Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Diadem Snake
A robust desert colubrid with striking patterned coloration, found across arid regions from North Africa to South Asia.
Diamond Python
A cool-climate subspecies of carpet python from southeastern Australia, marked with diamond-shaped clusters of pale scales on a black background.
Diamondback Water Snake
A large, heavy-bodied water snake with a distinctive dark, diamond-shaped netlike pattern on an olive-brown background.
Diard's Blind Snake
One of the larger blind snakes in Asia, a stout burrowing species found in forest soils and leaf litter.
Dice Snake
A highly aquatic European colubrid named for its checkerboard-like dorsal pattern, closely tied to rivers, lakes, and coastal wetlands.
Dinnik's Viper
A small, high-altitude viper endemic to alpine meadows of the Caucasus Mountains, adapted to cold montane conditions.
Dog-Faced Water Snake
A common, blunt-snouted brackish-water snake of Asian estuaries and mangroves, named for its somewhat dog-like facial profile.
Dog-toothed Cat Snake
A large, boldly patterned nocturnal tree snake of Southeast Asian forests, named for its notably elongated front teeth.
Duberria Lutrix
A small African colubrid known scientifically as Duberria lutrix, specialized in eating slugs and snails.
Dugite
A fast, alert brown snake species endemic to southwestern Australia.
Dumeril's Boa
A robust ground boa endemic to Madagascar, named after French zoologist Auguste Dumeril and known for its heavily patterned camouflage.
Dumeril's Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake of humid forests in northern South America, named for French naturalist Auguste Dumeril.
Durango Mountain Kingsnake
A tricolor mountain kingsnake from the pine-oak highlands of Durango, Mexico, part of the Mexican mountain kingsnake group.
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
A tiny, common rattlesnake of Florida wetlands and pinelands, notable for its buzzy, insect-like rattle.
Dusky Sea Snake
A small, dark-colored sea snake with a restricted range in Western Australian reef waters, of conservation concern due to sharp historical population declines.
Dwarf Beaked Snake
A tiny, patterned nocturnal snake of arid southern Africa, known for its spotted body and slightly upturned snout.
Dwarf Burmese Python
A smaller-bodied insular form of the Burmese python found on Java, notably more modest in maximum size than mainland Burmese pythons.
Dwarf Crowned Snake
One of the smallest Australian elapids, a secretive litter-dwelling snake named for the pale crown-like collar behind its head.
Dwarf Sand Boa
A small, sandy-colored burrowing boa widespread across Central Asian deserts and steppe, one of the more common sand boas in the region.
Dwarf Sand Snake
One of the smallest members of the Psammophis genus, this diminutive sand snake inhabits savanna and grassland regions of southern and central Africa.
Dwarf Snake
A small, plain-colored colubrid found across the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, notable for its secretive habits and diminutive size.
Dwarf Wolf Snake
A diminutive Southeast Asian wolf snake, among the smallest members of the genus Lycodon.
Dwyer's Snake
A small, dark-headed elapid found in rocky woodland habitats of eastern Australia.
East African Gaboon Viper
A large, elaborately patterned viper found in East and Central African rainforests, closely related to the West African Gaboon Viper.
Eastern Brown Snake
A fast, alert Australian elapid widely distributed across the continent.
Eastern Copperhead
A copper-colored pit viper common across the eastern and central United States, known for its hourglass-shaped bands.
Eastern Coral Snake
A slender, brightly banded elapid of the southeastern United States, famous for its red-yellow-black ring pattern.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
The largest rattlesnake in North America, a heavy-bodied species of southeastern pine forests and coastal habitats.
Eastern Fox Snake
A stout blotched constrictor of the Great Lakes wetlands and prairies, closely related to the western fox snake.
Eastern Green Mamba
A slender, bright green, highly arboreal mamba of coastal East African forests, well camouflaged among foliage.
Eastern Green Mamba Bush Viper
An arboreal African viper with rough, keeled scales and variable green coloration, often mottled with yellow or blue tones.
Eastern Hognose Snake
A theatrical colubrid famous for flattening its neck like a cobra and playing dead when threatened.
Eastern Indigo Snake
The longest native snake in North America, a glossy blue-black giant associated with gopher tortoise burrows.
Eastern Kingsnake
A glossy black snake marked with narrow chain-like yellow or white bands, famed for preying on other snakes.
Eastern Massasauga
A small, secretive rattlesnake of wetland prairies, now rare and protected across much of its range.
Eastern Milk Snake
A boldly patterned snake with a reddish-brown blotched pattern, sometimes confused with other species.
Eastern Montpellier Snake
A large, fast-moving snake known for raising its head cobra-like when threatened, found across the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
Eastern Ribbon Snake
A slender, striped water-loving snake closely related to garter snakes, distinguished by its very long tail and slim build.
Eastern Russell's Viper
A medium to large, heavy-bodied viper found across Southeast Asia, closely related to the Indian Russell's Viper.
Eastern Small-Eyed Snake
A small, glossy black nocturnal elapid widespread along the eastern Australian coast and ranges.
Eastern Worm Snake
A tiny, glossy, worm-like burrowing snake with a pink belly, rarely seen above ground.
Ecuadorian Milk Snake
A tricolor South American milk snake subspecies from the tropical lowlands of Ecuador and neighboring countries.
Egg-Eating Snake
A remarkable colubrid with a highly specialized diet consisting entirely of bird eggs, swallowed whole and crushed internally.
Egyptian Cobra
A large cobra widespread across Africa, historically significant in ancient Egyptian culture and iconography.
Egyptian Sand Boa
A stout, burrowing boa of arid African and Middle Eastern regions, easily recognized by its blunt tail, small eyes set high on the head, and habit of ambushing prey from beneath the sand.
Egyptian Saw-Scaled Viper
A small viper known for producing a rasping sound by rubbing its serrated scales together.
Elegant Bronzeback
A vividly colored, slender tree snake of Southeast Asian rainforests, known for its metallic bronze back and striking blue-and-black flanks.
Elegant Pit Viper
A slender, boldly patterned island pit viper from the Ryukyu archipelago of Japan.