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.
Collared Sea Snake
A patterned sea snake with a distinctive dark collar marking behind the head, found in coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal and northern Indian Ocean.
Bighead Sea Snake
A sea snake with a proportionally oversized head, found in coastal waters of northern Australia and the Arafura Sea.
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.
Shark Bay Sea Snake
A regionally endemic sea snake restricted to the seagrass and reef habitats of Shark Bay in Western Australia.
Eastern Fox Snake
A stout blotched constrictor of the Great Lakes wetlands and prairies, closely related to the western fox snake.
Rossman's Garter Snake
A little-known garter snake from western Mexico, named after herpetologist Douglas Rossman.
Large Shieldtail Snake
One of the larger species within the shieldtail snake family, endemic to the moist forests of India's Western Ghats.
Mertens' Coral Snake
A South American coral snake honoring herpetologist Robert Mertens, found in the dry western forests of Ecuador and Peru.
Travancore Wolf Snake
A small, secretive wolf snake endemic to the Western Ghats, named for the enlarged fang-like front teeth typical of its genus.
Nayarit Coral Snake
A western Mexican coral snake found along the Pacific coast of Nayarit and Jalisco, marked by classic red-black-yellow banding.
Brown Vine Snake
A slender, brown-colored vine snake with a pointed snout, native to the Western Ghats, closely related to the more familiar green vine snakes.
Fork-marked Sand Snake
A slender arid-zone sand snake named for the fork-shaped marking on its head, found across the dry western landscapes of southern Africa.
Spectacled Sea Snake
A slender, pale-banded sea snake named for the ring-like markings around its eyes, inhabiting shallow tropical seas of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
Mexican Yellowbelly Brown Snake
A small, secretive brown snake from southern Mexico distinguished by its pale yellowish underside.
Cross-marked Sand Snake
A small, slender southern African sand snake named for the distinctive cross- or arrow-shaped marking on its head and neck.
Common Purple-glossed Snake
A glossy, burrowing African snake with an iridescent purplish sheen, feeding largely on other snakes and reptiles beneath the soil surface.
Schlegel's Beaked Blind Snake
One of the largest blind snakes in the world, notable for its hardened, beak-like snout used to dig through hard African soils.
White-Bellied Mangrove Snake
A stocky, mildly aquatic mangrove-dwelling snake specialized in feeding on soft-shelled crabs.
Northern Small-Eyed Snake
A small, secretive nocturnal elapid of tropical northern Australia with a pale head and glossy dark body.
West Coast Garter Snake
A common streamside garter snake of the Pacific coast, often seen basking near rivers and creeks in California and Oregon.
Yellow-speckled Wolf Snake
A nocturnal Asian wolf snake with fine yellow speckling on a dark body, preying chiefly on lizards.
San Diego Gopher Snake
A large southern California gopher snake subspecies frequently seen in coastal sage scrub and chaparral habitats.
Mississippi Green Water Snake
A stout, greenish water snake of Gulf Coast swamps and bayous, closely related to the Florida green water snake.
Mexican Blackbelly Garter Snake
A semi-aquatic garter snake from the Mexican Plateau notable for its dark, often solid black underside.