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Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with venomous status, family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell look-alikes apart.

Green Tree Python

Green Tree Python

A vividly green, non-venomous arboreal python of New Guinea and northern Australia, known for its striking resemblance to the emerald tree boa of South America.

Kofiau Green Tree Python

Kofiau Green Tree Python

A rare island locality of the green tree python from Kofiau Island in the Raja Ampat archipelago, notable for a relatively small, isolated population.

Cyclops Green Tree Python

Cyclops Green Tree Python

A locality form of the green tree python from the Cyclops Mountains rainforest reserve near Jayapura in northern Papua.

Merauke Green Tree Python

Merauke Green Tree Python

A southern New Guinea locality form of the green tree python from the savanna-fringed lowlands near Merauke.

Aru Green Tree Python

Aru Green Tree Python

A smaller-bodied island locality of the green tree python from the Aru Islands southwest of New Guinea.

Sorong Green Tree Python

Sorong Green Tree Python

A locality form of the green tree python from the Sorong area of New Guinea's Bird's Head Peninsula, prized for its vivid emerald-green adult coloration.

Biak Green Tree Python

Biak Green Tree Python

An island locality form of the green tree python from Biak Island in Cenderawasih Bay, often noted for bold blue speckling on an emerald-green body.

Wamena Green Tree Python

Wamena Green Tree Python

A high-elevation locality form of the green tree python from the Baliem Valley highlands near Wamena, one of the highest-altitude populations of the species.

Manokwari Green Tree Python

Manokwari Green Tree Python

A locality form of the green tree python from the Manokwari area on the northern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula.

Yapen Green Tree Python

Yapen Green Tree Python

An island locality of the green tree python from Yapen Island in Cenderawasih Bay off the northern coast of New Guinea.

Jayapura Green Tree Python

Jayapura Green Tree Python

A northern New Guinea locality of the green tree python from the coastal hills around Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua.

Chinese Green Tree Viper

Chinese Green Tree Viper

A slender, arboreal green pit viper common across southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam, frequently encountered in forests and cultivated areas.

Golden Tree Snake

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.

Madagascar Tree Boa

Madagascar Tree Boa

An arboreal, heavy-bodied boa endemic to Madagascar, known for its variable green, brown, or reddish coloration and strong prehensile tail.

Emerald Tree Boa

Emerald Tree Boa

A vivid green, arboreal boa of the Amazon rainforest, prized for its striking coloration and specialized ambush-hunting posture.

Battersby's Green Snake

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.

Northern Emerald Tree Boa

Northern Emerald Tree Boa

A vividly green arboreal boa of the northern Amazon rainforest, famous for its bright coloration, prominent white markings, and elongated front teeth adapted for gripping birds and mammals.

Green Bush Snake

Green Bush Snake

A slender, bright green, non-venomous African tree snake frequently seen in gardens and hedges, harmless to humans.

Northern Green Snake

Northern Green Snake

A slender, bright green tree-dwelling colubrid of West and Central Africa, harmless to humans and well camouflaged among foliage.

Green Cat Snake

Green Cat Snake

A large, bright green nocturnal tree snake with prominent cat-like vertical pupils, found across South and Southeast Asian forests.

Angola Green Snake

Angola Green Snake

A slender, bright green tree snake widespread across savanna and woodland of central and southern Africa.

Emerald Snake

Emerald Snake

A vividly emerald-green, non-venomous African forest snake known for its keeled scales and glossy iridescence.

Stejneger's Pit Viper

Stejneger's Pit Viper

A widespread bright green arboreal pit viper common in bamboo forests and shrublands of East and Southeast Asia.

Paradise Flying Snake

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.