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.

Mexican Blackbelly Garter Snake

A semi-aquatic garter snake from the Mexican Plateau notable for its dark, often solid black underside.

A small coral snake of northern South America and southern Central America, patterned in tricolor rings with narrow pale bands.

A widespread Central American coral snake known for its notably broad black bands compared to many relatives.

A large, powerfully built ratsnake of the Caucasus and steppe regions, patterned with bold dark blotches along a pale body.

A slim, fast-moving whip snake found in dry, open habitats from the Balkans through the Middle East to Central Asia.

A strikingly banded highland kingsnake of central Mexico, often patterned in red, black, and cream tricolor rings.

A common name for the tricolor Neotropical snake also called the false coral snake, prized for its striking patchwork of red, black, and cream bands.

A heavy-bodied woodland rattlesnake of the eastern United States, often showing dark chevron banding and a black tail.

A striking red-and-black banded burrowing snake from the Amazon Basin, often mistaken for a venomous coral snake.

A secretive, moderately patterned kingsnake of grasslands and open woods, often mistaken for a young rat snake or gopher snake.

A brightly banded, snail-eating colubrid of Central American rainforests, named for its variegated red, black, and cream coloration.

A tricolor milk snake subspecies from the central US, known for its vivid red, black, and white/yellow banding that mimics venomous coral snakes.

The longest native snake in the United States, glossy blue-black and known for its calm demeanor.

A calm-tempered rattlesnake of the southwestern deserts and mountains, easily identified by its solid black tail.