SnakeDB
109 snake species with venom data, size, range, habitat, and danger assessment. From King Cobras to Ball Pythons.
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King Cobra
The longest venomous snake in the world, reaching 5.5 meters. They can raise one...
Black Mamba
The fastest snake in the world, reaching 20 km/h. Not actually black — they are ...
Inland Taipan
The most venomous snake in the world by LD50 — one bite contains enough venom to...
Reticulated Python
The longest snake in the world, confirmed at 7.67 meters. Excellent swimmers and...
Death Adder
Not actually an adder — they are elapids related to cobras. They use the tip of ...
Saw-scaled Viper
Considered the snake that kills the most people worldwide. Small but extremely a...
Ball Python
The most popular pet snake in the world. Named for their defensive habit of coil...
Corn Snake
One of the best beginner pet snakes — docile, easy to care for, and beautiful. N...
Boidae (10)
Green Anaconda
The heaviest snake in the world at up to 250 kg. Females are much larger than ma...
Boa Constrictor
One of the most well-known snakes. Give birth to live young — up to 64 at once. ...
Emerald Tree Boa
Stunning bright green with white zigzag pattern. Juveniles are born red or orang...
Yellow Anaconda
Smaller cousin of the Green Anaconda but still reaching 4 meters. Golden-yellow ...
Rainbow Boa
Named for the iridescent sheen on their scales that creates rainbow colors in li...
Madagascar Ground Boa
The largest snake in Madagascar. Endemic to the island and found nowhere else on...
Rosy Boa
A small, slow-moving boa of rocky deserts. Its color varies by region, with stri...
Rubber Boa
A small, smooth-scaled boa that looks and feels like rubber. It is one of the mo...
Kenyan Sand Boa
A stout, short-tailed boa that spends most of its time buried in sand. Its eyes ...
Dumerils Boa
A heavy-bodied ground boa of southwestern Madagascar, patterned in browns and gr...
Colubridae (23)
Milk Snake
A classic case of Batesian mimicry — their red, black, and yellow bands mimic th...
Corn Snake
One of the best beginner pet snakes — docile, easy to care for, and beautiful. N...
Western Hognose
Famous for their dramatic death-feigning behavior — they roll onto their back, t...
King Snake
Immune to the venom of rattlesnakes, copperheads, and cottonmouths — they eat th...
Boomslang
Their name means tree snake in Afrikaans. Rear-fanged but extremely venomous — h...
Rat Snake (Eastern)
One of the longest snakes in North America, reaching 2.5 meters. Excellent climb...
Garter Snake (Common)
The most common snake in North America. One of the few snakes that can be active...
Racer (North American)
Among the fastest snakes in North America, capable of 13 km/h. Active hunters th...
Indigo Snake (Eastern)
The longest native snake in North America. Protected as a threatened species. Im...
Water Snake (Northern)
The most common water snake in eastern North America. Often mistaken for the ven...
Hognose Snake (Eastern)
Famous for the most elaborate bluff display of any snake. They flatten their nec...
Smooth Snake
One of only three native snakes in Britain. Named for their smooth dorsal scales...
Mangrove Snake
A large, glossy black snake with narrow yellow bands, also called the gold-ringe...
Brown Tree Snake
One of the most destructive invasive species ever recorded. Probably arriving on...
Paradise Flying Snake
One of the few snakes that can glide through the air. It launches from a branch,...
Gopher Snake
A large, harmless constrictor found from southern Canada to Mexico. When threate...
Coachwhip
A long, slender, fast-moving snake whose tail scales look like a braided leather...
Grass Snake
A common harmless snake of Europe, usually olive green with a yellow and black c...
Aesculapian Snake
One of the largest snakes in Europe, named after Asclepius, the Greek god of med...
Rough Green Snake
A slender, bright green snake that lives in shrubs and vines, where it is almost...
California Kingsnake
A kingsnake of the western US famous for eating other snakes, including rattlesn...
Mud Snake
A glossy black snake with a bright red and black checkered belly, rarely seen be...
Japanese Rat Snake
The largest snake on the main islands of Japan, called aodaisho in Japanese. Oft...
Elapidae (31)
King Cobra
The longest venomous snake in the world, reaching 5.5 meters. They can raise one...
Black Mamba
The fastest snake in the world, reaching 20 km/h. Not actually black — they are ...
Inland Taipan
The most venomous snake in the world by LD50 — one bite contains enough venom to...
Coral Snake
Red touches yellow, kill a fellow — the famous rhyme to distinguish them from ha...
Cape Cobra
One of the most dangerous African cobras due to their willingness to enter human...
Tiger Snake
Among the most venomous snakes in Australia (which is saying something). Their v...
Death Adder
Not actually an adder — they are elapids related to cobras. They use the tip of ...
Indian Cobra
The snake most associated with snake charming (now banned in India). Their hood ...
Australian Brown Snake
The second most venomous land snake in the world. Responsible for more deaths in...
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
One of the most widely distributed reptiles, found across the tropical Pacific a...
Coastal Taipan
The third most venomous snake in the world and more dangerous than the Inland Ta...
Black-necked Spitting Cobra
Can accurately spray venom at eyes from 3 meters. The venom causes intense pain ...
Mamba (Green)
Arboreal and bright green, unlike their cousin the Black Mamba. They are shy and...
Krait (Common)
Among the most venomous snakes in Asia. Primarily nocturnal — they are docile du...
Sea Krait (Banded)
Semi-aquatic — they hunt in the ocean but return to land to digest, mate, and la...
Mulga Snake (King Brown)
Not actually a brown snake — they are a member of the black snake genus. The sec...
Taipan (Central Ranges)
Discovered only in 2007 — one of the most recently described taipan species. The...
Many-banded Krait
The species that most likely bit and killed the American herpetologist Joe Slowi...
Red-bellied Black Snake
One of the most commonly encountered venomous snakes in urban Australia. Despite...
Egyptian Cobra
One of the largest cobras in Africa, with a broad hood and potent neurotoxic ven...
Monocled Cobra
Named for the single O-shaped marking on the back of its hood, unlike the specta...
Chinese Cobra
A common cobra of southern China and Taiwan, often found around rice fields and ...
Forest Cobra
The largest true cobra, reaching about 3 m. It is an agile climber and a strong ...
Mozambique Spitting Cobra
One of the most dangerous snakes in Africa, able to spit venom accurately at the...
Philippine Cobra
Found on Luzon, Mindoro, and nearby islands of the northern Philippines. Conside...
Rinkhals
A cobra-like snake of southern African grasslands whose name means ring neck in ...
Banded Krait
A striking krait with bold black and yellow bands and a triangular body in cross...
Malayan Krait
A nocturnal krait banded in black and white, found from Thailand to Indonesia. I...
Dugite
A brown snake of southwestern Western Australia, common even in the suburbs of P...
Olive Sea Snake
A large sea snake of coral reefs off northern Australia and New Guinea. It is of...
Blue Malayan Coral Snake
A vivid snake with a dark blue body and bright red head and tail. Its venom glan...
Homalopsidae (1)
Leptotyphlopidae (1)
Pythonidae (10)
Reticulated Python
The longest snake in the world, confirmed at 7.67 meters. Excellent swimmers and...
Ball Python
The most popular pet snake in the world. Named for their defensive habit of coil...
Burmese Python
One of the largest snakes, commonly reaching 5 meters. Have become a devastating...
Green Tree Python
A classic example of convergent evolution with the Emerald Tree Boa — they look ...
Amethystine Python
Also called the scrub python — the largest snake in Australia and New Guinea, re...
African Rock Python
The largest snake in Africa, reaching 6 meters. Have been documented eating smal...
Blood Python
Named for their deep red-brown coloring. Short and heavily built — one of the st...
Indian Python
Closely related to the Burmese Python but lighter in build. The species that Kaa...
Carpet Python
A widespread and highly variable python found across much of Australia and New G...
Childrens Python
A small python of northern Australia. Its name honors John George Children, a cu...
Typhlopidae (1)
Viperidae (31)
Eastern Diamondback
The largest rattlesnake and heaviest venomous snake in the Americas. Their rattl...
Sidewinder
Named for their unique sideways locomotion, leaving J-shaped tracks in sand. Thi...
Russells Viper
Responsible for more human deaths than almost any other snake in Asia. Their ven...
Saw-scaled Viper
Considered the snake that kills the most people worldwide. Small but extremely a...
Gaboon Viper
Have the longest fangs of any snake — up to 5 cm. Also deliver the largest volum...
Copperhead
The most common venomous snake bite in the US, but rarely fatal. Their copper-co...
Cottonmouth
Named for their bright white mouth, displayed as a threat. Also called water moc...
Timber Rattlesnake
The only rattlesnake found in most of the northeastern US. They gather in large ...
European Adder
The only venomous snake native to Britain. Their zigzag dorsal pattern is distin...
Puff Adder
Responsible for the most snakebites in Africa. They rely on camouflage and will ...
Bushmaster
The longest viper in the world at up to 3 meters. Very reclusive and rarely enco...
Malayan Pit Viper
Responsible for a significant number of snakebites in Southeast Asia. They lie m...
Temple Viper
Named after the Temple of the Azure Cloud in Penang, Malaysia, where large popul...
Rhinoceros Viper
One of the most spectacularly patterned snakes, with geometric shapes in blue, r...
Waglers Pit Viper
One of the most photogenic snakes with bright green coloring and triangular head...
Fer-de-lance
The most dangerous snake in Central and South America, responsible for more deat...
Jararaca
The snake whose venom led to the development of ACE inhibitor drugs (captopril),...
Mojave Rattlesnake
A rattlesnake of the deserts of the southwestern US and central Mexico, often wi...
Western Diamondback
A large, heavy-bodied rattlesnake with bold black and white bands on the tail, g...
Prairie Rattlesnake
The common rattlesnake of the Great Plains, ranging from southern Canada to nort...
Eastern Massasauga
A small, shy rattlesnake of wet prairies and marshes around the Great Lakes. Its...
Pygmy Rattlesnake
One of the smallest rattlesnakes. Its tiny rattle produces a thin buzz that soun...
Saharan Horned Viper
A desert viper famous for the pointed horn above each eye, though some individua...
Nose-horned Viper
Named for the soft, scaly horn on the tip of its snout. Often considered the mos...
Eyelash Viper
A small arboreal pit viper named for the modified scales above its eyes that loo...
South American Rattlesnake
The most widespread rattlesnake in South America, found in dry, open habitats bu...
Golden Lancehead
Found only on Ilha da Queimada Grande, a small island off the coast of Sao Paulo...
Hundred-pace Viper
A stout pit viper with a sharply upturned snout. Its name comes from the legend ...
Variable Bush Viper
A tree-dwelling viper of African rainforests whose color varies from green to ol...
Hairy Bush Viper
Famous for its extremely keeled, bristly scales, which give it a hairy or feathe...
Hump-nosed Viper
A small pit viper with an upturned, humped snout. Once thought to be harmless, i...