Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Rim Rock Crowned Snake
A rare, tiny Florida endemic snake with a dark crown-like head cap, restricted to limestone rockland habitat.
Assam Trinket Snake
A regional subspecies of trinket snake from the hill forests of northeastern India, sharing the bold chain-like pattern of its relatives.
Florida Crowned Snake
A tiny, secretive snake endemic to peninsular Florida's sandy scrub habitats, marked by a dark crown-like cap over the head.
Mosaic Sea Snake
A slender, brightly patterned sea snake with a mosaic-like arrangement of dark blotches, found in shallow estuarine and coastal waters of Asia.
Lined Snake
A small, garter snake-like colubrid of the central United States, identified by a double row of dark half-moon belly markings.
Bibron's Blind Snake
A small, worm-like burrowing blind snake widespread across southern and eastern Africa, with vestigial eyes and a smooth, glossy body.
Bockadam
A common brackish-water snake of Asian mangroves and estuaries, feeding mainly on fish and known for its dog-like snout.
Long-Nosed Worm Snake
A small, worm-like blind snake found in the leaf litter and soil of Trinidad and adjacent parts of northern South America.
Leopard Water Snake
A boldly spotted aquatic snake of southern South American wetlands, named for the leopard-like blotches covering its body.
Green Cat Snake
A large, bright green nocturnal tree snake with prominent cat-like vertical pupils, found across South and Southeast Asian forests.
Dwarf Crowned Snake
One of the smallest Australian elapids, a secretive litter-dwelling snake named for the pale crown-like collar behind its head.
Dog-Faced Water Snake
A common, blunt-snouted brackish-water snake of Asian estuaries and mangroves, named for its somewhat dog-like facial profile.
Black File Snake
A small, dark, heavily keeled fossorial snake from East Asian forests, named for the rasp-like texture of its scales.
Western Blind Snake
A small, glossy, worm-like burrowing snake widespread across the deserts of the American Southwest, feeding almost exclusively on ants and termites.
Eastern Montpellier Snake
A large, fast-moving snake known for raising its head cobra-like when threatened, found across the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
Rufous Beaked Snake
A fast-moving, ground-dwelling African snake named for its distinctive upturned, beak-like snout used for burrowing and probing after prey.
Schlegel's Beaked Blind Snake
One of the largest blind snakes in the world, notable for its hardened, beak-like snout used to dig through hard African soils.
Peters's Sea Snake
A distinctive sea snake with raised, spine-like scales on its head, found in shallow coastal waters of northern Australia and Southeast Asia.
Twig Snake
A slender, cryptically colored tree-dwelling snake whose twig-like body and mottled coloring make it nearly invisible among branches.
Slender Coral Snake
A very thin, small-bodied coral snake of the western Amazon, distinguished by its unusually elongated, worm-like proportions and fine banding pattern.
Mexican Alpine Blotched Garter Snake
A high-altitude garter snake from central Mexico's volcanic peaks, marked by a ladder-like blotched pattern rather than clean stripes.
Awl-Headed Snake
A small desert colubrid with a pointed, awl-like snout used for burrowing, closely related to the crowned leaf-nosed snake and adapted to sandy habitats.
European Blind Snake
A small, worm-like burrowing snake with vestigial eyes, found across the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean, spending most of its life hidden underground.
Amethystine Python
One of the longest snakes in the world, this iridescent brown python takes its name from the amethyst-like sheen its scales cast in sunlight.