Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
McMahon's Viper
A stout, sand-dwelling true viper with an upturned snout adapted for burrowing in loose desert dunes.
False Horned Viper
A desert viper of the Middle East that mimics true horned vipers with supraocular scale projections, but belongs to a distinct genus.
Forest Cobra
The largest true cobra species, an elapid of Central and West African forests with a glossy dark body and pale lip markings.
Rinkhals
A distinctive southern African elapid, related to but taxonomically separate from true cobras, known for feigning death and giving birth to live young.