Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Cape Wolf Snake
A small, nocturnal African colubrid named for its enlarged, recurved front teeth used to grip smooth-scaled reptile prey such as lizards and other snakes.
Highland Garter Snake
A cold-tolerant garter snake found at high elevations in central Mexico's mountain grasslands and pine forests.
Dwarf Sea Snake
A tiny, slender sea snake with an unusually small head, found in muddy coastal waters of the Gulf of Thailand.
Texas Coral Snake
A brightly ringed coral snake of Texas, Louisiana, and northeastern Mexico, closely related to and long considered a subspecies of the eastern coral snake.
Red Whip Snake
A slender, reddish-toned whip snake found in arid regions of the Middle East, recognized by its fast movement and warm coloration.
Brooke's Sea Snake
A sea snake named for the historic 'White Rajahs' of Sarawak, found in coastal waters around Borneo and neighboring Southeast Asian regions.
Leopard Water Snake
A boldly spotted aquatic snake of southern South American wetlands, named for the leopard-like blotches covering its body.
Checkered Garter Snake
A striped garter snake with a bold checkerboard pattern of dark blotches between the stripes, found across the arid Southwest.
Broad-Headed Snake
A striking, endangered rock-dwelling elapid restricted to sandstone escarpments near Sydney, Australia.
Balsan Coral Snake
A slender tricolor coral snake endemic to Mexico's Balsas River depression, recognized by narrow black-white-black triads separated by broad red bands.
Coral Pipe Snake
A brightly banded red-and-black burrowing snake from the Amazon, resembling coral snakes in pattern.
Cape House Snake
A common constrictor found throughout southern Africa, frequently encountered near human settlements where it hunts rodents.
Redtail Coral Snake
A slender coral snake distinguished by its black-and-white banded body ending in a strikingly reddish-orange tail.
Eastern Fox Snake
A stout blotched constrictor of the Great Lakes wetlands and prairies, closely related to the western fox snake.
American Pipe Snake
A striking red-and-black banded burrowing snake from the Amazon Basin, often mistaken for a coral snake.
Pale Milk Snake
A pale, muted milk snake subspecies from the central Great Plains, with washed-out banding compared to more vividly colored relatives.
Water Coral Snake
An unusually aquatic coral snake of the Amazon Basin, bearing classic red-black-yellow banding, but rarely encountered due to its semi-aquatic habits.
Travancore Wolf Snake
A small, secretive wolf snake endemic to the Western Ghats, named for the enlarged front teeth typical of its genus.
Mertens' Coral Snake
A South American coral snake honoring herpetologist Robert Mertens, found in the dry western forests of Ecuador and Peru.
Northern Water Snake
A heavy-bodied, aquatic colubrid often mistaken for a cottonmouth, common around lakes, ponds, and rivers.
Yellow Sea Snake
One of the largest sea snakes, known for its bright yellow to olive coloration and slender, elongate body found across the Indian Ocean.
Assam Trinket Snake
A regional subspecies of trinket snake from the hill forests of northeastern India, sharing the bold chain-like pattern of its relatives.
Eastern Montpellier Snake
A large, fast-moving snake known for raising its head cobra-like when threatened, found across the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
Wall's Sea Snake
A little-known sea snake from the northern Indian Ocean, named after herpetologist Frank Wall who described many South Asian reptiles.