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.
Northern Bandy-Bandy
A banded burrowing elapid of tropical northern Australia, closely related to the common bandy-bandy.
Katuali
A banded sea krait found only around the island of Niue in the South Pacific, known locally as the katuali.
Rosen's Snake
A small, secretive elapid of arid Australia, in the same genus as the curl snake.
Annulated Sea Snake
A widespread, boldly banded sea snake with alternating dark and pale rings, common in shallow coastal and estuarine waters across Asia.
Grenada Bank Tree Boa
An arboreal boa endemic to Grenada and its associated Grenadine islands, adapted to island forest habitats and closely related to mainland Corallus species.
Rock Rattlesnake
A small, boldly banded rattlesnake of rocky mountain habitats along the US-Mexico borderlands.
Dusky Sea Snake
A small, dark-colored sea snake with a restricted range in Western Australian reef waters, of conservation concern due to sharp historical population declines.
Barred Wolf Snake
A small, sharp-toothed colubrid with narrow crossbands, frequently confused with venomous kraits.
Half-striped Wolf Snake
A small East Asian wolf snake with incomplete banding that fades along the body, harmless to humans.
Dwarf Pipe Snake
A tiny, rarely seen fossorial snake from Southeast Asia representing one of the most poorly known snake families in the world.
Common Wolf Snake
A slender, nocturnal Asian colubrid often confused with venomous kraits due to similar banding, but harmless to humans.
Snouted Cobra
A large, highly venomous cobra of southern Africa's savannas, closely related to the Egyptian Cobra and named for its slightly upturned snout.
Striped Sea Snake
A banded sea snake found in muddy coastal and estuarine waters across the Indo-Pacific, notable for its bold dark crossbands.
Water Coral Snake
An unusually aquatic coral snake of the Amazon Basin, bearing classic red-black-yellow banding and a potent neurotoxic venom, but rarely encountered due to its semi-aquatic habits.
Chinese Sea Snake
One of the larger and more widely distributed true sea snakes, recognizable by its bold black and yellow-green banding, ranging across coastal Asian waters.
Cat-Eyed Water Snake
A small, secretive mangrove snake from Asia with distinctive vertical pupils, specialized in feeding on crabs.
Blue Malayan Coral Snake
A striking Southeast Asian elapid with an iridescent blue-black body, a bright red head and tail, and venom notable for producing unusually rapid effects.
Belcher's Sea Snake
A fully aquatic sea snake often cited for possessing an extremely potent venom, though bites to humans are exceptionally rare.
Black-Ringed Mangrove Snake
A boldly ringed sea snake associated with mangrove-lined coastlines of the northern Bay of Bengal.
Grey-bellied Wolf Snake
A small, banded wolf snake found across South Asia and the Middle East, often mistaken for a young krait but completely harmless.
Variegated Wolf Snake
A larger Southeast Asian wolf snake with variable banding that changes with age, harmless to humans despite krait-like appearance.
Barred Coral Snake
A brightly banded coral snake native to the Pacific coastal region of Mexico, notable for its wide black bands.
Common Bridal Snake
A small, slender nocturnal colubrid from South Asia with a delicate banded pattern.
Muller's Snake
A small banded burrowing elapid found in arid regions of western and central Australia.