Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
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.
Aquatic Coral Snake
An unusually large and semi-aquatic coral snake of the Amazon Basin, notable among elapids for its strongly water-associated lifestyle and fish-heavy diet.
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.
Western Whip Snake
A fast, alert colubrid of southern Europe known for its bold yellow-and-black pattern.
Cauca Coral Snake
A slender tricolor coral snake endemic to Colombia, patterned in classic red-black-yellow rings.
Amazonian Coral Snake
A large tricolor coral snake of the Amazon rainforest with broad black, red, and white/yellow ring triads.
Ecuadorian Coral Snake
A coral snake native to Ecuador's lowland forests, displaying the classic red-black-yellow tricolor warning pattern.
Eastern Coral Snake
A slender, brightly banded elapid of the southeastern United States, famous for its red-yellow-black ring pattern.
Striped Crayfish Snake
A small, boldly striped aquatic snake of Florida's wetlands, with a bright yellow belly stripe and a diet centered on crayfish.
Plains Garter Snake
A grassland garter snake of the central Plains, typically showing a bright orange or yellow dorsal stripe on a dark body.
Red Vine Snake
A slender, laterally compressed arboreal colubrid of the Amazon known for its striking red, black, and yellow banded pattern.
Stuart's Coral Snake
A Guatemalan highland coral snake named for herpetologist Laurence Stuart, showing bold red-black-yellow tricolor rings.
Utah Milk Snake
A small tricolor milk snake subspecies with narrow red, black, and white/yellow bands found in the arid intermountain West.
South American Coral Snake
A strikingly banded elapid of South American forests and wetlands, marked with the classic red-black-yellow triad pattern shared by many New World coral snakes.
Desert Coral Snake
A Mexican Pacific coast coral snake adapted to dry tropical habitats, with bold red, black, and white/yellow tricolor rings.
Nayarit Coral Snake
A western Mexican coral snake found along the Pacific coast of Nayarit and Jalisco, marked by classic red-black-yellow banding.