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.
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.
Wagler's Snake
A nocturnal, vertical-pupiled colubrid from Mexico and Central America closely related to the widespread cat-eyed snakes.
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.
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.
Indigo Snake
The longest native snake in the United States, glossy blue-black and known for its calm demeanor.
Sonoran Coral Snake
A small, brightly banded desert coral snake found in Arizona and northwestern Mexico, distinguished by its blunt black snout.
Texas Indigo Snake
A large, glossy blue-black to bronze-brown snake of South Texas brushland, closely related to the Eastern Indigo Snake.
Coral Pipe Snake
A brightly banded red-and-black burrowing snake from the Amazon, mimicking venomous coral snakes despite being harmless.
Trinidad Coral Snake
An island-associated coral snake restricted to Trinidad and nearby coastal Venezuela, patterned in classic red-black-yellow triads.
Ringed Brown Snake
One of the smallest members of the brown snake genus, distinguished by dark banding around its body, found in arid central and western Australia.
Reddish Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid with a reddish-brown, striped pattern, widely distributed across arid regions of the Middle East and Central Asia.
Large Whip Snake
One of Europe's largest snakes, a fast and powerfully built whip snake found across the Balkans and around the Black Sea region.
Nelson's Milk Snake
A boldly banded milk snake subspecies from western Mexico, featuring wide red bands and narrow black-and-white borders.
Louisiana Milk Snake
A small tricolor milk snake subspecies from the Gulf Coast region, featuring vivid red, black, and yellow-white banding.
Ceylon Pipe Snake
A cylindrical, glossy burrowing snake endemic to Sri Lanka, notable for its bright red and black underside used in defensive displays.
Venezuelan Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake of Venezuela's lowlands and llanos, notable for evenly spaced black rings of roughly equal width to the red bands.
Northern Pine Snake
A large, powerful black-and-white blotched constrictor known for its loud hissing display and habit of burrowing in sandy pine habitats.
Lined Snake
A small, garter snake-like colubrid of the central United States, identified by a double row of dark half-moon belly markings.
Eastern Indigo Snake
The longest native snake in North America, a glossy blue-black giant known for its docile nature and association with gopher tortoise burrows.
Brazilian Coral Snake
A brightly ringed coral snake of southern South America's grasslands and forests, notable for its bold black-yellow-red banding and secretive lifestyle.
Sinaloan Milk Snake
A brightly banded, non-venomous milk snake from western Mexico, known for its vivid red, black, and white/yellow tricolor rings.
Red Pipe Snake
A glossy, burrowing pipe snake of Southeast Asia that flattens and raises its bright red-and-black banded tail to mimic a coral snake when threatened.
False Coral Snake
A slender Neotropical snake whose bold red, black, and cream banding mimics dangerous coral snakes, deterring predators despite being harmless to people.