Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Moila Snake
A robust, fast-moving desert snake of North Africa and Arabia, known as the 'false cobra' for its hood-flattening threat display.
Eastern Indigo Snake
The longest native snake in North America, a glossy blue-black giant associated with gopher tortoise burrows.
Samar Cobra
A spitting cobra native to the central and southern Philippines, closely related to the Philippine cobra of Luzon but recognized as a distinct species.
Dwarf Sand Boa
A small, sandy-colored burrowing boa widespread across Central Asian deserts and steppe, one of the more common sand boas in the region.
Bornean Keeled Green Pit Viper
A strikingly patterned pit viper of Southeast Asian rainforests, closely related to the well-known Wagler's pit viper.
Panamanian Dwarf Boa
A small arboreal dwarf boa closely associated with Panama's tropical forests, sharing much of its biology with the Central American Dwarf Boa.
Mandalay Spitting Cobra
A little-studied spitting cobra restricted to the dry central plains of Myanmar, described as a distinct species in the early 2000s.
Dwarf Pipe Snake
A tiny, rarely seen fossorial snake from Southeast Asia representing one of the most poorly known snake families in the world.
Ravergier's Snake
A slender, fast-moving diurnal whip snake found across arid and semi-arid habitats from the eastern Mediterranean through the Caucasus into Central Asia.
Clifford's Snake
A robust, boldly blotched diadem snake found in sandy and rocky desert habitats from North Africa across the Middle East into Central and South Asia.
Reddish Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid with a reddish-brown, striped pattern, widely distributed across arid regions of the Middle East and Central Asia.
Ornamental Snake
A small, patterned nocturnal elapid restricted to the Brigalow Belt of central Queensland, listed as vulnerable due to habitat loss.
Jamaican Boa
Jamaica's largest native snake, a constrictor known locally as the 'yellow snake' for its coloration, and considered vulnerable due to introduced predators.
Wall's Sea Snake
A little-known sea snake from the northern Indian Ocean, named after herpetologist Frank Wall who described many South Asian reptiles.
Painted Bronzeback
A brightly patterned, agile tree snake of Southeast Asia, named for the bold black-and-cream striping revealed between its scales when alarmed.
Jerdon's Sea Snake
A small, lesser-known sea snake found in the coastal waters of South and Southeast Asia, distinguished by its small size and relatively uniform coloration.
Chinese Sea Snake
One of the larger and more widely distributed true sea snakes, recognizable by its bold black and yellow-green banding, ranging across coastal Asian waters.
Pacific Gopher Snake
A large, heavy-bodied colubrid of the Pacific coast known for its loud hiss and tail-vibrating display that often leads to mistaken identity as a rattlesnake.