Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Highland Copperhead
A cold-adapted Australian elapid found at higher elevations in the southeast, closely related to the lowland copperhead but occupying alpine and subalpine habitats.
Mole Viper
A small, cylindrical, burrowing snake with a distinctive sideways striking motion, found across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Salazar's Pit Viper
A recently described green pit viper from northeastern India, popularly noted for being named after a fictional Harry Potter character.
Checkered Keelback
One of the most common water-associated snakes in Asia, recognized by its checkerboard pattern and strongly keeled scales, frequently seen near rice paddies and ponds.
Common Egg-eater
A remarkable African colubrid that feeds exclusively on bird eggs, using specialized vertebral spines in its throat to crack shells after swallowing them whole.
Grey Whipsnake
A slender, grey-toned whipsnake of Australia's tropical north, active by day and known for its speed and sharp vision.
Grey's Mudsnake
A small, primitive sea snake specialized for soft mangrove mudflats along the coast of north-western Australia, the sole member of its genus.
Boomslang
A slender, large-eyed African tree snake.
Common Saw-Scaled Viper
One of the 'Big Four' snakes of India, small in size and widespread.
Mussurana
A large, snake-eating colubrid famed for its dramatic ontogenetic color change.
Florida Cottonmouth
A large, semi-aquatic pit viper of Florida wetlands, often confused with water snakes.
Lichtenstein's Green Racer
A slender green-and-gray South American snake, common in gardens and forest edges, known for its speed.
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
A striking tricolor kingsnake of southwestern mountain ranges, mimicking coral snakes.
California Mountain Kingsnake
A vividly banded kingsnake native to the Pacific coast, with banding resembling that of coral snakes.
Calabar Burrowing Python
A stout, secretive burrowing snake of West and Central Africa whose blunt tail mimics its head.
Racer
A slender, fast-moving, sharp-eyed snake known for its speed.
Himalayan Pit Viper
A cold-adapted pit viper found at high elevations across the Himalayas, among the highest-altitude snakes in Asia.
Indian Python
A large python native to the Indian subcontinent, one of the largest snakes in Asia and a species of conservation concern.
King Cobra
The world's longest elapid, a large snake of South and Southeast Asian forests that preys chiefly on other snakes.
Sea Krait
A banded, amphibious sea snake that comes ashore to rest, digest, and lay eggs, unlike most fully marine sea snakes.
Temple Pit Viper
A pit viper famous for the Malaysian temples where groups of these snakes are found coiled among the structures.
Reticulated Python
The longest snake species in the world, a Southeast Asian constrictor famed for its intricate, iridescent pattern.
Central American Mussurana
A robust, dark-colored colubrid from Central America famous within its genus for preying heavily on other snakes.
Montane Egg-eater
A small African snake specialized entirely for eating bird eggs, found in highland and montane habitats of East and Central Africa.