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.
Black Mamba
One of the world's most feared snakes, the black mamba is Africa's longest venomous snake, renowned for its speed, potent neurotoxic venom, and the black interior of its mouth.
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.
Corn Snake
A slender, brightly patterned North American rat snake, among the most popular and recognizable non-venomous snakes.
Four-Lined Snake
One of Europe's largest snakes, named for the four dark longitudinal stripes running along its body in adults.
Black Spitting Cobra
A uniformly glossy black spitting cobra found in the arid western regions of southern Africa, once considered a color form of the zebra spitting cobra.
Collett's Snake
A robust, strikingly patterned elapid endemic to the black-soil floodplains of interior Queensland.
Assam Trinket Snake
A regional subspecies of trinket snake from the hill forests of northeastern India, sharing the bold chain-like pattern of its relatives.
Black-headed Centipede-eater
A small, secretive African burrower named for its glossy black head and its diet of centipedes.
Butler's Snake
A small, secretive burrowing elapid endemic to the semi-arid country of Western Australia.
Calico Snake
A common name for the tricolor Neotropical snake also called the false coral snake, prized for its striking patchwork of red, black, and cream bands.
Bull Snake
A large, powerful colubrid famous for its loud hissing bluff display, often mistaken for a rattlesnake.
Clifford's Snake
A robust, boldly blotched diadem snake found in sandy and rocky desert habitats from North Africa across the Middle East into Central and South Asia.
Flowerpot Snake
The world's most widely distributed snake species, a tiny worm-like blind snake spread globally through the potted plant trade.
Dwarf Snake
A small, plain-colored colubrid found across the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, notable for its secretive habits and diminutive size.
Ravergier's Snake
A slender, fast-moving diurnal whip snake found across arid and semi-arid habitats from the eastern Mediterranean through the Caucasus into Central Asia.
Milk Snake
A boldly banded, harmless colubrid known for mimicking the warning colors of venomous coral snakes across much of its range.
Mole Snake
A large, powerfully built, non-venomous African snake specialized in preying on burrowing rodents.
Scarlet Snake
A small, secretive, banded snake often confused with venomous coral snakes but harmless to humans.
Twig Snake
A slender, cryptically colored tree-dwelling snake whose twig-like body and mottled coloring make it nearly invisible among branches; it is rear-fanged and produces a potent hemotoxic venom.
Glossy Snake
A pale, sleek desert snake resembling a gophersnake but with smoother scales and a distinctly glossy sheen.
Marsh Snake
A moderately common small elapid of moist eastern Australian habitats, often found near water and marshy ground.
Crowned Snake
The largest of the crowned snakes, a secretive nocturnal elapid of eastern Australian forests, named for its pale head marking.