Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Yaqui Black-Headed Snake
A small, secretive snake of southeastern Arizona's mountain canyons, with a tan body and dark head cap.
Black-headed Coral Snake
One of the most widespread and frequently recorded coral snakes of Central America, with a solid black head and tricolor banded body.
Black-headed Cat Snake
A slender, reddish-brown cat snake distinguished by its solid black or dark head, found in lowland forests of Southeast Asia.
Black-necked Garter Snake
A garter snake of rocky canyon streams, easily identified by bold black neck blotches.
Black-Headed Dwarf Snake
A small, secretive colubrid distinguished by its dark head cap, found in rocky and arid terrain across parts of the Middle East.
Southwestern Black-Headed Snake
A tiny, secretive desert colubrid with a glossy tan body and a distinct black cap on its head.
Black-Banded Sea Snake
A slender sea snake marked with bold black bands along a pale body, found in muddy coastal waters and estuaries throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Black-Headed Sea Snake
A sea snake with a strikingly dark head found along the coasts of Japan and Taiwan, occupying temperate to subtropical coastal waters.
Mexican Black-Headed Snake
A tiny, secretive snake with a glossy tan body and a distinct black cap over the head and neck.
Black Kingsnake
A largely uniform glossy black kingsnake found in the central and southeastern United States, sometimes showing faint traces of pattern.
Black Mussurana
A large, glossy black colubrid widespread across Latin America, famed for eating other snakes, including vipers and coral snakes.
Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake
A widespread nocturnal colubrid of the Americas with large cat-like eyes and a banded or blotched pattern, common near wetlands.
Big Bend Black-Headed Snake
A small, reddish-brown desert snake with a dark head cap, found in rocky canyons of the Big Bend region.
Black Swampsnake
A small, glossy black wetland snake with a bright red-orange belly, found in dense marsh vegetation of the southeastern coastal plain.
Black Mamba
Africa's longest snake, renowned for its speed and the black interior of its mouth.
Trans-Pecos Black-Headed Snake
One of the largest black-headed snakes, a slender tan species with a bold black hood found in West Texas canyon country.
Central American Bushmaster
One of the largest snakes in the Americas, a massive, reclusive pit viper of Central American rainforests.
Lesser Black Whipsnake
A slender, fast-moving diurnal elapid of tropical northern Australia, smaller than its close relative the Greater Black Whipsnake.
Greater Black Whipsnake
A large, fast-moving, alert diurnal elapid of northern Australia and New Guinea, known for its speed and keen eyesight.
Mexican Black Kingsnake
A striking, almost entirely jet-black kingsnake from northwestern Mexico, notable for its uniform glossy appearance.
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
A darkly colored montane rattlesnake of central Arizona known for its ability to darken further with age and altitude.
Central American Mussurana
A robust, dark-colored colubrid from Central America famous within its genus for preying heavily on other snakes.
Black-headed Centipede-eater
A small, secretive African burrower named for its glossy black head and its diet of centipedes.
Aesculapian Snake
A large, agile European colubrid historically linked to the symbol of medicine, favoring warm woodlands and old buildings.