Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Berg Adder
A small mountain-dwelling viper of southern Africa.
Terciopelo
A large pit viper found across Central America.
Brazilian Lancehead
A medium to large lancehead pit viper of central Brazil's savanna.
Southern Bark Snake
A small, viper-mimicking African colubrid with a zigzag dorsal pattern.
Puff Adder
A widespread, thick-bodied African viper, largely camouflaged and abundant.
Common Puff Adder
A widespread and heavy-bodied African viper, abundant and well camouflaged.
Sakishima Habu
A medium-sized pit viper endemic to the Sakishima Islands of southern Japan.
Southern Copperhead
A common, well-camouflaged pit viper of southern woodlands with a cryptic pattern.
Fer-de-lance
A large, fast-moving pit viper found across much of Central America.
Tokara Habu
A small island endemic pit viper restricted to Japan's Tokara island chain.
Jararacussu
One of the largest South American lanceheads, a heavy-bodied forest pit viper.
Rhombic Night Adder
A widespread African viper named for the diamond-shaped blotches along its back.
Central American Bushmaster
One of the largest snakes in the Americas, a massive, reclusive pit viper of Central American rainforests.
Kingsnake
A glossy constrictor famous for preying on other snakes, including pit vipers.
Florida Cottonmouth
A large, semi-aquatic pit viper of Florida wetlands, often confused with water snakes.
Death Adder
A short, ambush-hunting elapid that resembles a viper in shape and behavior despite belonging to the cobra family.
Mexican Cantil
A dark, bold-patterned pit viper of Mexican tropical lowlands, closely related to the cottonmouth and copperhead.
Taylor's Cantil
A distinctively patterned pit viper of northeastern Mexico, notable for its bright orange facial stripes.
Red Adder
A recently described small viper with reddish coloration, endemic to mountain ranges of South Africa's Cape region.
Western Rattlesnake
A widespread pit viper of the western United States and Canada, recognized by its dark blotches and rattling tail.
Smooth Snake
A secretive, smooth-scaled European colubrid often mistaken for a viper, notable for constricting prey including other reptiles.
Plain Mountain Adder
A subtly patterned, rarely seen small viper endemic to high-altitude grasslands of South Africa's Eastern Cape.
Northern Cottonmouth
A stout, semi-aquatic pit viper of southeastern wetlands, named for the white lining of its mouth displayed as a threat.
Rough-Scaled Sand Boa
A stout, blunt-tailed burrowing boa from South Asia with a bold, blotched pattern often mistaken for a viper.