Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Barred Coral Snake
A brightly banded coral snake native to the Pacific coastal region of Mexico, notable for its wide black bands.
Milk Snake
A boldly banded colubrid whose red, black, and pale banding resembles that of coral snakes across much of its range.
Mimic False Coral
A striking red, black, and cream banded colubrid of South America that mimics coral snakes.
San Luis Potosi Kingsnake
A boldly banded Mexican highland kingsnake with striking red, black, and cream tricolor rings.
California Kingsnake
A highly adaptable and widely distributed kingsnake known for its bold banded or striped patterns.
Northern Shovel-Nosed Snake
A small, banded burrowing elapid restricted to the arid sandy regions of northern and northwestern Australia.
Common Bridal Snake
A small, slender nocturnal colubrid from South Asia with a delicate banded pattern.
Muller's Snake
A small banded burrowing elapid found in arid regions of western and central Australia.
Nelson's Milk Snake
A boldly banded milk snake subspecies from western Mexico, featuring wide red bands and narrow black-and-white borders.
Sundevall's Garter Snake
A small, secretive African garter snake with a banded pattern, related to cobras, with a reclusive, burrowing lifestyle.
Scarlet Kingsnake
A small, vividly banded red, black, and yellow kingsnake of the southeastern US that resembles the coral snake.
Coral Pipe Snake
A brightly banded red-and-black burrowing snake from the Amazon, resembling coral snakes in pattern.
Western Groundsnake
A small, highly variable desert snake that may be striped, banded, or plain depending on the population.
Long-tailed Snake
A rare, slender, banded fossorial snake endemic to the sandy scrub habitats of central Florida.
Ruthven's Kingsnake
A strikingly banded highland kingsnake of central Mexico, often patterned in red, black, and cream tricolor rings.
Western Shovel-Nosed Snake
A small, banded desert specialist with a flattened, shovel-shaped snout adapted for burrowing through loose sand.
Pueblan Milk Snake
A vividly banded milk snake native to south-central Mexico, known for its bold tricolor pattern.
Mexican Milk Snake
A tricolor banded milk snake native to northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, with a coral snake-like appearance.
Coral Snake
A brightly ringed elapid with red, yellow, and black bands, known for the order in which its bands touch.
Forest Flame Snake
A slender tricolor Neotropical snake whose banded red-and-black pattern resembles that of coral snakes.
Tropical Milk Snake
A brightly banded red, black, and yellow milk snake from Mexico and Central America that mimics coral snakes.
Tricolored Coral Snake
A coral snake whose common name directly reflects its bold red-black-yellow banded pattern.
Redtail Coral Snake
A slender coral snake distinguished by its black-and-white banded body ending in a strikingly reddish-orange tail.
Scarce Wolf Snake
A rarely encountered, small banded wolf snake known from limited localities in the Himalayan foothill region.