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.
Fer-de-lance
A large, fast-moving, and medically significant pit viper responsible for the majority of snakebite incidents across much of its Central American range.
False Fer-de-lance
A harmless colubrid widely known for mimicking dangerous fer-de-lance pit vipers through dramatic head-flattening displays.
Amazon False Fer-de-lance
A harmless, viper-mimicking colubrid of the Amazon that flattens its head into a triangular shape to fool predators into thinking it is a dangerous pit viper.
Terciopelo
A large, medically significant pit viper responsible for the majority of snakebite incidents across its Central American range.
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.
Flat-Nosed Pit Viper
A little-known montane pit viper of northern Myanmar and adjacent regions, noted for its flattened snout profile.
Bibron's Burrowing Asp
A secretive, venomous African burrowing snake known for its unusual sideways stabbing bite delivered without opening its mouth wide.
Fiji Boa
The largest species in the genus Candoia, native to Fiji and found also in the Solomon Islands.
Calico Snake
A common name for the tricolor Neotropical snake also called the false coral snake, prized for its striking patchwork of red, black, and cream bands.
Jararaca
A widespread South American pit viper important both medically and pharmacologically, as its venom led to the development of ACE inhibitor drugs.
Oaxacan Dwarf Boa
A rare, small forest boa endemic to a limited cloud forest region of Oaxaca, Mexico, and known from relatively few specimens.
Short-Nosed Sea Snake
A small, rare sea snake with a short blunt snout, historically known from a few reef systems off Western Australia and now considered of high conservation concern.
Common Mock Viper
A small, viper-mimicking colubrid from Asian forests known for its stout body and viper-like defensive posture.
Lake Cronin Snake
A rare and little-known elapid known only from a small area of southwestern Australia near Lake Cronin.
Tiger Rat Snake
A large, boldly patterned tropical colubrid, striking in appearance and known for its speed and alertness.
Ruby-Eyed Green Pit Viper
A green pit viper of southern Indochina known for its distinctive ruby-red eyes.
Solomon Islands Small-Eyed Snake
A rare, poorly known elapid endemic to the Solomon Islands, the sole species in its genus.
Tropical Hognose Snake
A stout, upturned-snouted colubrid known for its dramatic bluffing displays when threatened.
Duberria Lutrix
A small, harmless African colubrid known scientifically as Duberria lutrix, specialized in eating slugs and snails.
Dark-Spotted Anaconda
A rare, poorly known anaconda species restricted to coastal marshes of northeastern Brazil and French Guiana.
Cropan's Boa
An extremely rare and poorly known tree boa endemic to a small area of Brazil's Atlantic Forest.
Bismarck Ringed Python
A small, boldly ringed python from the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, known for dramatic color change with age.
Kanburian Pit Viper
A rare, range-restricted green pit viper known primarily from the Kanchanaburi region of western Thailand.
Painted Saw-Scaled Viper
A brightly patterned desert viper of the Arabian Peninsula known for its distinctive warning display and rasping sound.