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.
Common Puff Adder
A widespread and heavy-bodied African viper responsible for more snakebite fatalities than any other African species, due to its abundance and cryptic camouflage.
Japanese Mamushi
A small but medically significant pit viper widespread across Japan, responsible for the majority of the country's venomous snakebites.
Common Lancehead
The most widespread lancehead of the Amazon Basin, a major cause of snakebite envenomation across tropical South America.
Terciopelo
A large, medically significant pit viper responsible for the majority of snakebite incidents across its Central American range.
Brazilian Lancehead
A medium to large lancehead pit viper of central Brazil's savanna, responsible for a significant number of snakebite cases in the region.
Fer-de-lance
A large, fast-moving, and medically significant pit viper responsible for the majority of snakebite incidents across much of its Central American range.
Malayan Pit Viper
A medium-sized, heavy-bodied pit viper of Southeast Asia known for its distinctive triangular head markings and its role in significant numbers of snakebite cases in the region.
Common Krait
A highly venomous nocturnal elapid of South Asia, glossy blue-black with faint white crossbands, responsible for a significant number of snakebite cases in the region.
Eastern Russell's Viper
A medium to large, heavy-bodied viper found across Southeast Asia, closely related to the Indian Russell's Viper and responsible for significant snakebite incidence in its range.
Asp Viper
A moderately stout viper found across western and southern Europe, closely related to the Common Adder and generally considered more dangerous.
Red Adder
A recently described small viper with reddish coloration, endemic to mountain ranges of South Africa's Cape region.
Death Adder
A short, ambush-hunting elapid that resembles a viper in shape and behavior despite belonging to the cobra family.
Gaboon Adder
One of the largest and heaviest vipers in the world, renowned for its intricate geometric camouflage and formidable fangs.
Andaman Krait
An island-endemic krait found only in the Andaman archipelago, banded in black and white, and considered dangerously venomous like its mainland relatives.
Armenian Viper
A striking, patterned mountain viper of the Armenian highlands, known for its bold blotched coloration and rocky high-altitude habitat.
Amazon Tree Boa
A slender, highly variable arboreal boa of the Amazon rainforest, known for its extraordinary range of color morphs and prehensile, tree-dwelling lifestyle.
Horned Adder
A small desert adder with a prominent single horn-like scale above each eye, well camouflaged against sandy soils.
Desert Death Adder
A reddish, sand-dwelling death adder adapted to Australia's arid interior deserts.
Abaco Island Boa
A population of Bahamian boa specifically associated with the Abaco Islands in the northern Bahamas.
Arabian Sand Boa
A small, stout burrowing boa adapted to the sand dunes and gravel deserts of the Arabian Peninsula.
Andaman Cobra
A cobra endemic to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, isolated from mainland cobra populations for a long evolutionary period.
Many-Horned Adder
A rocky-habitat adder distinguished by clusters of small spiny scales above each eye, unlike the single horn of related species.
Anchieta's Cobra
A large, adaptable cobra of south-central Africa, closely related to the Egyptian and forest cobras and capable of considerable size.
Angolan Python
A small African python from the arid regions of Angola and Namibia, marked with a bold pattern of dark blotches on a lighter background.