Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Mexican Jumping Pit Viper
A thick-bodied Mexican relative of the Jumping Pit Viper, sharing the same rapid, forceful strike behavior.
Siamese Peninsula Pit Viper
A green pit viper of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, part of a complex of closely related arboreal pitvipers.
Philippine Temple Pit Viper
A brightly patterned arboreal pit viper found across the Philippines and neighboring islands.
Rainforest Hognosed Pit Viper
A small, well-camouflaged terrestrial pit viper of Central and South American rainforests, named for its upturned snout.
Redtail Bamboo Pit Viper
A slender green bamboo pit viper of South and Southeast Asia, named for the reddish tail found in many individuals.
White-Lipped Pit Viper
A common bright green pit viper of South and Southeast Asian forests, easily recognized by its pale lower lip.
Brown-Spotted Pit Viper
A slender brown pit viper with a chain of dark blotches, found across a wide swath of South and East Asia.
Spot-Tailed Pit Viper
A slender green pit viper of peninsular India, distinguished by a distinctively marked, spotted tail.
Sri Lankan Pit Viper
A small, well-camouflaged pit viper.
Gumprecht's Green Pit Viper
A green pit viper of mainland Southeast Asia named after herpetologist Andreas Gumprecht.
Truong Son Pit Viper
A small, brown terrestrial pit viper endemic to the misty Annamite mountains along the Vietnam-Laos border.
Godman's Mountain Pit Viper
A stout, short-tailed pit viper of Asian highland forests with variable earthy brown patterning.
Central Asian Pit Viper
A pit viper of the arid and semi-arid landscapes of Central Asia, closely related to the Halys pit viper.
Cameron Highlands Pit Viper
A montane green pit viper endemic to the cool cloud forests of the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia.
Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper
A small, mottled green and black arboreal pit viper found in the high-elevation cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama.
Side-striped Palm Pit Viper
A slender green arboreal pit viper of Central American cloud forests, marked with a pale lateral stripe.
Bornean Keeled Green Pit Viper
A strikingly patterned pit viper of Southeast Asian rainforests, closely related to the well-known Wagler's pit viper.
Millard's Hump-Nosed Pit Viper
A small, stout, terrestrial hump-nosed pit viper endemic to Sri Lanka with an upturned snout.
White-Lipped Island Pit Viper
A striking island pit viper found across the Lesser Sunda Islands, notable for its variable turquoise, blue, or yellow coloration.
Sri Lankan Green Pit Viper
A vividly colored green pit viper found only in Sri Lanka's forests and hill country, notable for striking eye coloration.
Broad-Banded Temple Pit Viper
A boldly banded temple pit viper endemic to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Cardamom Mountains Green Pit Viper
A green pit viper restricted to the Cardamom Mountains region of Cambodia, a biodiversity-rich range in Indochina.
Kaulback's Lance-Headed Pit Viper
A lance-headed pit viper of remote montane forests along the Myanmar-China-Vietnam border region, named after naturalist Ronald Kaulback.
Two-striped Forest Pit Viper
A slender, brilliant green arboreal pit viper of the Amazon rainforest, named for the pale stripes running along its sides.