Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Bushmaster
The longest viper in the Americas and the largest pit viper in the world, an elusive forest dweller of Central and South America.
Berg Adder
A small mountain-dwelling viper of southern Africa.
Terciopelo
A large pit viper found across Central America.
Brazilian Lancehead
A medium to large lancehead pit viper of central Brazil's savanna.
Puff Adder
A widespread, thick-bodied African viper, largely camouflaged and abundant.
Southern Bark Snake
A small, viper-mimicking African colubrid with a zigzag dorsal pattern.
Common Puff Adder
A widespread and heavy-bodied African viper, abundant and well camouflaged.
Kingsnake
A glossy constrictor famous for preying on other snakes, including pit vipers.
Sakishima Habu
A medium-sized pit viper endemic to the Sakishima Islands of southern Japan.
Southern Copperhead
A common, well-camouflaged pit viper of southern woodlands with a cryptic pattern.
Fer-de-lance
A large, fast-moving pit viper found across much of Central America.
Tokara Habu
A small island endemic pit viper restricted to Japan's Tokara island chain.
Jararacussu
One of the largest South American lanceheads, a heavy-bodied forest pit viper.
Rhombic Night Adder
A widespread African viper named for the diamond-shaped blotches along its back.
Central American Bushmaster
One of the largest snakes in the Americas, a massive, reclusive pit viper of Central American rainforests.
Florida Cottonmouth
A large, semi-aquatic pit viper of Florida wetlands, often confused with water snakes.
Death Adder
A short, ambush-hunting elapid that resembles a viper in shape and behavior despite belonging to the cobra family.
Mexican Cantil
A dark, bold-patterned pit viper of Mexican tropical lowlands, closely related to the cottonmouth and copperhead.
Taylor's Cantil
A distinctively patterned pit viper of northeastern Mexico, notable for its bright orange facial stripes.
Viperine Snake
An aquatic colubrid from southwestern Europe and North Africa whose zigzag pattern resembles that of true vipers.
Red Adder
A recently described small viper with reddish coloration, endemic to mountain ranges of South Africa's Cape region.
Western Rattlesnake
A widespread pit viper of the western United States and Canada, recognized by its dark blotches and rattling tail.
Smooth Snake
A secretive, smooth-scaled European colubrid often mistaken for a viper, notable for constricting prey including other reptiles.
Plain Mountain Adder
A subtly patterned, rarely seen small viper endemic to high-altitude grasslands of South Africa's Eastern Cape.