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.
Cottonmouth
A heavy-bodied, semi-aquatic pit viper of the southeastern US, famous for the white interior of its mouth displayed as a threat.
Central American Bushmaster
One of the largest venomous snakes in the Americas, a massive, reclusive pit viper of Central American rainforests.
Persian Ratsnake
A slender, olive-brown ratsnake of the southern Caspian region, marked with a broken dark vertebral line and named for its historic Persian range.
North American Racer
A fast-moving, slender colubrid found across much of North America, known for its speed and alert, active behavior.
Slender Racer
A slim, fast-moving whip snake found in dry, open habitats from the Balkans through the Middle East to Central Asia.
Eastern Rat Snake
A large, glossy black constrictor common across the eastern U.S., often seen climbing trees or barn rafters in search of rodents and birds.
Racer
A slender, fast-moving, sharp-eyed snake known for its speed and alert temperament.
Forest Flame Snake
A slender tricolor Neotropical snake whose banded red-and-black pattern mimics venomous coral snakes.
Red-Tailed Pipe Snake
A widespread Southeast Asian burrowing snake with a glossy black body and a vividly banded red-and-black tail used in defensive display.
Balsan Coral Snake
A slender tricolor coral snake endemic to Mexico's Balsas River depression, recognized by narrow black-white-black triads separated by broad red bands.
Mud Snake
A glossy black semi-aquatic snake with a vivid red-and-black checkered belly, often called the 'hoop snake' or 'stinging snake' in folklore.
MacClelland's Coral Snake
A small, brightly patterned coral snake of Asian montane forests, recognized by its orange-brown body with black crossbands and a black-and-orange head pattern.
San Luis Potosi Kingsnake
A boldly banded Mexican highland kingsnake with striking red, black, and cream tricolor rings.
Barkly Tableland Death Adder
A grassland-dwelling death adder restricted to the black soil plains of the Barkly Tableland in northern Australia.
Boelen's Python
A striking black python with an iridescent sheen and cream banding, restricted to the mountainous highlands of New Guinea.
Ruthven's Kingsnake
A strikingly banded highland kingsnake of central Mexico, often patterned in red, black, and cream tricolor rings.
Mimic False Coral
A striking red, black, and cream banded colubrid of South America that mimics venomous coral snakes for protection.
Scarlet Kingsnake
A small, vividly banded red, black, and yellow kingsnake of the southeastern US that mimics the venomous coral snake.
Eastern Small-Eyed Snake
A small, glossy black nocturnal elapid widespread along the eastern Australian coast and ranges.
Aesculapian False Coral Snake
A mildly venomous South American colubrid that mimics true coral snakes with bold red, black, and white banding.
Timber Rattlesnake
A heavy-bodied woodland rattlesnake of the eastern United States, often showing dark chevron banding and a black tail.
Barred Coral Snake
A brightly banded coral snake native to the Pacific coastal region of Mexico, notable for its wide black bands.
New Mexico Milk Snake
A tricolor milk snake subspecies of the arid Southwest, with vivid red, black, and white banding across a slender body.
Redtail Coral Snake
A slender coral snake distinguished by its black-and-white banded body ending in a strikingly reddish-orange tail.