Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Glossy Marsh Snake
A small, glossy, water-associated colubrid found throughout sub-Saharan African wetlands, marshes, and streamside vegetation.
Desert Blind Snake
A tiny, worm-like burrowing snake of the American Southwest deserts with vestigial eyes hidden beneath translucent scales.
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.
Persian Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid found across Iran and neighboring regions, typically marked with a subtle striped pattern and a pale yellowish underside.
Northern Mangrove Sea Snake
A small sea snake found along northern Australia's extensive mangrove coastlines, adapted to tidal creek and estuarine habitats.
Narrow-headed Garter Snake
A highly aquatic, fish-eating garter snake of clear mountain streams, notable for its unusually narrow head.
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.
Sind Awl-Headed Snake
A small, secretive burrowing colubrid of the arid Indus region, named for its narrow, pointed, awl-shaped snout adapted for pushing through sand.
American Pipe Snake
A striking red-and-black banded burrowing snake from the Amazon Basin, often mistaken for a coral snake.
Algerian Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid native to the Maghreb region of North Africa, closely related to the horseshoe whip snake.
Adorned Coral Snake
A strikingly patterned Amazonian coral snake whose scientific name, ornatissimus, reflects its especially vivid tricolor banding.
Oriental Whip Snake
An extremely slender, bright green colubrid with a pointed snout, common in gardens and forest edges across South and Southeast Asia.
Diard's Blind Snake
One of the larger blind snakes in Asia, a stout burrowing species found in forest soils and leaf litter.
Rough-Scaled Sea Snake
A heavily built sea snake with distinctly rough, keeled scales.
Peters' Thread Snake
A tiny, worm-like burrowing snake from Africa with smooth, glossy scales.
Common Bridal Snake
A small, slender nocturnal colubrid from South Asia with a delicate banded pattern.
Speckled Green Snake
A slender green African bush snake distinguished by fine dark speckling along its back.
Oaxacan Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake restricted to montane and foothill forests of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Semi-ornate Sand Snake
A fast, slender, striped sand snake found across dry savanna and semi-desert regions of Africa.
Honduran Milk Snake
One of the largest milk snakes, native to Central America and known for its wide, vivid banding.
Tuxtlan Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake endemic to the humid volcanic forests of Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico.
Brown's Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake of Pacific-slope forests in southern Mexico and northern Central America.
Florida Brown Snake
A small, secretive brown snake common in Florida gardens and leaf litter, a frequent resident of suburban yards.
Plains Garter Snake
A grassland garter snake of the central Plains, typically showing a bright orange or yellow dorsal stripe on a dark body.