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.
Rinkhals
A distinctive southern African elapid, related to but taxonomically separate from true cobras, known for spitting venom, feigning death, and giving birth to live young.
Orsini's Viper
A small, secretive meadow-dwelling viper with fragmented populations across Europe, generally regarded as having weak venom of little medical significance to humans.
Common Mock Viper
A small, viper-mimicking colubrid from Asian forests known for its stout body and viper-like defensive posture.
Island Lancehead
A rare, small island-endemic pit viper found only on Alcatrazes Island off the coast of Brazil, closely related to the Golden Lancehead.
Persian Krait
The westernmost of the krait species, found in the arid Balochistan region spanning Iran and Pakistan, and dangerously venomous like its relatives.
Nikolsky's Viper
A dark-colored viper closely related to the Common Adder, found in forest-steppe habitats of Ukraine and southwestern Russia.
Western Green Mamba
A vivid green, arboreal mamba of West African forests, closely related to the eastern green mamba but geographically separated by the continent's dry central belt.
Steppe Viper
A small, grassland-dwelling viper of the Eurasian steppe, closely related to the common European Adder.
Bahamian Boa
A West Indian boa endemic to islands of the northern Bahamas.
Speckled Shield Cobra
A dangerously venomous cobra of Central Asian deserts and semi-arid regions, distinguished by its plain, faintly speckled scales.
Ottoman Viper
A large, heavy-bodied mountain viper of Anatolia and the Aegean region considered one of the more dangerous vipers of the Near East.
Persian Horned Viper
A desert viper of the Middle East with prominent hornlike scales above the eyes, occupying rocky and sandy terrain.
Sind Krait
A highly venomous krait of the Indus Valley region, closely related to the Common Krait and possessing similarly potent neurotoxic venom.
Nicobar Pit Viper
A green pit viper endemic to the Nicobar Islands, closely related to the Andaman pit viper.
Ussuri Mamushi
A small, cold-tolerant pit viper of the Russian Far East and northeastern Asia.
Mona Boa
A small West Indian boa endemic to Mona Island and nearby islands in the Puerto Rican bank.
Speckle-bellied Keelback
A small keelback of Southeast Asia named for the fine dark speckling on its underside.
Ruby-Eyed Green Pit Viper
A green pit viper of southern Indochina known for its distinctive ruby-red eyes.
Sakishima Habu
A medium-sized venomous pit viper endemic to the Sakishima Islands of southern Japan.
Yunnan Pit Viper
A green pit viper native to Yunnan Province in southern China and adjacent regions.
Elegant Pit Viper
A slender, boldly patterned island pit viper from the Ryukyu archipelago of Japan.
Savu Python
A little-studied island endemic python restricted to the tiny Indonesian island of Savu.
McMahon's Viper
A stout, sand-dwelling true viper with an upturned snout adapted for burrowing in loose desert dunes.
Tartar Sand Boa
A stout, burrowing boa of Central Asian deserts and steppe, adapted for a fossorial lifestyle with a blunt tail and small eyes.