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.
Guangxi Pit Viper
A stout forest pit viper found in the karst and montane forests of southern China and northern Vietnam.
Field's Horned Viper
A small desert viper of the Middle East recognized by hornlike scales above the eyes, adapted for a burrowing, sand-dwelling lifestyle.
Bornean Pit Viper
A green arboreal pit viper endemic to Borneo, common in lowland and hill forest.
Sabah Pit Viper
A green pit viper found in the forests of Sabah in northern Borneo.
Arabian Rock Viper
A montane viper restricted to the high peaks of Lebanon and Syria, adapted to rocky alpine terrain.
Hundred-Pace Viper
A distinctively patterned, medically important pit viper of southern China and Taiwan, popularly named for the exaggerated belief a bite causes death within a hundred paces.
Long-Nosed Viper
Europe's most venomous snake, easily recognized by the small, soft nasal horn on the tip of its snout.
McGregor's Pit Viper
A rare green pit viper restricted to the remote Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines.
Phuket Pit Viper
A green pit viper native to the forests around Phuket in southern Thailand.
Salazar's Pit Viper
A recently described green pit viper from northeastern India, popularly noted for being named after a fictional Harry Potter character.
Temple Pit Viper
A venomous pit viper famous for the Malaysian temples where groups of these snakes are found coiled among the structures, tolerated by visitors.
Pope's Pit Viper
A slender green pit viper of Southeast Asian forests, named after herpetologist Clifford Pope, and commonly encountered in hill and montane rainforest vegetation.
Philippine Pit Viper
A slender arboreal pit viper endemic to the Philippines, variable in color from green to brown with yellow speckling.
Wirot's Pit Viper
A green arboreal pit viper found in forests of Thailand and the Malay Peninsula, named after Thai herpetologist Wirot Nutaphand.
Sahara Sand Viper
A small, sand-colored desert viper often bearing distinctive hornlike scales above each eye, famous for its sideways "sidewinding" locomotion across loose dunes.
Himalayan Pit Viper
A cold-adapted pit viper found at high elevations across the Himalayas, among the highest-altitude venomous snakes in Asia.
Spiny Bush Viper
A distinctive arboreal viper covered in long, spine-tipped scales that create a shaggy, thorny appearance.
Saharan Sand Viper
A classic desert viper of North Africa, often depicted with distinctive horn-like scales above each eye and famed for its sidewinding tracks across dunes.
Mangshan Pit Viper
A rare and large pit viper endemic to a single mountain region in China, notable for its size and pale, mossy coloration.
Tonkin Pit Viper
A green pit viper native to the Tonkin region of northern Vietnam and adjacent southern China.
Persian Horned Viper
A desert viper of the Middle East with prominent hornlike scales above the eyes, occupying rocky and sandy terrain.
Andaman Pit Viper
An island-endemic green pit viper found only in the Andaman Islands of India.
Stejneger's Pit Viper
A widespread bright green arboreal pit viper common in bamboo forests and shrublands of East and Southeast Asia.
Bamboo Pit Viper
A slender green pit viper found in forests of peninsular India, closely associated with bamboo thickets and dense foliage.