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.
Boa Constrictor
A large, adaptable New World constrictor found across a wide range of tropical and subtropical habitats.
Central American Boa
A widespread, adaptable boa found from Mexico through Central America, closely related to the South American boa constrictor.
Cuban Boa
The largest native snake in Cuba, a powerful constrictor known for hunting bats at cave entrances and adapting to a range of habitats across the island.
Haitian Boa
A large constrictor native to the island of Hispaniola, adaptable to varied habitats from forest to rocky terrain and known for its variable striped or blotched patterning.
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.
Sand Boa
A small, stout, burrowing boa adapted for a life spent mostly beneath sand and loose soil in South Asia's dry habitats.
Mona Boa
A small West Indian boa endemic to Mona Island and nearby islands in the Puerto Rican bank.
Rainbow Boa
A South American boa renowned for its iridescent sheen, which produces a shimmering rainbow effect in direct sunlight.
Rubber Boa
A small, docile boa with loose, wrinkled skin resembling rubber, found at higher elevations and cooler climates than most other boas.
Silver Boa
An extremely rare, silvery-scaled boa described only in 2016, found solely on a single tiny island in the Bahamas.
Cropan's Boa
An extremely rare and poorly known tree boa endemic to a small area of Brazil's Atlantic Forest.
Bahamian Boa
A West Indian boa endemic to islands of the northern Bahamas.
Viper Boa
A short, stout ground boa that mimics the appearance of a viper despite being harmless.
Fiji Boa
The largest species in the genus Candoia, native to Fiji and found also in the Solomon Islands.
Ford's Boa
A tiny, rough-scaled leaf-litter dwarf boa from the wet forests of the Choco region, rarely seen due to its cryptic habits.
Calabar Boa
A cylindrical, burrowing boa-like snake from West and Central Africa with a distinctive blunt tail used to confuse predators.
Rosy Boa
A small, calm desert boa recognized by three dark longitudinal stripes running down its otherwise pale, sandy body.
Dumeril's Boa
A robust, non-venomous ground boa endemic to Madagascar, named after French zoologist Auguste Dumeril and known for its heavily patterned camouflage.
Brazilian Rainbow Boa
A vividly patterned constrictor famous for the iridescent sheen of its scales, which produces a rainbow-like shimmer in direct sunlight.
Madagascar Ground Boa
A large, heavy-bodied terrestrial boa endemic to Madagascar, distinguished from its tree-dwelling relative by its stouter build and ground-dwelling habits.
Oaxacan Dwarf Boa
A rare, small forest boa endemic to a limited cloud forest region of Oaxaca, Mexico, and known from relatively few specimens.
Marajo Rainbow Boa
A rainbow boa population native to Marajo Island in the Amazon River delta, displaying the characteristic iridescent sheen of its genus.
Annulated Tree Boa
A slender, ring-patterned arboreal boa found in Central American and northwestern South American forests, named for the ring-like blotches along its body.
Red Sand Boa
A thick-bodied, burrowing boa with a blunt tail often mistaken for a second head, prized illegally in wildlife trafficking.