100 Species of Snake (Sorted By Family/Subfamily)

Snakes are some of the most colourful and interesting animals on the planet. In total, there are 18 families, over 500 genera and almost 4,000 species of snake including boas, pythons, vipers, elapids, typical snakes and blind snakes. In this guide, we'll explore an array of colourful and interesting snakes including a quick overview of the most common families and the most weird and wonderful species including the elephant trunk snake and the blind snake.
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00:30 Boas (Green anaconda, Emerald tree boa, Javelin sand boa…)
02:19 Dwarf boas (Panamanian dwarf boa)
02:27 Pythons (Burmese python, Green tree python, Black-headed python…)
04:11 Pit vipers (Eyelash pit viper, Beautiful pit viper, Rattlesnakes…)
07:00 True/Pitless vipers (Bush viper, Horned adders, Spider-tailed viper...)
08:39 Elapids & Cobras (King cobra, Red spitting cobra, Rinkhals…)
10:33 Coral snakes (Eastern coral snake, Blue Malaysian coral snake…)
11:52 Sea snakes/kraits (Banded sea krait, Yellow-bellied sea snake…)
13:12 Other Elapids (Black mamba, King brown, Desert death adder…)
16:00 Typical snakes & Natricinae (Garter snake, Water snake…)
18:06 Dipsadinae (Worm snake, Neotropical snail-eater, Giant false viper…)
21:15 Ahaetuliinae (Whipsnake, Flying snake, Beautiful bronzeback…)
23:07 Colubrinae (Mangrove snake, Honduran milk snake…)
24:56 Rat snakes (Japanese rat snake, Rhinoceros rat snake & Corn snake…)
27:31 Remaining Families (Elephant trunk snake & Brahminy blind snake…)
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Largest snakes in the world
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Smallest snakes in the world
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Most venomous snakes
www.everythingreptiles.com/20...
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake/
Dwarf Boas
reptilesmagazine.com/keeping-...
Blue Eyed Leucistic Ball Python
www.everythingreptiles.com/bl...
Butter Ball Python
www.reptilerange.com/butter-b...
Snake infrared detection
www.nature.com/articles/news....
Why do Eyelash Pitvipers have Eyelashes?
nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/ey...
Desert horned viper’s horns
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
Why is the King Cobra genus monotypic?
thefederal.com/features/new-s...
What are the effects of Cytotoxins?
biomedicalsciences.unimelb.ed...
What is a burrowing snake?
thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/...
MacClelland’s Coral Snake
www.thainationalparks.com/spe...
What colour is the Tschudi's False Coral Snake?
reptile-database.reptarium.cz...
www.nature-myview.com/blog/bl...
Clouded snake | Sibon nebulatus
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Texas Rat Snake colouration
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Why do rhinoceros rat snakes have a horn?
nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/rh...
Bombay earth snake
www.mindat.org/taxon-9212284....
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[@dustinnose1145]

Great content, can't wait for the 1000000 Species of Insect video

[@Textbooktravel]

Hahaha! I've been wondering how to break down insects!!

[@cptprice2483]

@@Textbooktravel a video about spiders would be cool

[@TheSpeculativeDoodl]

@@Textbooktravel you could start with smaller groups, and for larger ones you could make multiple parts, albeit shorter than typical videos describing multiple geniuses in alphabetical order

[@DaniMartVtbr]

@@Textbooktravel Break it down by Biome?

[@amandastakeonit7402]

@@cptprice2483 Disagree, but I will just gladly skip it :)

[@ElSueno97]

POV: you’re not afraid of snakes and love seeing snake content and seeing people learn about them. Snakes are so important to the world’s ecosystem they’re like little jewels in the forest/jungle, just like orchids 🥰

[@justinhubbard552]

Nope still scared of them but they are fascinating.

[@moppupaws]

agreed!! i love snakes, they are just so friggin adorable. i honestly don't understand how people find them scary besides a few of them being venomous.

[@mycroftholmes7305]

I'm afraid of snakes. I'm here to learn more about my enemies

[@needfoolthings]

I don't yell for my battle-axe when meeting an orchid.

[@finnanutyo1153]

Do you even know what POV means?

[@keiraconrad425]

i can just tell this channel is going to grow to be very big, i’ve watched a few of your videos now, and im simply in awe of how much effort and research goes into these videos. you truly make some amazing, interesting content and youve earned my subscription!

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you so much, Keira! I'm really glad you enjoy them, it's been a dream of mine for a while to make videos and reading comments like yours really makes me smile!

[@glenngilbert7389]

Nice summary of an enormous group of animals. Some interesting insights into species I'd never heard of

[@Textbooktravel]

Thanks, Glenn, I really enjoyed researching this one, it's such a fascinating group of animals with an extraordinary amount of diversity

[@Mistfall254]

@@Textbooktravel eastern diamond back?

[@djweger144]

@@Textbooktravel I would've loved if you mentioned that the King Cobra is the longest, and heaviest venomous snake

[@joshbarlow9480]

Crazy how hard it is to cover the entire world of snakes in just 30 minutes. Unfortunately didn’t see some of my favorites, but for those who wanna see more cool snakes: Gaboon Viper, Dragon Snake, and Vietnamese Blue Beauty Rat Snake are all incredibly cool

[@matposton87]

Actually the Mojave Rattlesnake (aka: Mojave Green) has a hemotoxic/neurotoxic mixed venom, making it the most potent venom of any Rattlesnake in North America

[@Textbooktravel]

That sounds even scarier! Thank you for the feedback, Matt

[@idfkmantisold]

Some mistakes here and there, but still a great video. I think snakes are some of the most fascinating and misunderstood animals in the world. Hopefully just seeing all these beautiful snakes will make some people more interested and sympathetic towards them.

[@cyprinidae]

Loved the video! Very nice style of presentation. One thing I noticed thought: 2:58, in the Burmese python section, is actually a reticulated python. Conversely, 3:28 in the retic section is a Burmese! This is a pretty common mistake that I see all the time, so it’s not too big a deal. [and also if I am the one in the wrong someone let me know (:]

[@ink4492]

I noticed that as well, also it should be noted that a wide variety of venoms exist within viperidae. Some have cytotoxins, others hemotoxin, some have neurotoxins. There are some that have mixes of these in varying degrees as well. There was also some strangeness in the way he categorized some members of each family. “True boas” “true pythons” it should also be noted that there are a few genus and species of boas that have heat sensory labial pits. Pythons have many more members with labial pits as well. The morph names he chose also were a bit odd when discussing ball pythons but those terms get very confusing very quickly and without really knowing the genes of the snakes in the lineage it can be an absolute labor to figure out what mutations are at play. A lot of reptiles buzz or shake their tails when excited, or nervous. Pituophis snakes use it as a way to mimic rattle snakes which buzz when warning predators and potential threats to back away. Other snakes do this as well as an early warning system to other animals that they will bite or fight back. There were a few errors throughout the video however i do appreciate that he came at it from an educational angle and not one of fear and totally incorrect information. I can see how many people it had a positive effect on people so I don’t think it would be completely necessary to peck at them a nice video thats good for anyone interested in learning a bit more about snakes in general and get some pretty basic starter info

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you for pointing that out, Andy!

[@SilverQueen848]

Also when talking about boas in the begging there was a reticulated python pic 0:36

[@melfree2545]

Just found your video on bears, then watched the one on wolves. Now I’m thoroughly enjoying the snake content! Liked and subscribed! Can’t wait to see your channel grow. This is fantastic stuff.

[@BullShitThat]

Also found the one on bears first; I've now watched all of his videos in the past 2days... very informative! Easy sub

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you, Mel!

[@gauchesymbiote1039]

I just did the exact same thing. Bears, wolves, then snakes.

[@murkle1994]

Bears, cats, and now snakes for me!

[@jbecker8874]

Mustelid, cat, wolf reporting in

[@Aidanjacksonkightly_reptiles]

Really appreciate how you didn't put scary music in the background and talk about how 'SCARY' and 'DEADLY' and 'AGGRESSIVE' they are, just highlighted their beauty and some basic facts. Great video!

[@meaganfarr2]

I'm really excited to see what else you upload in the future. You have just enough information alongside good pacing that makes everything easy to process. I look forward to seeing your channel grow!

[@glargle]

I have been obsessed with your videos for the past week as they are the only youtube videos that I can really watch without being bored. I love learning about animals and nature and such but I don't think I've ever come across a channel that makes videos like this with nearly as much effort put into them. The editing, information, visuals, clear voice and lack of obnoxious background music really makes these videos great and unlike others of this genre. I cannot wait for more videos and for your channel to grow.

[@MrsGlynn07]

Well written, well narrated, and beautiful visuals. I’m loving this channel!

[@callemike5684]

Im actually waiting for the Dragon Snake (Xenodermus) under the Xenodormidae Family because it's one of the most cool looking snake i know! Also, Cornsnakes are mostly Red, Orange, Yellows and Black. White coloration (even in the Saddles) are uncommon in the wild. Overall, A great job for this Video!

[@nicklashansen5874]

I know what you mean but a wild type Cornsnake is often roughly 25% white because there belly scales is 50/50 white and black. :P

[@TheSpeculativeDoodl]

Dragon snakes remind me of earless monitors because both look like wyrms and longs respectively

[@rachelj9106]

I've absolutely adore these videos and have been falling asleep to them. It makes the nicest dreams. I'm glad I found this channel so early on, can't wait to see it grow!

[@ik1997]

Your content is so good and interesting... This channel is underrated!

[@tylerperrin2685]

Love the work you put into your content man keep it up

[@Sun-God2]

this channel is amazing! should have more subscribers!

[@raventhompson4266]

the coral snake pictured at 10:34 is actually a milk snake! just goes to prove how effective their mimicry is.

[@hananani3518]

Excellent content. I personally think the vipers family are the most beautiful and photogenic snakes on our planet. Keep up the good work.

[@oosgarragsoo3675]

14:13 it's not the second most poisonous but the second most venomous. Poisonous and venomous aren't synonyms. Venomous references to an activ toxin (like snakes) and poisonous to a passiv toxin (like frogs).

[@theogrhino1144]

Well actually there are poisonous snakes such as the tiger keeled back

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

sure, i think this is a mistake in the script. im pretty sure he knows. and like rhino said. snakes van possibly be both

[@Rryan8065]

@@theflyingdutchguy9870 not really, only about 3 snakes are poisonous. All of which are keelbacks

[@zebedeemadness2672]

@@theogrhino1144 It's not really are poisonous, but like the Arrow frogs, they can be poisonous (but Tiger keeled snakes are still venomous), but the poisonous part depents on if they have access to the toxic amphibians they eat. So they are born with venom, but can inherent poison.

[@theogrhino1144]

@@zebedeemadness2672 “a substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed.” (Oxford language) they are poisonous and yes they also are rear-fanged venomous

[@indyreno2933]

There are four major groups of snakes Henophidia (Boas, Pythons, and Relatives), Scolecophidia (Threadsnakes and Blindsnakes), Mesophidia (Colubrids and Relatives), and Toxicophidia (Elapids, Vipers, and Relatives).

[@knight666mare]

I really love this series, thanks.

[@angelabrown6598]

What a thorough and stunningly beautiful video. 😍🐍

[@marianatorres2518]

I love the angry looking faces of vipers. ❤️

[@TheSpeculativeDoodl]

This is amazing content and summarizes snake specialties pretty well, the only problems I see are the mixups about poison and venom and the fact that the term wester hog nose was used, if I’m not mistaken, western hognose has recently been disbanded and split into 4 (I think) separate species, otherwise, I like how you told that you showed some of the lesser known, but unique snakes like spider tailed snakes Tl;dr slightly inaccurate, but great summary of anger noodles

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you for the feedback, William! Love the term "anger noodles" as well!!

[@TheSpeculativeDoodl]

No problem, glad to help, I didn’t wanna seem overly rude. I love this series and you deserve all the support that this series has and more

[@anyascelticcreations]

Wow, what an amazing video! There are some beautiful animals here. I'm curious about so many of them considering I've seen many, both captuve and wild. And many live near me. I also learn a few things. I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Thank you!

[@babba632]

Please keep doing these they're such high quality

[@Subh8081]

Hat's off to your research and your effort in putting then together.

[@chrisoldnall2364]

Absolute mammoth task and well done for tackling it! 1 note The black headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) isnt monotypic, the Woma is also in this family (Aspidites ramsayi)

[@TrevonFoxxx]

Love watching these videos. You put a lot of time in this. David Attenborough would be proud.

[@TheSerpentineFire]

Absolutely amazed by the ammount of information, which are well presented with stunning pictures. A very big effort you have put into this video. Keep up the nice work and thank you for doing this. What about crocodiles caimans alligators and gharials? :)

[@Korvidcore]

This video was AMAZING! Super educational and great for studying! Thanks for helping my future herpetologist self!

[@dorianfarmer3350]

I've foolishly forgotten just how awesome snakes really are.

[@Trixiesongzxoxo]

Absolutely beautiful & marvelous video new subscriber 🙌🏽❤️💫

[@sampagano205]

Also, this is a great resource for herpetology students. I really appreciate the work that went into it.

[@jubi400]

They're all so beautiful. Great close ups. 👍 I can pause and check them out so close and I don't have to worry about being bitten. LOL 😉 I think I'm loving the emerald tree boa. WOW!! Love your uploads. Thanks!

[@snakeluvr1395]

Snakes are my favorite animals! This video made my day! Thank you

[@tonimindnich1296]

Awesome presentation of stunning animals 👌🏼

[@ErikKart]

Just found this channel ,great content ❤

[@nilanjanachatterjee9023]

Excellent video 😊

[@CanHazDeezHandzBOX]

👍👍 bloody good show old chap!

[@synren2851]

Thank you! Was asked to paint some dragon models and this video is making my mind race! They are all so beautiful! Thank you again! 💕

[@snekydoodle4346]

Just a note! Red tailed Boas and Boa Constrictors are different species :)

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

not sure if you know this but common boa's and redtailboa's are now seen as two different species. but its not crazy you did not mention this sinds its a pretty new change. and taxa and names change all the time so its hard making video's like this because they can get outdated so fast.

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you for adding this!

[@emilemontiere6128]

Excellent informative video showing some excellent species. Somewhat surprised the Boomslang and Twig snakes didn't feature.

[@tailsofpearls]

I wish you would add a family tree graphic like you did in your ungulate video, its really hard to keep tract of how everything relates to each other, but amazing video either way!

[@akielsmile6559]

You have great quality vids

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you, Akiel!

[@eido4889]

Helping me know more about this world thanks bro

[@fallows4life]

i love this channel so much, i would like a video about all the salmonoids (trout,char,salmon etc)

[@dangercat9188]

Such beautiful creatures!

[@brothersinwild4119]

Lovely video ♥️

[@Jay-ehn]

I would love to see a longer video like this on Mustelids or Herpestidae - really any other Carnivora that are on the outskirts of what people think of when I comes to Feliformia and Caniformia :) I look forward to upcoming upload regardless though.

[@Shastasnow]

Such pretty snakes 💖🐍

[@PpAirO5]

Some of my favourite snakes 🐍 Olive sea snake Many horned viper Dessert horned viper Variable bush viper Sunda island pit viper McGregor viper Green mamba Black mamba Inland taipan Eastern brown snake Eastern indigo snake Redtailed rat snake Western rat snake Eastern rat snake The elephant trunk snake (which looks like an Otter) Japanese yamakagashi

[@ButteredWafflezYT]

I love seeing all the species of snakes! I have a corn snake myself and I love him, I enjoy all the snake info when explaining how the snakes live even though I didn't really listen to any of it, I know another species of cobra known as the spectral cobra!

[@amandastakeonit7402]

Spectacled...as in glasses (he showed that one, I thought) but there's also the monocled cobra (if you are talking about the ones with the design on the hoods) there's a lot of cobra species out there, I think he just touched on them.

[@eddieparker945]

I ❤️ your shows as an animal lover myself, these shows are extremely educational 🤓

[@odi-michelle]

Was waiting for Bungarus section, although there‘s only one showed, am quite happy!

[@JustAnotherAsianGuy2]

i like this .... so many kind of snakes .... it's beautiful ..... so many colors .... and snakes that i never knew ..... 😀👍

[@janelightning73]

Beautiful photos.

[@Star-kp8oc]

This was awesome can you do a video on the lizard and the weasel family??

[@Textbooktravel]

The lizard family is incredible! I don't know whether to break it down into smaller pieces or do a general overview.... perhaps both! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@Star-kp8oc]

@@Textbooktravel break it down with like a part 1 2 3

[@naptap3595]

Great video

[@theogrhino1144]

The picture shown at 10:34 is not actually a coral snake it’s a milk snake I think the species is lampropeltis triangulum polyzona but I could be wrong also at 18:19 it shows a grey banded kingsnake (lampropeltis alterna) which in not the natricinae family

[@franciscojimenez3026]

There are many mistakes, pic at 0:55 Eunectes notaeus Yellow anaconda. KZbin videos are not reliable.

[@williamspalding1306]

Since I own snakes and have studied animal care at college, this video was very insightful

[@confettiveda2460]

I love that a handful of the snake's names are "This genus, but Beautiful because I said so".

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

Some not exact info in the first few.. Anacondas are rarely that heavy, are basically water boas, "dwarf boa" isn't just used to refer to Bromeliad Boas, can include boa Sigma and island dwarfism boa imperator, Red Tail boas are BCC or Boa Constrictor Constrior, south of the mountainous regions separating the Amazon, BCI/Boa Constrictor Imperator is the Common or Colombian boa and a ton of other smaller, varied boas like the Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Costa Rican and tons of unique locality boas. There's many sub species that are very unique, like B.C. Sabogae, the Pearl Island Boa that's long and slender with unique patterning, then Boa Sigma, the Sonoran and Mexican boas that are much smaller and darker and used to be considered BCI til more testing has been done. I love boas.

[@Textbooktravel]

Interesting! Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it

[@Rryan8065]

Even if anacondas rarley get that big, they DO get that big, so I don’t see why you would disqualify that

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

@@Rryan8065 only that exact distinction - they have an average weight with min/max laying outside the general average. The genus of Eunectes and many of the larger boids are like that. It's like the dwarf boa thing - it's worth mentioning that there are the clade of dwarf boa (aka bromeliad boas etc) then also dwarf true boas, of the genus boa, that are generally sub species or localities of island dwarfism. It isn't that it isn't true, just a bit unspecific and easily mistaken.

[@Zappygunshot]

I had never realised, but the Black-headed Python appears to be a mimic of the Inland Taipan's summer colours! That's pretty cool

[@BloodSweatandFears]

Sucks that the super pretty adorable ones are dangerous, besides the vine snake 🐍 he’s a cutie!

[@ichosecommonsense5295]

This is really cool

[@SalvableRuin]

So many amazing designs.

[@HiBunnyGames]

love this video~

[@lunamoona4920]

Tiny snakes are so cute 😍, but vipers are my favorite due to their unique scale shape

[@SunnyC.D.A221]

I love how the Common Vine Snake looks like they're always silently judging you

[@denniscole5105]

Ummm subbed. Cool idea for a channel

[@justjulia1720]

I'm disappointed that there's only 4 mambas. Would've really like to see the mamba numba 5

[@gauchesymbiote1039]

I love snakes. I've had many throughout the years. I currently have 3 ball pythons, and 2 Cal kings and a Sinaloan milksnake. Cal kings are my favorites.

[@jacobnestle3805]

Interesting how when you were discussing the vipers, I was thinking "these are gorgeous," but when you moved to the elapids I - despite being able to still acknowledge their beauty - found them much more alien.

[@anyascelticcreations]

I also noticed that I found some to be beautiful to me while some I found more interesting than beautiful. And some I found very unusual or even alien. Some even majestic. Right now I think I liked the look of the one that had dragon-like scales the best. While in real life, I have so far found a delicate cave snake to be most beautiful to me. Though, I'd prefer not to meet any unexpectedly considering we have rattlesnakes in my yard.

[@Samsen_]

Ball pythons are one of the most gentle souls people think these tube puppies are scary when they are afraid of their own meal sometimes also just look at how cute their faces are like to also comment that another favorite of mine isn't on the list. Arabian sand boas are so odd that you wouldn't think they are real if you've seen one.

[@eliwoodnguyen1505]

Omg Those vipers r deadly beautiful

[@LieutenantSheezy]

i love these vids and i don't know why

[@ophidia8760]

GREAT VIDEO¡ 00:37 Malayopython reticulatus is not Boa 10:36 Lampropeltis is not Micrurus 23:28 Boiga is Opisthoglyphous not Solenoglyphous

[@dmitriyk.2890]

Grass snakes were often kept as pets in past in my country. They were used to hunt rodents in houses in rural areas.

[@rbog8345]

Great video, just be a bit more careful with the pictures, and you have the potential to be one of my favourite channel

[@tlacuache_mt]

I would love a video about cocodriles!! Animals are a great inspiration for art!

[@BeaskyandPitskyLover]

Crocodiles*

[@polishalien6971]

Beautiful animals

[@mano7636]

I live in Australia and I almost stepped on a Brown Snake when I was 12. I was going to feed my pet birds and it was in their aviary. When I saw it at my feet I quickly got out of there and the snake slithered into a mouse hole in the floor and I never saw it again. I was wearing large rubber gum boots so it probably wouldn't have been able to bite me anyway but that was scary

[@samuelneuin1988]

I'm actually surprised you didn't add the false water cobra in the colubrid section

[@user-sf9rn9yx5f]

I dont know why i watching to this in the end about a more snake, nice the contents

[@alexlee903]

I love this #snake lover. 👍🏻❤️

[@mute9653]

So CUTE!

[@dakotaannis3065]

More reptiles and amphibians please!

[@sondirobianto1548]

After watching this video i realized how hard to distinguish the venomous one from others

[@iamleoooo]

We got the common green vine snake here in Indonesia, i saw it once at the back of my house and i live near the city. It was a gorgeous looking snake

[@greenmamba12]

You need to make a detailed documentary on Titanoboa.

[@optimus6858]

Thanks

[@spacejunk2186]

Snakes are so cute I love them all.

[@AJPennyPacker2]

Those vipers look so cool. It's interesting how the boas, pythons, and vipers have different eyes than elapids. Their pupils are more slit-like rather than circular like the elapids.

[@iceblade019]

Most colubrids and elapids are more diurnal, meaning they are very active in the day, they’re also generally a lot more visual and active hunters, while many pythons, boas and vipers are more nocturnal and are more of ambush predators

[@douggaudiosi14]

Maybe try putting in maps of there ranges? Other then that phenomenal

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790]

0:25 YO THAT THING LOOKS LIKE A FRIGGIN’ SEAL. ITS LIKE A SEAL SNAKE!

[@Oreosucka]

I know! they are very cute

[@liztakla37]

do i have any reason to know every snake species? no. will i subscribe? yes. ps i would love to see a video on spiders!!