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.
Transcaucasian Sand Viper
A desert-dwelling viper of the Caucasus and Iranian plateau, closely related to the false horned vipers.
Aruba Island Rattlesnake
A critically endangered rattlesnake found only on the island of Aruba, restricted to a small area of remaining dry forest habitat.
Levantine Viper
One of the largest and most medically important vipers of the Middle East and Central Asia, capable of delivering a substantial venom dose.
Long-nosed Rattlesnake
A regionally used name sometimes applied to slender-snouted rattlesnakes of arid terrain, most often referring to the tiger rattlesnake.
Fan Si Pan Horned Pit Viper
A stout mountain pit viper with small hornlike scales above the eyes, found in high-elevation forests of the Fan Si Pan region.
Yunnan Pit Viper
A green pit viper native to Yunnan Province in southern China and adjacent regions.
Taylor's Cantil
A distinctively patterned pit viper of northeastern Mexico, notable for its bright orange facial stripes.
Desert Horned Viper
An iconic desert viper of the Sahara and Arabian Peninsula, easily recognized by the small hornlike scales often present above its eyes.
Broad-banded Copperhead
A copperhead species with wide, saddle-shaped crossbands, common in woodlands and rocky habitats of the south-central states.
Milos Viper
A rare, island-endemic viper found only on Milos and a few nearby Cycladic islands in Greece, notable for its restricted range and conservation concern.
Two-striped Forest Pit Viper
A slender, brilliant green arboreal pit viper of the Amazon rainforest, named for the pale stripes running along its sides.
Eastern Green Mamba Bush Viper
An arboreal African viper with rough, keeled scales and variable green coloration, often mottled with yellow or blue tones.
Green Bush Viper
A small, arboreal African viper with rough spiny scales and a body color that varies from green to yellow or blue-green.
Truong Son Pit Viper
A small, brown terrestrial pit viper endemic to the misty Annamite mountains along the Vietnam-Laos border.
Bushmaster
The longest venomous snake in the Americas and the largest pit viper in the world, an elusive forest dweller of Central and South America.
Guangxi Pit Viper
A stout forest pit viper found in the karst and montane forests of southern China and northern Vietnam.
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
A widespread western rattlesnake found from forested foothills to coastal scrub, recognizable by its dark blotched pattern and prominent tail rattle.
Speckled Rattlesnake
A desert-dwelling rattlesnake whose speckled coloration closely matches the rocky terrain it inhabits.
Wagler's Pit Viper
A strikingly patterned arboreal pit viper famous for congregating in large numbers at temples in Malaysia.
Arabian Horned Viper
A sand-dwelling desert viper of the Arabian Peninsula, closely resembling the African Horned Viper but occupying a distinct eastern range.
Ottoman Viper
A large, heavy-bodied mountain viper of Anatolia and the Aegean region considered one of the more dangerous vipers of the Near East.
Mexican Cantil
A dark, bold-patterned pit viper of Mexican tropical lowlands, closely related to the cottonmouth and copperhead.
Saw-Scaled Viper
A small but highly venomous viper found across the Middle East and South Asia, notable for producing a distinctive rasping sound by rubbing its scales together and responsible for a large number of snakebite incidents in its range.
Kanburian Pit Viper
A rare, range-restricted green pit viper known primarily from the Kanchanaburi region of western Thailand.
South American Rattlesnake
A widespread and medically important rattlesnake of South American savannas and open habitats, known for its neurotoxic venom components.
Jararacussu
One of the largest South American lanceheads, a heavy-bodied forest pit viper capable of delivering large venom yields.
Nose-Horned Viper Ammodytes
Europe's most venomous snake, easily identified by a distinctive soft horn-like scale projecting from the tip of its snout.
Field's Horned Viper
A small desert viper of the Middle East recognized by hornlike scales above the eyes, adapted for a burrowing, sand-dwelling lifestyle.
Hump-Nosed Pit Viper
A small but medically significant pit viper of southern India and Sri Lanka, notable for its upturned, hump-like snout.
Godman's Mountain Pit Viper
A stout, short-tailed pit viper of Asian highland forests with variable earthy brown patterning.
Prairie Rattlesnake
A widespread rattlesnake of the North American grasslands and high plains, well adapted to a broad range of elevations and cooler climates than many of its relatives.
Orsini's Viper
A small, secretive meadow-dwelling viper with fragmented populations across Europe, generally regarded as having weak venom of little medical significance to humans.
Meadow Viper
A small, threatened viper of montane meadows and steppe grasslands in southern and southeastern Europe, with a mild venom rarely of medical concern.
Bornean Pit Viper
A green arboreal pit viper endemic to Borneo, common in lowland and hill forest.
Western Rattlesnake
A widespread pit viper of the western United States and Canada, recognized by its dark blotches and rattling tail.
Jerdon's Pit Viper
A high-altitude pit viper of the eastern Himalayas and adjacent hill country, marked with bold black and yellow banding.
Sind Saw-Scaled Viper
A small, highly defensive desert viper known for producing a distinctive rasping warning sound by rubbing its serrated scales together.
Northern Cottonmouth
A stout, semi-aquatic pit viper of southeastern wetlands, named for the white lining of its mouth displayed as a threat.
Chinese Mountain Pit Viper
A stout, ground-dwelling pit viper of montane forests across southern China and Southeast Asia.
Mojave Rattlesnake
A desert rattlesnake notable for producing venom with potent neurotoxic components in many populations, distinguishing it medically from most other rattlesnakes.
Painted Saw-Scaled Viper
A brightly patterned desert viper of the Arabian Peninsula known for its distinctive warning display and rasping sound.
Sabah Pit Viper
A green pit viper found in the forests of Sabah in northern Borneo.
Darevsky's Viper
A small, high-altitude viper endemic to volcanic highlands at the junction of Georgia, Armenia, and Turkey.
Sri Lankan Pit Viper
A small, well-camouflaged pit viper once considered mildly venomous but now known to cause serious bites, including bleeding disorders.
Elegant Pit Viper
A slender, boldly patterned island pit viper from the Ryukyu archipelago of Japan.
Arabian Rock Viper
A montane viper restricted to the high peaks of Lebanon and Syria, adapted to rocky alpine terrain.
Common Puff Adder
A widespread and heavy-bodied African viper responsible for more snakebite fatalities than any other African species, due to its abundance and cryptic camouflage.
Chinese Green Tree Viper
A slender, arboreal green pit viper common across southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam, frequently encountered in forests and cultivated areas.