Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Ball Python
A small python native to West and Central Africa, famous for curling into a tight ball.
Giant Garter Snake
California's largest garter snake, an endangered wetland specialist of the Central Valley.
Fer-de-lance
A large, fast-moving pit viper found across much of Central America.
Muller's Snake
A small banded burrowing elapid found in arid regions of western and central Australia.
Satiny Parrot Snake
A slender, iridescent green arboreal snake of Central American rainforests with a glossy, satin-like sheen.
Allen's Coral Snake
A tricolor Central American coral snake found in humid lowland forests near the Caribbean coast.
Blunt-Nosed Viper
A large, robust viper found across the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of North Africa.
Angola Green Snake
A slender, bright green tree snake widespread across savanna and woodland of central and southern Africa.
Cliff Racer
A fast, slender racer adapted to rocky and mountainous terrain across the Middle East and Central Asia.
Graham's Crayfish Snake
A slender, striped aquatic snake of the central U.S. plains and prairies that feeds heavily on crayfish.
Long-tailed Snake
A rare, slender, banded fossorial snake endemic to the sandy scrub habitats of central Florida.
Brown's Coral Snake
A tricolor coral snake of Pacific-slope forests in southern Mexico and northern Central America.
Pueblan Milk Snake
A vividly banded milk snake native to south-central Mexico, known for its bold tricolor pattern.
Bredl's Python
A rich reddish-brown python endemic to the arid ranges of central Australia, closely related to the carpet pythons.
Ruthven's Kingsnake
A strikingly banded highland kingsnake of central Mexico, often patterned in red, black, and cream tricolor rings.
Broad-banded Copperhead
A copperhead species with wide, saddle-shaped crossbands, common in woodlands and rocky habitats of the south-central states.
Broadley's Bush Viper
A small, dark-colored arboreal viper of Central African rainforest, named in honor of herpetologist Donald Broadley.
Calabar Burrowing Python
A stout, secretive burrowing snake of West and Central Africa whose blunt tail mimics its head.
Highland Garter Snake
A cold-tolerant garter snake found at high elevations in central Mexico's mountain grasslands and pine forests.
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
A darkly colored montane rattlesnake of central Arizona known for its ability to darken further with age and altitude.
Plain Tree Snake
A fast-moving, slender brown colubrid found in the forests of Central America and northwestern South America.
Honduran Milk Snake
One of the largest milk snakes, native to Central America and known for its wide, vivid banding.
Rainforest Hognosed Pit Viper
A small, well-camouflaged terrestrial pit viper of Central and South American rainforests, named for its upturned snout.
Two-Colored Snake
A small, slender Central American colubrid named for the sharply contrasting dark upperside and pale underside typical of the genus.