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.
Dubois's Sea Snake
A reef-dwelling sea snake of northern Australian waters known for its uniform coloration and potent venom.
Machete Savane
A large, strikingly patterned black-and-yellow colubrid found from Mexico to Argentina, known locally as the Machete Savane and famed for its speed and bold temperament.
Red Milk Snake
A tricolor milk snake subspecies from the central US, known for its vivid red, black, and white/yellow banding that mimics venomous coral snakes.
Golden Tree Snake
A slender, arboreal colubrid of South and Southeast Asia known for its ability to glide between trees, marked with black speckling over a golden-green body.
Common Garter Snake
One of the most widespread and familiar snakes in North America, known for its longitudinal stripes and highly variable coloration.
Neckband Snake
A small, slender colubrid known for a banded pattern that abruptly changes partway down the body, and a tail that can detach.
Western Hognose Snake
A stout, upturned-nosed colubrid of the North American prairies, known for its bluffing displays and generally docile nature.
Emerald Snake
A vividly emerald-green, non-venomous African forest snake known for its keeled scales and glossy iridescence.
Egyptian Saw-Scaled Viper
A small but highly dangerous viper known for producing a rasping warning sound by rubbing its serrated scales together.
Rhinoceros Viper
A strikingly patterned African viper with distinctive horn-like scales on its snout, known for stunning geometric coloration.
Broad-banded Coral Snake
A widespread Central American coral snake known for its notably broad black bands compared to many relatives.
Espirito Santo Rainbow Boa
A regional form of Brazilian rainbow boa from eastern Brazil known for its iridescent sheen and vivid patterning.
Olive Whipsnake
A slender, olive-brown to greenish diurnal snake of Neotropical forests known for its speed and agility in fleeing threats.
Russell's Viper
One of Asia's most medically significant vipers, known for its striking chain-like pattern and potent venom.
Dwarf Beaked Snake
A tiny, patterned nocturnal snake of arid southern Africa, known for its spotted body and slightly upturned snout.
Balkan Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid common across the Balkans, known for its alert temperament and rapid, jerky movements.
South American Rattlesnake
A widespread and medically important rattlesnake of South American savannas and open habitats, known for its neurotoxic venom components.
Red Vine Snake
A slender, laterally compressed arboreal colubrid of the Amazon known for its striking red, black, and yellow banded pattern.
Grey Whipsnake
A slender, grey-toned whipsnake of Australia's tropical north, active by day and known for its speed and sharp vision.
Brown-Lipped Sea Krait
A widely distributed, boldly banded sea krait recognized by its dark upper lip, common on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific and known for amphibious habits.
Red Spitting Cobra
A small, brightly colored East African cobra, typically salmon-red or orange with a black throat band, well known for its accurate venom-spitting defense.
Eastern Copperhead
A copper-colored pit viper common across the eastern and central United States, known for its hourglass-shaped bands.
Kenyan Horned Bush Viper
A little-known arboreal bush viper of Cameroon, distinguished by its enlarged subocular scales and rough, keeled body scalation.
Bornean Keeled Green Pit Viper
A venomous, strikingly patterned pit viper of Southeast Asian rainforests, closely related to the well-known Wagler's pit viper.