Snake Identifier

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.

Southeastern Crowned Snake

Southeastern Crowned Snake

A small, secretive snake of the southeastern United States, recognized by its dark head cap and pale neck collar.

Crowned Snake

Crowned Snake

The largest of the crowned snakes, a secretive nocturnal elapid of eastern Australian forests, named for its pale head marking.

Florida Crowned Snake

Florida Crowned Snake

A tiny, secretive snake endemic to peninsular Florida's sandy scrub habitats, marked by a dark crown-like cap over the head.

Dwarf Crowned Snake

Dwarf Crowned Snake

One of the smallest Australian elapids, a secretive litter-dwelling snake named for the pale crown-like collar behind its head.

Golden-Crowned Snake

Golden-Crowned Snake

A secretive nocturnal elapid with a golden crown-like marking on the head, found in eastern Australian forests and gardens.

White-Crowned Snake

A small, secretive nocturnal elapid with a pale crown-like marking on its head, rarely encountered due to its burrowing habits.

Muller's Crowned Snake

A small nocturnal elapid found in eastern Australia, recognizable by a pale crown-like marking on its head.

Crowned Leaf-Nosed Snake

Crowned Leaf-Nosed Snake

A small, sand-colored desert colubrid with an upturned, shovel-like snout adapted for burrowing through loose desert sand.

Northern Dwarf Crowned Snake

A small, rarely observed crowned snake restricted to the wet tropics of far north Queensland, distinguished by its pale head marking.

Southeastern Green Snake

Southeastern Green Snake

A slender, bright green North American snake with keeled scales, well known as a gentle, harmless resident of shrubs and vines.

Rim Rock Crowned Snake

Rim Rock Crowned Snake

A rare, tiny Florida endemic snake with a dark crown-like head cap, restricted to limestone rockland habitat.

Glossy Crayfish Snake

Glossy Crayfish Snake

A glossy, dark-bodied wetland snake of the southeastern coastal plain that specializes in eating crayfish.

Pine Woods Snake

Pine Woods Snake

A small, secretive, yellowish-brown snake of pine flatwoods and hammocks in the southeastern coastal plain.

Banded Water Snake

Banded Water Snake

A heavy-bodied, boldly banded water snake of the southeastern US, often mistaken for the venomous cottonmouth.

Awl-Headed Snake

A small desert colubrid with a pointed, awl-like snout used for burrowing, closely related to the crowned leaf-nosed snake and adapted to sandy habitats.

Southern Hognose Snake

Southern Hognose Snake

A small, upturned-snouted snake of sandy southeastern habitats, famous for its dramatic bluffing displays and playing dead.

Natal Green Snake

Natal Green Snake

A slender, bright green, harmless snake found in coastal and inland vegetation of southeastern Africa, often mistaken for the venomous boomslang.

Rough Earth Snake

Rough Earth Snake

A tiny, plain-colored, fossorial colubrid common in leaf litter and gardens across the southeastern United States.

Green Water Snake

Green Water Snake

A large, heavy-bodied North American watersnake with plain olive-green coloration, common in swamps and marshes of the southeastern U.S.

Spotted Black Snake

Spotted Black Snake

A robust black snake with fine speckling, found in the inland woodlands and floodplains of southeastern Australia.

Black Swamp Snake

Black Swamp Snake

A small, glossy black semi-aquatic snake with a bright red-orange belly, found in southeastern wetlands.

Yaqui Black-Headed Snake

Yaqui Black-Headed Snake

A small, secretive snake of southeastern Arizona's mountain canyons, with a tan body and dark head cap.

Brown Water Snake

Brown Water Snake

A large, heavy-bodied water snake often seen basking on branches over southeastern rivers, patterned with square dark blotches.

Mustard-Bellied Snake

A small elapid named for its distinctive yellowish belly, found in a limited range of southeastern Australia.