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.
Sonoran Coral Snake
A small, brightly banded desert coral snake found in Arizona and northwestern Mexico, distinguished by its blunt black snout.
Zebra Spitting Cobra
A boldly banded spitting cobra of the arid southwestern African coast, named for its striking black-and-cream crossbanded pattern.
Milk Snake
A boldly banded, harmless colubrid known for mimicking the warning colors of venomous coral snakes across much of its range.
Persian Gulf Sea Snake
A moderately sized, banded sea snake commonly found in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf and surrounding Arabian Sea coastlines.
Black Milk Snake
A milk snake subspecies notable for becoming almost entirely glossy black as it matures, losing its juvenile banded pattern.
California Kingsnake
A highly adaptable and widely distributed kingsnake known for its bold banded or striped patterns and resistance to pit viper venom.
Coral Pipe Snake
A brightly banded red-and-black burrowing snake from the Amazon, mimicking venomous coral snakes despite being harmless.
Sonoran Shovel-Nosed Snake
A brightly banded desert snake closely resembling the Western Shovel-Nosed Snake, restricted to rocky Sonoran Desert foothills.
Tropical Milk Snake
A brightly banded red, black, and yellow milk snake from Mexico and Central America that mimics venomous coral snakes.
Cape Coral Snake
A small, brightly banded burrowing elapid of arid southern Africa, known for its bold red-and-black or coral pattern.
Black-headed Coral Snake
One of the most widespread and frequently recorded coral snakes of Central America, with a solid black head and tricolor banded body.
Copperhead Rattlesnake
Despite the informal name, a rattle-less pit viper with a distinctive coppery, hourglass-banded pattern found across the eastern US.
Red-Tailed Pipe Snake
A widespread Southeast Asian burrowing snake with a glossy black body and a vividly banded red-and-black tail used in defensive display.
Mexican Milk Snake
A tricolor banded milk snake native to northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, harmless despite its coral snake-like appearance.
Variable Sand Snake
A small burrowing desert snake closely related to the banded sand snake, showing variable banding intensity across its Sonoran Desert range.
Speckled Coral Snake
A ringed true coral snake of Pacific Panama and Colombia with subtle speckled banding.
Marine File Snake
A small, fully aquatic file snake with banded coloration that lives in coastal marine waters, estuaries, and mangroves across the Indo-Pacific.
Western Shovelnose Snake
A small, boldly banded desert colubrid with a countersunk lower jaw and flattened snout adapted for swimming through loose desert sand.
Southern Shovel-Nosed Snake
A small burrowing elapid from southern and western Australia with a distinctive banded pattern and a shovel-shaped snout for digging through sand.
Fine-Spined Sea Snake
A stout, boldly banded sea snake common in muddy coastal waters and a frequent bycatch species of trawl fisheries across the Indo-Pacific.
Sinaloan Milk Snake
A brightly banded, non-venomous milk snake from western Mexico, known for its vivid red, black, and white/yellow tricolor rings.
Congo Water Cobra
A slender, semi-aquatic cobra of the central Congo River system, closely related to the banded water cobra but generally smaller and less boldly patterned.
Guatemalan Milk Snake
A vividly banded milk snake subspecies from southern Mexico and Guatemala, known for its bold red, black, and yellow tricolor pattern.
Ground Snake Sonoran
A small, highly variable colubrid of the arid American Southwest, ranging from plain to boldly banded in color pattern across its range.