Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Olive Keelback
A drab, olive-toned freshwater colubrid common in ponds, ditches, and paddies across South Asia.
Striped Keelback
A common, slender colubrid with pale stripes along the back, frequently found near water and farmland across South Asia.
Bockadam
A common brackish-water snake of Asian mangroves and estuaries, feeding mainly on fish and known for its dog-like snout.
Top End Carpet Python
A broadly distributed population of the Darwin carpet python subspecies across the tropical Top End region of the Northern Territory.
Philippine Cobra
A cobra endemic to the northern Philippines.
Sabah Pit Viper
A green pit viper found in the forests of Sabah in northern Borneo.
Abaco Island Boa
A population of Bahamian boa specifically associated with the Abaco Islands in the northern Bahamas.
McGregor's Pit Viper
A rare green pit viper restricted to the remote Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines.
Brown's Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake of Pacific-slope forests in southern Mexico and northern Central America.
Dubois's Sea Snake
A reef-dwelling sea snake of northern Australian waters known for its uniform coloration.
Guangxi Pit Viper
A stout forest pit viper found in the karst and montane forests of southern China and northern Vietnam.
Palmerston Carpet Python
A locality of the Darwin carpet python subspecies from the Palmerston area near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.
Carib Coral Snake
A coral snake of Trinidad and northern Venezuela, marked with bold tricolor rings along its slender body.
Orange-Naped Snake
A slender elapid with a bold orange nape patch and black head, widespread across northern and eastern Australia.
Ruschenberger's Tree Boa
A slender, arboreal tree boa of Central America and northern South America closely related to the common tree boa.
Cyclops Green Tree Python
A locality form of the green tree python from the Cyclops Mountains rainforest reserve near Jayapura in northern Papua.
Red River Krait
A recently described krait from the Red River basin of northern Vietnam and southern China, banded black and white.
Mexican Garter Snake
A wetland-dependent garter snake of the desert Southwest and Mexico, now rare across much of its northern range.
Texas Blind Snake
A tiny, worm-like burrowing snake of Texas and northern Mexico, occasionally found in the nests of ants and termites that it feeds on.
Flat-Nosed Pit Viper
A little-known montane pit viper of northern Myanmar and adjacent regions, noted for its flattened snout profile.
Tonkin Pit Viper
A green pit viper native to the Tonkin region of northern Vietnam and adjacent southern China.
Black-Ringed Mangrove Snake
A boldly ringed sea snake associated with mangrove-lined coastlines of the northern Bay of Bengal.
Persian Viper
A rare and localized mountain viper endemic to a small area of the Alborz range in northern Iran.
Olive-Headed Sea Snake
A moderately large sea snake with an olive-toned head and faint banding, found in the estuarine and coastal waters of northern Australia.