Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Katuali
A banded sea krait found only around the island of Niue in the South Pacific, known locally as the katuali.
Scarce Wolf Snake
A rarely encountered, small banded wolf snake known from limited localities in the Himalayan foothill region.
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
One of the most widespread and commonly encountered rattlesnakes of the American Southwest, known for its bold tail rings.
Tamaulipan Montane Garter Snake
A rare, range-restricted garter snake known only from a small mountainous area of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Common Garter Snake
One of the most widespread and familiar snakes in North America, known for its longitudinal stripes and highly variable coloration.
Neckband Snake
A small, slender colubrid known for a banded pattern that abruptly changes partway down the body, and a tail that can detach.
Malayan Pit Viper
A medium-sized, heavy-bodied pit viper of Southeast Asia known for its distinctive triangular head markings.
Bornean Keeled Green Pit Viper
A strikingly patterned pit viper of Southeast Asian rainforests, closely related to the well-known Wagler's pit viper.
Rhinoceros Viper
A strikingly patterned African viper with distinctive horn-like scales on its snout, known for stunning geometric coloration.
Broad-banded Coral Snake
A widespread Central American coral snake known for its notably broad black bands compared to many relatives.
Espirito Santo Rainbow Boa
A regional form of Brazilian rainbow boa from eastern Brazil known for its iridescent sheen and vivid patterning.
Grey Whipsnake
A slender, grey-toned whipsnake of Australia's tropical north, active by day and known for its speed and sharp vision.
Olive Whipsnake
A slender, olive-brown to greenish diurnal snake of Neotropical forests known for its speed and agility in fleeing threats.
Dwarf Beaked Snake
A tiny, patterned nocturnal snake of arid southern Africa, known for its spotted body and slightly upturned snout.
Balkan Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid common across the Balkans, known for its alert nature and rapid, jerky movements.
Blood Python
A stout python of Southeast Asia known for its short, heavy build and rich reddish or blood-colored patterning.
Red Vine Snake
A slender, laterally compressed arboreal colubrid of the Amazon known for its striking red, black, and yellow banded pattern.
Sind Saw-Scaled Viper
A small desert viper known for producing a distinctive rasping warning sound by rubbing its serrated scales together.
Grass Snake
A common European snake closely tied to wetlands and known for its distinctive yellow neck collar and bluffing display.
Hooded Malpolon
A large, fast snake of the western Mediterranean known for its hood-like display, closely related to the Eastern Montpellier snake.
Eastern Copperhead
A copper-colored pit viper common across the eastern and central United States, known for its hourglass-shaped bands.
Kenyan Horned Bush Viper
A little-known arboreal bush viper of Cameroon, distinguished by its enlarged subocular scales and rough, keeled body scalation.
Red-Bellied Snake
A tiny woodland colubrid best known for its bright red or orange belly, common across eastern North America.
Bullsnake
A large, powerful North American colubrid known for its loud hissing bluff displays and role as a major rodent predator.