diamond blotches.
Indian Rock Python
A large, powerful constrictor native to the Indian subcontinent, historically significant in local culture and folklore.
Collett's Snake
A robust, strikingly patterned elapid endemic to the black-soil floodplains of interior Queensland.
Persian Krait
The westernmost of the krait species, found in the arid Balochistan region spanning Iran and Pakistan.
Forest Cobra
The largest true cobra species, an elapid of Central and West African forests with a glossy dark body and pale lip markings.
Dwyer's Snake
A small, dark-headed elapid found in rocky woodland habitats of eastern Australia.
Scorpion-eating Snake
A tiny, secretive burrowing snake with a dark head cap, specialized in preying on scorpions and centipedes.
Dusky Sea Snake
A small, dark-colored sea snake with a restricted range in Western Australian reef waters, of conservation concern due to sharp historical population declines.
Western Rat Snake
A large, dark constrictor of the central U.S. that darkens with age, closely related to the eastern and gray rat snakes.
Central American Indigo Snake
A large, powerful colubrid related to the eastern indigo snake, with a glossy dark tail and lighter forebody.
Guyana Blackback Coral Snake
A small coral snake of northern South America and southern Central America, patterned in tricolor rings with narrow pale bands.
Mexican Blackbelly Garter Snake
A semi-aquatic garter snake from the Mexican Plateau notable for its dark, often solid black underside.
Spitting Cobra
A group of African and Asian cobras known for rearing up with the hood spread.
Equatorial Spitting Cobra
A predominantly black or dark-colored spitting cobra found across the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
Collared Dwarf Racer
A tiny, secretive colubrid of the Middle East and Caucasus, notable for its small size and a dark collar marking behind the head.
Indian Python
A large python native to the Indian subcontinent, one of the largest snakes in Asia and a species of conservation concern.
Blanding's Tree Snake
A slender, nocturnal arboreal snake from African rainforests with large eyes adapted for night vision.
Sind Krait
A krait of the Indus Valley region, closely related to the Common Krait.