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.
Broad-banded Coral Snake
A widespread Central American coral snake known for its notably broad black bands compared to many relatives.
Eastern Coral Snake
A slender, brightly banded elapid of the southeastern United States, famous for its red-yellow-black ring pattern and the mnemonic rhyme used to distinguish it from harmless mimics.
Northern Pine Snake
A large, powerful black-and-white blotched constrictor known for its loud hissing display and habit of burrowing in sandy pine habitats.
Lesser Black Whipsnake
A slender, fast-moving diurnal elapid of tropical northern Australia, smaller than its close relative the Greater Black Whipsnake.
Greater Black Whipsnake
A large, fast-moving, alert diurnal elapid of northern Australia and New Guinea, known for its speed and keen eyesight.
Mexican Black Kingsnake
A striking, almost entirely jet-black kingsnake from northwestern Mexico, notable for its uniform glossy appearance.
Black-Ringed Mangrove Snake
A boldly ringed sea snake associated with mangrove-lined coastlines of the northern Bay of Bengal.
Guyana Blackback Coral Snake
A small coral snake of northern South America and southern Central America, patterned in tricolor rings with narrow pale bands.
Eastern Indigo Snake
The longest native snake in North America, a glossy blue-black giant known for its docile nature and association with gopher tortoise burrows.
Green Rat Snake
A bright green, arboreal colubrid of Southeast Asian rainforests, closely related to the red-tailed racer and well camouflaged in the forest canopy.
Western Hognose Snake
A stout, upturned-nosed colubrid of the North American prairies, known for its bluffing displays and generally docile nature.
Corn Snake
A slender, brightly patterned North American rat snake, among the most popular and recognizable non-venomous snakes.
Bullsnake
A large, powerful North American colubrid known for its loud hissing bluff displays and role as a major rodent predator.
Green Water Snake
A large, heavy-bodied North American watersnake with plain olive-green coloration, common in swamps and marshes of the southeastern U.S.
Southeastern Green Snake
A slender, bright green North American snake with keeled scales, well known as a gentle, harmless resident of shrubs and vines.
Ringneck Snake
A small, widespread North American snake recognized by a bright yellow, orange, or cream neck ring against a dark, uniform body.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
The largest venomous snake in North America, a heavy-bodied rattlesnake of southeastern pine forests and coastal habitats.
Night Snake
A small, secretive, cat-eyed colubrid of arid western North America that is rear-fanged but harmless to humans.
Brown Snake DeKay's
A small, common brownish colubrid found in gardens, parks, and woodlands across eastern North America.
Midget Faded Rattlesnake
A small, pale rattlesnake of the Colorado Plateau notable for having one of the most potent venoms among North American rattlesnakes relative to its size.
Worm Snake Eastern
A small, glossy, worm-like colubrid of eastern North American forests, spending nearly all its life burrowed in loose, moist soil.
Prairie Rattlesnake
A widespread rattlesnake of the North American grasslands and high plains, well adapted to a broad range of elevations and cooler climates than many of its relatives.
Common Garter Snake
One of the most widespread and familiar snakes in North America, known for its longitudinal stripes and highly variable coloration.
Red-Bellied Snake
A tiny woodland colubrid best known for its bright red or orange belly, common across eastern North America.