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.
Ball Python
A small, docile, non-venomous python native to West and Central Africa, famous for curling into a tight ball as a defensive posture.
Guyana Blackback Coral Snake
A small coral snake of northern South America and southern Central America, patterned in tricolor rings with narrow pale bands.
Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake
A small rattlesnake of the central Mexican plateau notable for its distinctly narrow, lance-shaped head compared to most rattlesnakes.
Levantine Viper
One of the largest and most medically important vipers of the Middle East and Central Asia, capable of delivering a substantial venom dose.
Ringed Snail-eater
An alternate name for the boldly ringed Central American snail-eating snake, distinguished by its complete encircling bands of color.
Terciopelo
A large, medically significant pit viper responsible for the majority of snakebite incidents across its Central American range.
Liana Snake
A vividly patterned, slender arboreal snake of Amazonian and Central American forests, closely related to the red vine snake.
Ornamental Snake
A small, patterned nocturnal elapid restricted to the Brigalow Belt of central Queensland, listed as vulnerable due to habitat loss.
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.
Ruschenberger's Tree Boa
A slender, arboreal tree boa of Central America and northern South America closely related to the common tree boa.
Wagler's Snake
A nocturnal, vertical-pupiled colubrid from Mexico and Central America closely related to the widespread cat-eyed snakes.
Anchieta's Cobra
A large, adaptable cobra of south-central Africa, closely related to the Egyptian and forest cobras and capable of considerable size.
Salmon-bellied Racer
A slender, fast-moving racer named for its pale salmon or pinkish belly, common in Central American lowlands.
Plains Garter Snake
A grassland garter snake of the central Plains, typically showing a bright orange or yellow dorsal stripe on a dark body.
Samar Cobra
A spitting cobra native to the central and southern Philippines, closely related to the Philippine cobra of Luzon but recognized as a distinct species.
Mandalay Spitting Cobra
A little-studied spitting cobra restricted to the dry central plains of Myanmar, described as a distinct species in the early 2000s.
Montane Egg-eater
A small, harmless African snake specialized entirely for eating bird eggs, found in highland and montane habitats of East and Central Africa.
Asian Dwarf Snake
A small, secretive colubrid from the arid highlands of Iran and Central Asia, closely related to the European dwarf snakes of the genus Eirenis.
Green Night Adder
A bright green night adder found in East and Central African wetlands, easily distinguished from its duller relatives by coloration.
Hallowell's Coffee Snake
A small forest-floor snake of Central America closely related to the redback coffee snake, marked with a pale collar and dark body.
Eastern Copperhead
A copper-colored pit viper common across the eastern and central United States, known for its hourglass-shaped bands.
East African Gaboon Viper
A large, elaborately patterned viper found in East and Central African rainforests, closely related to the West African Gaboon Viper.
Guatemalan Palm Pit Viper
An arboreal green pit viper of Central American highland forests, closely related to other palm pit vipers of the region.
Storm's Water Cobra
A large, strongly aquatic cobra of Central African rivers and lakes, named for herpetologist Storm and adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle.