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.
Variable Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake with highly variable banding patterns found across much of Mexico and northern Central America.
Cape Wolf Snake
A small, nocturnal African colubrid named for its enlarged, fang-like front teeth used to grip smooth-scaled reptile prey such as lizards and other snakes.
Water Snake
A heavy-bodied, aquatic colubrid frequently mistaken for venomous cottonmouths.
Worm Snake
A tiny, glossy, worm-like colubrid of the eastern United States that spends nearly all its life burrowed underground in loose soil and leaf litter.
Trinket Snake
A slender, boldly patterned non-venomous snake often mistaken for venomous species due to its defensive display.
Rat Snake
A large, fast-moving, non-venomous snake widespread across South and Southeast Asia, valued for controlling rodent populations.
Green Bush Snake
A slender, bright green, non-venomous African tree snake frequently seen in gardens and hedges, harmless to humans.
Persian Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid found across Iran and neighboring regions, typically marked with a subtle striped pattern and a pale yellowish underside.
Northern Water Snake
A heavy-bodied, aquatic colubrid often mistaken for a venomous cottonmouth, common around lakes, ponds, and rivers.
Eastern Brown Snake
A fast, alert, and highly venomous Australian elapid considered one of the most medically significant snakes on the continent.
Parrot Snake
A slender, bright green, diurnal tree snake with large eyes, common throughout Neotropical forests.
Calico Snake
A common name for the tricolor Neotropical snake also called the false coral snake, prized for its striking patchwork of red, black, and cream bands.
Marsh Snake
A moderately common small elapid of moist eastern Australian habitats, often found near water and marshy ground.
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.
Yellow Rat Snake
A striking striped rat snake variant found in the Deep South, typically yellow or olive with four dark longitudinal stripes.
Eastern Coral Snake
A slender, brightly banded elapid of the southeastern United States, famous for its red-yellow-black ring pattern and the mnemonic rhyme used to distinguish it from harmless mimics.
Everglades Rat Snake
An orange to reddish rat snake variant native to South Florida's Everglades, prized for its vivid coloration among rat snake forms.
Indian Smooth Snake
A small, secretive, non-venomous colubrid found across drier parts of India, rarely encountered due to its fossorial habits.
Egg-Eating Snake
A remarkable colubrid with a highly specialized diet consisting entirely of bird eggs, swallowed whole and crushed internally.
Lined Snake
A small, garter snake-like colubrid of the central United States, identified by a double row of dark half-moon belly markings.
Striped Harlequin Snake
A small, striped southern African elapid closely related to the spotted harlequin snake, distinguished by longitudinal stripes rather than spots.
Grass Snake
A common, harmless European snake closely tied to wetlands and known for its distinctive yellow neck collar and bluffing defensive display.
Indian Egg-eating Snake
A rare, highly specialized colubrid from India adapted almost exclusively to eating bird eggs.
Brown Snake DeKay's
A small, common brownish colubrid found in gardens, parks, and woodlands across eastern North America.