Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake
A small, secretive rattlesnake of isolated 'sky island' mountain ranges, named for a distinctive ridge along its snout.
Long-Nosed Viper
A European viper, easily recognized by the small, soft nasal horn on the tip of its snout.
Eastern Kingsnake
A glossy black snake marked with narrow chain-like yellow or white bands, famed for preying on other snakes.
Eastern Copperhead
A copper-colored pit viper common across the eastern and central United States, known for its hourglass-shaped bands.
Worm Snake Eastern
A small, glossy, worm-like colubrid of eastern North American forests, spending nearly all its life burrowed in loose, moist soil.
Eastern Worm Snake
A tiny, glossy, worm-like burrowing snake with a pink belly, rarely seen above ground.
Eastern Hognose Snake
A theatrical colubrid famous for flattening its neck like a cobra and playing dead when threatened.
Eastern Indigo Snake
The longest native snake in North America, a glossy blue-black giant associated with gopher tortoise burrows.
Narrow-Banded Shovel-Nosed Snake
A small burrowing elapid characterized by narrow banding, found in arid interior regions of Australia.
Nose-Horned Viper
A distinctive viper of southern Europe and the Balkans recognized by a small soft horn on its snout.
Big Bend Patch-Nosed Snake
A desert colubrid with an enlarged, upturned rostral scale used for digging, marked by a bold pale vertebral stripe.
Eastern Small-Eyed Snake
A small, glossy black nocturnal elapid widespread along the eastern Australian coast and ranges.
Cyclades Blunt-Nosed Viper
A critically endangered island viper found only on Milos and a few neighboring Cycladic islands in the Aegean Sea.
Eastern Massasauga
A small, secretive rattlesnake of wetland prairies, now rare and protected across much of its range.
Flat-Nosed Pit Viper
A little-known montane pit viper of northern Myanmar and adjacent regions, noted for its flattened snout profile.
Hump-Nosed Pit Viper
A small pit viper of southern India and Sri Lanka, notable for its upturned, hump-like snout.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
The largest rattlesnake in North America, a heavy-bodied species of southeastern pine forests and coastal habitats.
Eastern Russell's Viper
A medium to large, heavy-bodied viper found across Southeast Asia, closely related to the Indian Russell's Viper.
Nose-Horned Viper Ammodytes
A European viper, easily identified by a distinctive soft horn-like scale projecting from the tip of its snout.
Millard's Hump-Nosed Pit Viper
A small, stout, terrestrial hump-nosed pit viper endemic to Sri Lanka with an upturned snout.
Eastern Green Mamba
A slender, bright green, highly arboreal mamba of coastal East African forests, well camouflaged among foliage.
Sri Lankan Hump-Nosed Pit Viper
A small terrestrial pit viper of Sri Lanka and southern India, historically underestimated in medical significance despite its wide distribution.
Eastern Green Mamba Bush Viper
An arboreal African viper with rough, keeled scales and variable green coloration, often mottled with yellow or blue tones.
Western Hognose Snake
A stout, upturned-nosed colubrid of the North American prairies, known for its bluffing displays.