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.
Grey Whipsnake
A slender, grey-toned whipsnake of Australia's tropical north, active by day and known for its speed and sharp vision.
Grey's Mudsnake
A small, primitive sea snake specialized for soft mangrove mudflats along the coast of north-western Australia, the sole member of its genus.
Buff Striped Keelback
A slender, boldly striped freshwater colubrid common around paddies and ponds across South Asia.
Common Egg-eater
A remarkable African colubrid that feeds exclusively on bird eggs, using specialized vertebral spines in its throat to crack shells after swallowing them whole.
King Cobra
The world's longest venomous snake, a formidable elapid of South and Southeast Asian forests that preys chiefly on other snakes.
Sea Krait
A banded, amphibious sea snake that comes ashore to rest, digest, and lay eggs, unlike most fully marine sea snakes.
Eastern Kingsnake
A glossy black snake marked with narrow chain-like yellow or white bands, famed for preying on venomous snakes.
Banded Sea Krait
A distinctive black-and-pale banded sea snake that comes ashore to rest, digest, and lay eggs, unlike fully aquatic sea snakes.
Florida Cottonmouth
A large, semi-aquatic pit viper of Florida wetlands, often confused with harmless water snakes.
Reticulated Python
The longest snake species in the world, a Southeast Asian constrictor famed for its intricate, iridescent pattern.
Australian Scrub Python
Australia's longest snake, a large iridescent python of the tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland and Cape York.
West African Gaboon Viper
A massive, ornately patterned viper with the longest fangs of any snake, native to West African rainforests.
South American Bushmaster
The longest venomous snake in the Americas, a massive pit viper of Amazonian rainforest with a distinctive spined tail.
Palestine Viper
A heavy-bodied viper of the Levant considered the most medically significant venomous snake in its range.
Black Mamba
One of the world's most feared snakes, the black mamba is Africa's longest venomous snake, renowned for its speed, potent neurotoxic venom, and the black interior of its mouth.
Striped Whipsnake
A slender, exceptionally fast-moving snake of arid western landscapes, marked with crisp longitudinal cream stripes.
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
A striking tricolor kingsnake of southwestern mountain ranges, mimicking venomous coral snakes despite being harmless.
Common Saw-Scaled Viper
One of the 'Big Four' medically important snakes of India, small in size but responsible for numerous serious snakebite cases.
Habu
A large, aggressive pit viper endemic to Japan's Ryukyu Islands, notorious as the region's most medically significant snake.
Indian Python
A large, non-venomous python native to the Indian subcontinent, one of the largest snakes in Asia and a species of conservation concern.
Bushmaster
The longest venomous snake in the Americas and the largest pit viper in the world, an elusive forest dweller of Central and South America.
Northern Green Anaconda
One of the world's largest and heaviest snakes, this massive semi-aquatic constrictor dominates the rivers and wetlands of the Amazon and Orinoco basins.
Temple Pit Viper
A venomous pit viper famous for the Malaysian temples where groups of these snakes are found coiled among the structures, tolerated by visitors.
Himalayan Pit Viper
A cold-adapted pit viper found at high elevations across the Himalayas, among the highest-altitude venomous snakes in Asia.