Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Golden Tree Snake
A slender, arboreal colubrid of South and Southeast Asia known for its ability to glide between trees, marked with black speckling over a golden-green body.
Indian Flying Snake
A slender, golden-patterned tree snake famous for its ability to glide between trees by flattening its body into a concave shape.
Golden-Crowned Snake
A secretive nocturnal elapid with a golden crown-like marking on the head, found in eastern Australian forests and gardens.
Marbled Tree Snake
A small, nocturnal African tree snake with a mottled, marbled body pattern that provides effective camouflage among foliage.
Kirtland's Tree Snake
A slender, uniformly colored nocturnal African tree snake found in rainforest habitats, closely related to other Dipsadoboa tree snakes.
Blanding's Tree Snake
A slender, nocturnal arboreal snake from African rainforests with large eyes adapted for night vision.
Plain Tree Snake
A fast-moving, slender brown colubrid found in the forests of Central America and northwestern South America.
Powdered Tree Snake
A slender, nocturnal African tree snake with a finely speckled, powdery-looking pattern and large eyes suited to night vision.
Blunt-headed Tree Snake
An extremely slender, big-eyed nocturnal tree snake with a distinctive blunt, wide head and thread-like neck.
Twin-barred Tree Snake
A small relative of the flying snakes, marked with paired dark bars along a reddish or orange body, native to Southeast Asian forests.
Flying Snake
A slender tree-dwelling colubrid capable of gliding between trees by flattening its body into a concave, wing-like shape.
Emerald Snake
A vividly emerald-green African forest snake known for its keeled scales and glossy iridescence.
Paradise Flying Snake
A slender, brilliantly patterned colubrid famed for its ability to glide from tree to tree, marked with black scales speckled in green, yellow, and red.
Battersby's Green Snake
A little-known, slender green colubrid from Central and East African forests, closely related to other bush snakes.
Parrot Snake
A slender, bright green, diurnal tree snake with large eyes, common throughout Neotropical forests.
Twig Snake
A slender, cryptically colored tree-dwelling snake whose twig-like body and mottled coloring make it nearly invisible among branches.
Bark Snake
A small, cryptically colored African colubrid that lives on tree bark and rock surfaces.
Common Vine Snake
A slender, twig-mimicking African tree snake with exceptional camouflage and keyhole-shaped pupils.
Angola Green Snake
A slender, bright green tree snake widespread across savanna and woodland of central and southern Africa.
Stephens' Banded Snake
A boldly banded, tree-dwelling elapid found in coastal forests of eastern Australia.
Spotted Bush Snake
A slender, bright green African tree snake marked with small dark speckles, commonly seen climbing through shrubs and buildings in search of frogs and lizards.
Green Bush Snake
A slender, bright green African tree snake frequently seen in gardens and hedges.
Mexican Parrot Snake
A slender green tree snake closely related to the parrot snake, found in Mexican and Central American forests.
Green Cat Snake
A large, bright green nocturnal tree snake with prominent cat-like vertical pupils, found across South and Southeast Asian forests.