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.
Florida Cottonmouth
A large, semi-aquatic pit viper of Florida wetlands, often confused with harmless water snakes.
Habu
A large, aggressive pit viper endemic to Japan's Ryukyu Islands, notorious as the region's most medically significant snake.
Bushmaster
The longest venomous snake in the Americas and the largest pit viper in the world, an elusive forest dweller of Central and South America.
Racer
A slender, fast-moving, sharp-eyed snake known for its speed and alert temperament.
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
A striking tricolor kingsnake of southwestern mountain ranges, mimicking venomous coral snakes despite being harmless.
Mussurana
A large, snake-eating colubrid famed for its resistance to pit viper venom and its dramatic ontogenetic color change.
Gaboon Viper
One of the largest vipers in the world, with the longest fangs and the highest venom yield of any snake, yet remarkably placid in temperament.
Ringed Snail-eater
An alternate name for the boldly ringed Central American snail-eating snake, distinguished by its complete encircling bands of color.
Burmese Python
One of the largest snake species in the world, a massive constrictor native to Southeast Asia and infamous for establishing invasive populations elsewhere.
Common Saw-Scaled Viper
One of the 'Big Four' medically important snakes of India, small in size but responsible for numerous serious snakebite cases.
Indian Python
A large, non-venomous python native to the Indian subcontinent, one of the largest snakes in Asia and a species of conservation concern.
Montane Egg-eater
A small, harmless African snake specialized entirely for eating bird eggs, found in highland and montane habitats of East and Central Africa.
Green Racer
A slender, bright green, fast-moving snake of South American forests that hunts actively by day for frogs, lizards, and small mammals.
Cuban Boa
The largest native snake in Cuba, a powerful constrictor known for hunting bats at cave entrances and adapting to a range of habitats across the island.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
The largest venomous snake in North America, a heavy-bodied rattlesnake of southeastern pine forests and coastal habitats.
Temple Pit Viper
A venomous pit viper famous for the Malaysian temples where groups of these snakes are found coiled among the structures, tolerated by visitors.
Himalayan Pit Viper
A cold-adapted pit viper found at high elevations across the Himalayas, among the highest-altitude venomous snakes in Asia.
California Mountain Kingsnake
A vividly banded non-venomous kingsnake native to the Pacific coast, resembling venomous coral snakes despite lacking venom.
Lichtenstein's Green Racer
A slender green-and-gray South American snake, common in gardens and forest edges, known for its speed and defensive bite when cornered.
Common Adder
A small, widespread viper found across Europe and into northern Asia, notable for having the largest geographic range of any land snake species.
Calabar Burrowing Python
A stout, secretive burrowing snake of West and Central Africa whose blunt tail mimics its head as a defensive strategy against predators.
African Rock Python
The largest snake species in Africa, a massive constrictor found across the sub-Saharan savanna belt, capable of taking prey as large as antelope.
Anaconda
One of the heaviest snakes on Earth, a massive semi-aquatic constrictor of South American rivers and swamps.
Central American Bushmaster
One of the largest venomous snakes in the Americas, a massive, reclusive pit viper of Central American rainforests.