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.
Forest Night Adder
A small, forest-dwelling night adder of Central and West Africa, adapted to a life among leaf litter in dense rainforest.
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.
Dwarf Sand Boa
A small, sandy-colored burrowing boa widespread across Central Asian deserts and steppe, one of the more common sand boas in the region.
Ringed Brown Snake
One of the smallest members of the brown snake genus, distinguished by dark banding around its body, found in arid central and western Australia.
Reddish Whip Snake
A slender, fast-moving colubrid with a reddish-brown, striped pattern, widely distributed across arid regions of the Middle East and Central Asia.
Calabar Burrowing Python
A stout, secretive burrowing snake of West and Central Africa whose blunt tail mimics its head as a defensive strategy against predators.
Gold's Tree Cobra
A large, slender, highly arboreal forest cobra of Central and West Africa, known for its glossy dark coloration and agile climbing ability.
Slender Racer
A slim, fast-moving whip snake found in dry, open habitats from the Balkans through the Middle East to Central Asia.
Northern Eyelash Boa
A small, heavily keeled forest-floor boa from Central and South America named for the spiny scales above its eyes.
Cross-banded Mountain Rattlesnake
A small, rare rattlesnake of central Mexico's high volcanic slopes, distinguished by bold crossbands rather than typical diamond blotches.
Lined Snake
A small, garter snake-like colubrid of the central United States, identified by a double row of dark half-moon belly markings.
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.
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.
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.
Pale Milk Snake
A pale, muted milk snake subspecies from the central Great Plains, with washed-out banding compared to more vividly colored relatives.
Fer-de-lance
A large, fast-moving, and medically significant pit viper responsible for the majority of snakebite incidents across much of its Central American range.
Jameson's Mamba
A green, forest-dwelling mamba of Central and West Africa, distinguished from other green mambas by a dark blue-black tail tip.
Panamanian Dwarf Boa
A small arboreal dwarf boa closely associated with Panama's tropical forests, sharing much of its biology with the Central American Dwarf Boa.
Forest Cobra
The largest true cobra species, a highly venomous elapid of Central and West African forests with a glossy dark body and pale lip markings.
Neotropical Bird Snake
A fast, alert diurnal snake found from Central America to the Amazon, named for its habit of raiding bird nests for eggs and nestlings.
Mexican Burrowing Python
A rare, primitive burrowing snake from Mexico and Central America, the sole member of its own family and a close relative of true pythons.
Battersby's Green Snake
A little-known, slender green colubrid from Central and East African forests, harmless to humans and closely related to other bush snakes.
Clifford's Snake
A robust, boldly blotched diadem snake found in sandy and rocky desert habitats from North Africa across the Middle East into Central and South Asia.
Annulated Tree Boa
A slender, ring-patterned arboreal boa found in Central American and northwestern South American forests, named for the ring-like blotches along its body.