Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Burmese Python
One of the largest snake species in the world, a massive constrictor native to Southeast Asia and infamous for establishing invasive populations elsewhere.
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.
Burmese Krait
A black-and-white banded krait of Myanmar and adjacent southern China, closely related to the Many-banded Krait.
Papuan Python
One of the largest pythons of New Guinea, a powerful constrictor capable of preying on sizeable mammals.
Stimson's Python
A small, hardy python well adapted to Australia's dry interior, one of the smallest pythons in the world.
Timor Python
A slender relative of the reticulated python complex, restricted to Timor and neighboring islands in Indonesia.
Children's Python
One of the smallest python species, native to northern Australia, and named not after children but after zoologist John George Children.
Macklot's Python
An island-dwelling relative of the Water Python, found across Indonesia's Lesser Sunda archipelago.
Molucca Python
A reticulated python population native to the Moluccan islands of Indonesia, sharing the intricate net-like patterning typical of the species.
Pygmy Python
The world's smallest python species, a tiny constrictor restricted to a small region of northwestern Australia.
Water Python
A glossy, iridescent python closely tied to Australia's tropical wetlands, famous for its rainbow sheen in sunlight.
Calabar Python
A small, cylindrical burrowing python from Africa with a blunt tail used to mimic its head as a defense strategy.
Blood Python
A stout python of Southeast Asia known for its short, heavy build and rich reddish or blood-colored patterning.
Woma Python
A python of Australia's arid interior, unusual among pythons for lacking heat-sensing labial pits.
Palmerston Carpet Python
A locality of the Darwin carpet python subspecies from the Palmerston area near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.
White-Lipped Python
A group of glossy, dark-bodied New Guinea pythons named for the pale scales lining their upper jaw.
Mexican Burrowing Python
A rare, primitive burrowing snake from Mexico and Central America, the sole member of its own family and a close relative of true pythons.
Black-Headed Python
A striking Australian python with a glossy jet-black head and neck contrasting sharply with a banded tan-and-brown body.
Selayer Reticulated Python
A regional dwarf population of the reticulated python native specifically to Selayar Island off Sulawesi.
Green Tree Python
A vividly green arboreal python of New Guinea and northern Australia, known for its striking resemblance to the emerald tree boa of South America.
Bredl's Python
A rich reddish-brown python endemic to the arid ranges of central Australia, closely related to the carpet pythons.
Diamond Python
A cool-climate subspecies of carpet python from southeastern Australia, marked with diamond-shaped clusters of pale scales on a black background.
Halmahera Python
An island population of reticulated python native to Halmahera in the Moluccas, showing a somewhat darker and more compact pattern than mainland forms.
Reticulated Python
The longest snake species in the world, a Southeast Asian constrictor famed for its intricate, iridescent pattern.