Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Common Egg-eater
A remarkable African colubrid that feeds exclusively on bird eggs, using specialized vertebral spines in its throat to crack shells after swallowing them whole.
Southern Brown Egg-eater
A plain brown egg-specialist snake widespread in southern Africa, capable of swallowing bird eggs whole despite its small head.
Common Egg-Eating Snake
A slender African colubrid famed for a diet consisting almost entirely of bird eggs, which it swallows whole and crushes internally.
Egg-Eating Snake
A remarkable colubrid with a highly specialized diet consisting entirely of bird eggs, swallowed whole and crushed internally.
Rhombic Egg-eater
A patterned southern African egg-eating snake, closely related to (and often considered the same species complex as) the common egg-eater, marked by bold diamond-shaped dorsal blotches.
Montane Egg-eater
A small African snake specialized entirely for eating bird eggs, found in highland and montane habitats of East and Central Africa.
West African Egg-eater
An egg-specialist snake from West and Central African forests, notable for its ability to swallow eggs many times the width of its head.
Common Slug-eater
A small African colubrid that feeds exclusively on slugs and snails.
Neotropical Snail-eater
An alternate common name for the widespread snail-specialist snake found across humid Neotropical forests, known for its slender build and molluscivorous diet.
Indian Egg-eating Snake
A rare, highly specialized colubrid from India adapted almost exclusively to eating bird eggs.
Variegated Slug-eater
A small, patterned relative of the Common Slug-eater, restricted to parts of southern Africa.
Common Kukri Snake
A small banded colubrid named for its curved, kukri-knife-shaped rear teeth used to slit open reptile eggs.
Common Krait
A nocturnal elapid of South Asia, glossy blue-black with faint white crossbands.
Common Lancehead
The most widespread lancehead of the Amazon Basin, found across tropical South America.
Common Adder
A small, widespread viper found across Europe and into northern Asia, notable for having the largest geographic range of any land snake species.
Common Bronzeback
A slender, fast-moving, day-active tree snake with a bronze-toned back, common across gardens and forest edges of the Indian subcontinent.
Common Garter Snake
One of the most widespread and familiar snakes in North America, known for its longitudinal stripes and highly variable coloration.
Common Sand Boa
A short, stout, patterned burrowing boa common across dry and semi-arid regions of the Indian subcontinent.
Common Bridal Snake
A small, slender nocturnal colubrid from South Asia with a delicate banded pattern.
Common Wolf Snake
A slender, nocturnal Asian colubrid with banding similar to that of kraits.
Common Cat Snake
A slender, patterned nocturnal snake found across the Indian subcontinent, often mistaken for a young viper due to its triangular head and vertical pupils.
Common Death Adder
A short, thick-bodied ambush-predator elapid that mimics a viper in body shape and hunting style, using a worm-like tail lure to attract prey.
Common Vine Snake
A slender, twig-mimicking African tree snake with exceptional camouflage and keyhole-shaped pupils.
Common Mole Snake
A large, powerfully built African snake specialized for hunting burrowing rodents, common across a wide range of southern African habitats.