Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Cape Wolf Snake
A small, nocturnal African colubrid named for its enlarged, recurved front teeth used to grip smooth-scaled reptile prey such as lizards and other snakes.
Central American Boa
A widespread, adaptable boa found from Mexico through Central America, closely related to the South American boa constrictor.
Boa Constrictor
A large, adaptable New World constrictor found across a wide range of tropical and subtropical habitats.
Northern Death Adder
A stout, ambush-hunting elapid with a viper-like body shape, found across tropical northern Australia and New Guinea.
Death Adder
A short, ambush-hunting elapid that resembles a viper in shape and behavior despite belonging to the cobra family.
Horned Adder
A small desert adder with a prominent single horn-like scale above each eye, well camouflaged against sandy soils.
Boddaert's Tropical Racer
A slender, fast-moving brown racer common across northern South America, active by day in forest and open habitats.
Eastern Coral Snake
A slender, brightly banded elapid of the southeastern United States, famous for its red-yellow-black ring pattern.
Water Snake
A heavy-bodied, aquatic colubrid frequently mistaken for cottonmouths.
Worm Snake
A tiny, glossy, worm-like colubrid of the eastern United States that spends nearly all its life burrowed underground in loose soil and leaf litter.
Trinket Snake
A slender, boldly patterned snake often mistaken for other species due to its display.
Rat Snake
A large, fast-moving snake widespread across South and Southeast Asia, valued for controlling rodent populations.
Rainbow Boa
A South American boa renowned for its iridescent sheen, which produces a shimmering rainbow effect in direct sunlight.
Green Mamba
A slender, bright green arboreal elapid found along coastal forests of eastern Africa, notable for its shy, elusive nature.
Indian Smooth Snake
A small, secretive colubrid found across drier parts of India, rarely encountered due to its fossorial habits.
Flowerpot Snake
The world's most widely distributed snake species, a tiny worm-like blind snake spread globally through the potted plant trade.
Sand Boa
A small, stout, burrowing boa adapted for a life spent mostly beneath sand and loose soil in South Asia's dry habitats.
Cape Grass Snake
A common southern African grass snake with a diamond-patterned back.
Sind Krait
A krait of the Indus Valley region, closely related to the Common Krait.
Southern Copperhead
A common, well-camouflaged pit viper of southern woodlands with a cryptic pattern.
Herald Snake
A small, common African colubrid recognized by its reddish lips and flattening display.
Bornean Pit Viper
A green arboreal pit viper endemic to Borneo, common in lowland and hill forest.
Northern Bandy-Bandy
A banded burrowing elapid of tropical northern Australia, closely related to the common bandy-bandy.
Northwestern Garter Snake
A small, colorful, and highly variable garter snake common in gardens and forests of the Pacific Northwest.