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.
Red Vine Snake
A slender, laterally compressed arboreal colubrid of the Amazon known for its striking red, black, and yellow banded pattern.
Chinese Sea Snake
One of the larger and more widely distributed true sea snakes, recognizable by its bold black and yellow-green banding, ranging across coastal Asian waters.
Water Coral Snake
An unusually aquatic coral snake of the Amazon Basin, bearing classic red-black-yellow banding and a potent neurotoxic venom, but rarely encountered due to its semi-aquatic habits.
Paradise Flying Snake
A slender, brilliantly patterned colubrid famed for its ability to glide from tree to tree, marked with black scales speckled in green, yellow, and red.
De Vis' Banded Snake
A small, secretive elapid of inland eastern Australia's floodplains, closely related to the Ornamental Snake.
Central American Indigo Snake
A large, powerful, non-venomous colubrid related to the eastern indigo snake, with a glossy dark tail and lighter forebody.
Jamaican Boa
Jamaica's largest native snake, a non-venomous constrictor known locally as the 'yellow snake' for its coloration, and considered vulnerable due to introduced predators.
Ord Curl Snake
A small curl snake relative restricted to the Ord River region of the Kimberley.
Ornate Sea Snake
A moderately robust sea snake with variable, often diamond-shaped dorsal markings, found across coral reef and coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific.
Red-tailed Racer
A slender, bright green arboreal snake from Southeast Asian rainforests, distinguished by the reddish-brown coloration of its tail contrasting with its emerald green body.
Ornate Coral Snake
A brightly ringed coral snake of the western Amazon, named for its elaborately patterned body.
Ornate Kukri Snake
A boldly patterned, harmless kukri snake native to Taiwan and neighboring parts of East Asia.
Ornamental Snake
A small, patterned nocturnal elapid restricted to the Brigalow Belt of central Queensland, listed as vulnerable due to habitat loss.
Ornate Shieldtail Snake
A small, glossy burrowing snake from the Western Ghats of India with a distinctive hardened, shield-like tail tip.
Oriental Whip Snake
An extremely slender, bright green colubrid with a pointed snout, common in gardens and forest edges across South and Southeast Asia, with mild venom of little concern to people.
Semi-ornate Sand Snake
A fast, slender, striped sand snake found across dry savanna and semi-desert regions of Africa.
Coachwhip
A slender, exceptionally fast-moving colubrid named for its braided, whip-like tail pattern.
Mexican Yellowbelly Brown Snake
A small, secretive brown snake from southern Mexico distinguished by its pale yellowish underside.
Eastern Massasauga
A small, secretive rattlesnake of wetland prairies, now rare and protected across much of its range.
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.
Western Rattlesnake
A widespread pit viper of the western United States and Canada, recognized by its dark blotches and rattling tail.
Timber Rattlesnake
A heavy-bodied woodland rattlesnake of the eastern United States, often showing dark chevron banding and a black tail.
Bockadam
A common brackish-water snake of Asian mangroves and estuaries, feeding mainly on fish and known for its dog-like snout.
Grand Canyon Rattlesnake
A pink to salmon-colored rattlesnake found almost exclusively within the Grand Canyon, closely matching the region's distinctive red rock.