Snake Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ snakes from around the world — with family, range, size, habitat, and how to tell similar species apart.
Sea Krait
A banded, amphibious sea snake that comes ashore to rest, digest, and lay eggs, unlike most fully marine sea snakes.
Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait
A boldly banded, air-breathing sea krait of Indo-Pacific coral reefs and coastlines.
Brown-Lipped Sea Krait
A widely distributed, boldly banded sea krait recognized by its dark upper lip, common on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific and known for amphibious habits.
Blue-Lipped Sea Krait
A banded, amphibious sea krait that hunts in coral reefs but returns to land to rest, digest, and lay eggs.
Banded Sea Krait
A distinctive black-and-pale banded sea snake that comes ashore to rest, digest, and lay eggs, unlike fully aquatic sea snakes.
Erabu Sea Krait
A banded amphibious sea krait from Japan's Ryukyu Islands, known for coming ashore to digest food, rest, and lay eggs, and long featured in local island culture.
Crocker's Sea Krait
A remarkable sea krait endemic to a single landlocked lake in the Solomon Islands, unique among sea kraits for living entirely in brackish water.
Banded Krait
A large, boldly banded krait of South and Southeast Asia, easily recognized by alternating black and yellow rings and a distinctive triangular cross-section.
Many-Banded Krait
A slender, black-and-white banded krait of East and Southeast Asia, well known in the herpetological literature.
Yellow Sea Snake
One of the largest sea snakes, known for its bright yellow to olive coloration and slender, elongate body found across the Indian Ocean.
Chinese Sea Snake
One of the larger and more widely distributed true sea snakes, recognizable by its bold black and yellow-green banding, ranging across coastal Asian waters.
Blue Krait
A nocturnal krait, slow-moving by day and active after dark.
Malayan Krait
A slender, black-and-white banded krait of Southeast Asia, closely resembling the many-banded krait.
Wall's Krait
A banded krait of the Gangetic plains, named after herpetologist Frank Wall, closely resembling the Common Krait.
Burmese Krait
A black-and-white banded krait of Myanmar and adjacent southern China, closely related to the Many-banded Krait.
Andaman Krait
An island-endemic krait found only in the Andaman archipelago, banded in black and white.
Blossom Krait
A small, krait-like colubrid whose banded pattern often causes it to be mistaken for a krait.
Red River Krait
A recently described krait from the Red River basin of northern Vietnam and southern China, banded black and white.
Greater Black Krait
A large, uniformly dark krait of the eastern Himalayan foothills and adjacent lowlands, lacking the strong banding seen in many of its relatives.
Black-Banded Sea Snake
A slender sea snake marked with bold black bands along a pale body, found in muddy coastal waters and estuaries throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Dusky Sea Snake
A small, dark-colored sea snake with a restricted range in Western Australian reef waters, of conservation concern due to sharp historical population declines.
Striped Sea Snake
A banded sea snake found in muddy coastal and estuarine waters across the Indo-Pacific, notable for its bold dark crossbands.
Annulated Sea Snake
A widespread, boldly banded sea snake with alternating dark and pale rings, common in shallow coastal and estuarine waters across Asia.
Belcher's Sea Snake
A fully aquatic sea snake, rarely encountered by people.