Pictures of snakes [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Juvenile African puff adder (Bitis arietans) (Tanzania) False coral snake Brown snake with dark brown markings (Costa Rica) Boa constrictor (known as wowla in Belizean - local name) (Belize) Salmon-bellied Snake (Mastigodryas melanolomus) (Costa Rica) Gmelin's Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) eating a frog (Malaysia) Langaha madagascariensis (male) snake Tree snake in Malaysia (Malaysia) Cave Dwelling snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by (Malaysia) Anaconda with tongue extended Emerald Boa Cave Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat (Malaysia) Bronzeback snake in a tree (Malaysia) Cave Dwelling Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it (Malaysia) Boa constrictor in defensive mode Brown leaf litter snake (Costa Rica) Bronzeback snake in a tree (Malaysia) Asian Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) Boa constrictor in Bocas del Toro (pan01-0863a) Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) Green bush viper (Atheris species) (Uganda) Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) Yellow form (with brown and white markings) of the green tree python (Morelia viridis) Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) Anaconda Painted Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) in a tree (Malaysia) Green vine snake in Malaysia (Malaysia) Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus) Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper) Green tree python Coral snake Emerald Boa Unknown yellow and black Colubrid snake Tree viper Turquoise Madagascar tree boa (Boa manditra) Red-tailed Green Rat Snake (Gonyosoma oxycephela) Yellow-bellied sea snake; Costa Rica Unknown yellow and black Colubrid snake Common Bronzeback snake eating a frog (Malaysia) Brown Vine Snake Unknown yellow and black Colubrid snake Green anaconda near a river edge in the Amazon Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) Green Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) False coral snake (Anilius scytale) Madagascarophis colubrinus Reticulated python, the world's longest snake Emerald Boa Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper) viper Oriental vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina) Green tree python (Morelia viridis) Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus) Green bush viper (Atheris species) in Kibale Forest (Uganda) Blunt-headed tree snake (Imantodes lentiferus) (Peru) Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) Red-tailed Green Rat Snake (Gonyosoma oxycephela) Snake Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) in Colombia Green Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) Tree Snake; Thailand Snake Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) Jade Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) Close up of the Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus); the world's longest snake Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) Oriental Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) Yellow-bellied sea snake; Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Boa constrictor in defensive mode Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) Boa in kitchen Wagler's Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) Brown snake with dark brown markings (Costa Rica) Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) Snake (Madagascar) Male Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) Snake eating frog (Madagascar) Mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus) Brown leaf litter snake (Costa Rica) Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) South American rattlesnake Cave Dwelling Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) (Malaysia) San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) snakes: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7