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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Tree viper Boa constrictor in defensive mode Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel (Belize) Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) Madagascar Yellow-striped Water Snake (Bibilava or Liopholidophis lateralis) Snake eating frog (Madagascar) Male Langaha madagascariensis snake (Madagascar) Asian whipsnake Bitis arietans snake (Tanzania) Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) Boa; Costa Rica Salmon-bellied Racer (Mastigodryas melanolomus) (Costa Rica) Juvenile puff adder (Bitis arietans) (Tanzania) Madagascar ground boa (Boa madagascariensis) Bushmaster (Lachesis sp.); South American rattlesnake Brown snake with dark brown markings (Costa Rica) Yellow form (with brown and white markings) of the green tree python (Morelia viridis) Emerald Boa San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) (Costa Rica) Snake Green tree python (Morelia viridis) Tree boa (Andasibe) Yellow form (with brown and white markings) of the green tree python (Morelia viridis) Brown snake with dark brown markings (Costa Rica) Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) Brown snake with dark brown markings (Costa Rica) Painted Bronzeback Gmelin snake swallowing a frog (Malaysia) Orange eyelash viper Common Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake eating a frog (Malaysia) Mass of snakes (Dromicodryas bernieri) Male Langaha madagascariensis snake (Madagascar) Green tree snake (Suriname) Snake anti-venom Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) Madagascar ground boa (Madagascar) Cave rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it (Malaysia) Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) in the Amazon rain forest Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) World's venemous poisonous snake, the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) Oriental Whipsnake (Ahaetulla prasina) Emarld boas Taylor's cantil (Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori) Macaque monkey watching a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road (Thailand) Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor) Red-tailed Green Ratsnake (Gonyosoma oxycephalum) Green tree python with turquoise spots (Morelia viridis) Common Big-eyed Snake (Mimophis mahfalensis) Boa in kitchen Oriental Whipsnake (Ahaetulla prasina) Langaha madagascariensis (female) snake Green anaconda Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) Blunt-headed tree snake (Imantodes lentiferus) (Peru) Western Aquatic Garter Snake (Thamnophis Couchii) (California) Asian vine snake Coral-bellied Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus pulchellus), a red-bellied herp fond in Marin County, California King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road (Thailand) Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake (Brazil) Anaconda in the Amazon Oriental vine snake Dromicodryas bernieri snakes Snake (Suriname) Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) Oriental whipsnake Asian Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) Gmelin's Bronzeback snake snake eating a frog (Malaysia) Green bush viper (Atheris sp) in Kibale (Uganda) Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) Emerald boa King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai (Thailand) Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) Cave Dwelling Rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by (Malaysia) Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) Brown snake with dark brown markings (Costa Rica) Yellow eyelash viper Green tree python (Morelia viridis) Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [local name in Belize - Yellow-jaw tommygoff] (Belize) Cave Dwelling Racer (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat (Malaysia) Jade Vine Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) False coral snake Boa constrictor in "strike" position Reddish snake with dark brown bands (Malaysia) Blood Python (Python curtus) snakes: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7