Below are selected pictures of snakes. More photographs of snakes are available in the country sections found on the left.
Except where noted, all images are the property of Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2004. Contact me with questions regarding use, reproduction, or purchase of any of the pictures.
Langaha madagascariensis (male) snake |
Mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus) |
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) |
Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) |
Green Tree Python |
Painted Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) in a tree |
Gmelin's Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) eating a frog |
Common Bronzeback snake eating a frog |
Cave Dwelling Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it |
Cave Dwelling Rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by |
Cave Dwelling snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by |
Cave Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat |
Bronzeback snake in a tree |
Bronzeback snake in a tree |
Green vine snake in Malaysia |
Tree snake in Malaysia |
Boa, Costa Rica |
Green bush viper (Atheris species) |
Western Aquatic Garter Snake (Thamnophis Couchii) |
Western Aquatic Garter Snake (Thamnophis Couchii) |
Western Aquatic Garter Snake (Thamnophis Couchii) |
Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus) |
Snake |
Gmelin's Bronzeback snake snake eating a frog |
Painted Bronzeback Gmelin snake swallowing a frog |
Pelagic sea snake, Costa Rica |
Emarld boa |
Blunt-headed tree snake (Imantodes lentiferus) |
Blunt-headed tree snake (Imantodes lentiferus) |
Tree Snake, Thailand
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