Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Brazos Water Snake
A narrow-range Texas endemic water snake restricted to the rocky Brazos River system.
Leopard Water Snake
A boldly spotted aquatic snake of southern South American wetlands, named for the leopard-like blotches covering its body.
Northern Mangrove Sea Snake
A small sea snake found along northern Australia's extensive mangrove coastlines, adapted to tidal creek and estuarine habitats.
Northern Small-Eyed Snake
A small, secretive nocturnal elapid of tropical northern Australia with a pale head and glossy dark body.
Northern White-Lipped Python
The northern representative of the white-lipped python complex, found across the lowlands of northern New Guinea.
Northern Emerald Tree Boa
A vividly green arboreal boa of the northern Amazon rainforest, famous for its bright coloration, prominent white markings, and elongated front teeth adapted for gripping birds and mammals.
Northern Shovel-Nosed Snake
A small, banded burrowing elapid restricted to the arid sandy regions of northern and northwestern Australia.
Dog-Faced Water Snake
A common, blunt-snouted brackish-water snake of Asian estuaries and mangroves, named for its somewhat dog-like facial profile.
Florida Green Water Snake
A large, heavy-bodied, uniformly greenish water snake common in Florida's lakes, marshes, and swamps.
Puff-Faced Water Snake
A bold, patterned Southeast Asian water snake with a distinctive puffed facial appearance, common in ponds and waterways.
Plain-bellied Water Snake
A stout water snake with a plain, unpatterned belly ranging from yellow to orange, and a mostly uniform dorsal color as an adult.
Mississippi Green Water Snake
A stout, greenish water snake of Gulf Coast swamps and bayous, closely related to the Florida green water snake.
Brown-banded Water Snake
A common, semi-aquatic South American snake with brown banding, well adapted to life in rivers, ponds, and marshes.
Cat-Eyed Water Snake
A small, secretive mangrove snake from Asia with distinctive vertical pupils, specialized in feeding on crabs.
Common Smooth-Scaled Water Snake
A small, aquatic colubrid common in the rice paddies, ponds, and waterways of Southeast Asia.
Queen Snake
A slender, semi-aquatic snake of clean, rocky streams that feeds almost exclusively on freshly molted crayfish.
Kirtland's Snake
A small, secretive wetland snake with a reddish belly marked by bold black spots, now rare across much of its midwestern range.
Glossy Crayfish Snake
A glossy, dark-bodied wetland snake of the southeastern coastal plain that specializes in eating crayfish.
Graham's Crayfish Snake
A slender, striped aquatic snake of the central U.S. plains and prairies that feeds heavily on crayfish.
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.
Bahamian Boa
A West Indian boa endemic to islands of the northern Bahamas.
Rubber Boa
A small boa with loose, wrinkled skin resembling rubber, found at higher elevations and cooler climates than most other boas.
Viperine Snake
An aquatic colubrid from southwestern Europe and North Africa whose zigzag pattern resembles that of true vipers.
Checkered Keelback
One of the most common water-associated snakes in Asia, recognized by its checkerboard pattern and strongly keeled scales, frequently seen near rice paddies and ponds.