Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Algerian Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid native to the Maghreb region of North Africa, closely related to the horseshoe whip snake.
Little Whip Snake
One of Australia's smallest snakes, a slender nocturnal elapid found in grassland and woodland of the southeast.
Rough Green Snake
A slender, bright green colubrid with keeled scales, common in shrubs and vegetation near water across the southeastern US.
Peruvian Coral Snake
An Andean coral snake native to Peru, displaying the classic ringed warning pattern of its genus.
Balkan Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid common across the Balkans, known for its alert nature and rapid, jerky movements.
Pale-Headed Snake
An arboreal elapid with a pale head, found in woodlands of eastern Australia and often sheltering under loose tree bark.
Scorpion-eating Snake
A tiny, secretive burrowing snake with a dark head cap, specialized in preying on scorpions and centipedes.
Jerdon's Sea Snake
A small, lesser-known sea snake found in the coastal waters of South and Southeast Asia, distinguished by its small size and relatively uniform coloration.
Horned Sea Snake
A distinctive sea snake covered in small spiny scale projections, especially around the head, giving it a rough, thorny appearance unique among sea snakes.
Two-coloured Snake
A slender, burrowing African snake with a distinctive two-toned body pattern and a pointed, wedge-shaped snout adapted for digging.
Green Bush Snake
A slender, bright green African tree snake frequently seen in gardens and hedges.
Honduran Milk Snake
One of the largest milk snakes, native to Central America and known for its wide, vivid banding.
Redbelly Water Snake
A heavy-bodied water snake with a plain dark back and a bright reddish-orange belly, common along ponds and swamps of the American South.
Mexican Garter Snake
A wetland-dependent garter snake of the desert Southwest and Mexico, now rare across much of its northern range.
Rossman's Garter Snake
A little-known garter snake from western Mexico, named after herpetologist Douglas Rossman.
Glossy Marsh Snake
A small, glossy, water-associated colubrid found throughout sub-Saharan African wetlands, marshes, and streamside vegetation.
Putumayo Coral Snake
A regional Amazonian coral snake named for the Putumayo River area, displaying vivid red, black, and pale tricolor rings.
Black Swamp Snake
A small, glossy black semi-aquatic snake with a bright red-orange belly, found in southeastern wetlands.
Hemprich's Coral Snake
A monadal-patterned coral snake of the Amazon rainforest, named after the German naturalist Wilhelm Hemprich.
Texas Blind Snake
A tiny, worm-like burrowing snake of Texas and northern Mexico, occasionally found in the nests of ants and termites that it feeds on.
Plains Garter Snake
A grassland garter snake of the central Plains, typically showing a bright orange or yellow dorsal stripe on a dark body.
Diard's Blind Snake
One of the larger blind snakes in Asia, a stout burrowing species found in forest soils and leaf litter.
Striped Coral Snake
One of the largest and most widespread South American coral snakes, boldly banded in red, black, and white.
Common Kukri Snake
A small banded colubrid named for its curved, kukri-knife-shaped rear teeth used to slit open reptile eggs.