Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Sea Krait
A banded, amphibious sea snake that comes ashore to rest, digest, and lay eggs, unlike most fully marine sea snakes.
Blue Malayan Coral Snake
A striking Southeast Asian elapid with an iridescent blue-black body and a bright red head and tail.
Crocker's Sea Krait
A remarkable sea krait endemic to a single landlocked lake in the Solomon Islands, unique among sea kraits for living entirely in brackish water.
Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait
A boldly banded, air-breathing sea krait of Indo-Pacific coral reefs and coastlines.
Belcher's Sea Snake
A fully aquatic sea snake, rarely encountered by people.
Black-Ringed Mangrove Snake
A boldly ringed sea snake associated with mangrove-lined coastlines of the northern Bay of Bengal.
Barred Wolf Snake
A small, sharp-toothed colubrid with narrow crossbands, frequently confused with kraits.
Blue-Lipped Sea Krait
A banded, amphibious sea krait that hunts in coral reefs but returns to land to rest, digest, and lay eggs.
Malayan Krait
A slender, black-and-white banded krait of Southeast Asia, closely resembling the many-banded krait.
Burmese Krait
A black-and-white banded krait of Myanmar and adjacent southern China, closely related to the Many-banded Krait.
California Mountain Kingsnake
A vividly banded kingsnake native to the Pacific coast, with banding resembling that of coral snakes.
Scarlet Snake
A small, secretive, banded snake often confused with coral snakes.
Tiger Snake
An Australian elapid known for its banded pattern and flattened-neck display.
Barred Coral Snake
A brightly banded coral snake native to the Pacific coastal region of Mexico, notable for its wide black bands.
Salt Marsh Snake
A slender water snake specialized for life in coastal salt marshes and mangrove habitats.
Florida Cottonmouth
A large, semi-aquatic pit viper of Florida wetlands, often confused with water snakes.
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.
Andaman Krait
An island-endemic krait found only in the Andaman archipelago, banded in black and white.