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.
Levant Viper
A large, robust viper subspecies found across the Levant and Caucasus, closely related to the widespread Blunt-Nosed Viper.
Blunt-Nosed Viper
A large, robust viper found across the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of North Africa, regarded as one of the most medically important vipers in its range.
Levantine Viper
One of the largest and most medically important vipers of the Middle East and Central Asia, capable of delivering a substantial venom dose.
Portuguese Viper
A small viper of the Iberian Peninsula and northwestern Africa, recognizable by a soft nasal appendage similar to its close relatives.
Asp Viper
A moderately stout viper found across western and southern Europe, closely related to the Common Adder and generally considered more dangerous.
Viper Boa
A short, stout ground boa that mimics the appearance of a viper despite being harmless.
Caucasus Viper
A vividly colored, endangered mountain viper endemic to the forested slopes of the Caucasus region.
Fea's Viper
A strikingly patterned, primitive viper of montane forests, considered one of the most ancient living viper lineages.
Mole Viper
A small, cylindrical, burrowing snake with unusual side-swiping fangs, found across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Lataste's Viper
A small viper of the Iberian Peninsula and northwestern Africa, recognized by a small upturned snout scale.
Rhinoceros Viper
A strikingly patterned African viper with distinctive horn-like scales on its snout, known for stunning geometric coloration.
Armenian Viper
A striking, patterned mountain viper of the Armenian highlands, known for its bold blotched coloration and rocky high-altitude habitat.
Russell's Viper
One of Asia's most medically significant vipers, known for its striking chain-like pattern and potent venom.
Sand Viper
One of the smallest vipers in the world, a tiny desert adder famous for its sideways locomotion across the dunes of the Namib.
Milos Viper
A rare, island-endemic viper found only on Milos and a few nearby Cycladic islands in Greece, notable for its restricted range and conservation concern.
Orsini's Viper
A small, secretive meadow-dwelling viper with fragmented populations across Europe, generally regarded as having weak venom of little medical significance to humans.
Darevsky's Viper
A small, high-altitude viper endemic to volcanic highlands at the junction of Georgia, Armenia, and Turkey.
Seoane's Viper
A small viper endemic to the cool, humid northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, closely related to the common European adder.
Eyelash Viper
A small, arboreal pit viper famous for the raised scales above its eyes and its wide range of color morphs.
Palestine Viper
A heavy-bodied viper of the Levant considered the most medically significant venomous snake in its range.
Wagner's Viper
A stocky, brightly patterned mountain viper from the highlands of eastern Anatolia, considered one of the most venomous vipers in its range.
Nikolsky's Viper
A dark-colored viper closely related to the Common Adder, found in forest-steppe habitats of Ukraine and southwestern Russia.
Pit Viper
A diverse group of vipers defined by heat-sensing facial pits, including rattlesnakes, copperheads, and Asian bamboo vipers.
Dinnik's Viper
A small, high-altitude viper endemic to alpine meadows of the Caucasus Mountains, adapted to cold montane conditions.