r/whatsthissnake↗
Whatsthissnake - Your Source for Snake Identification, Phylogeography and Taxonomic Updates
The go-to place on Reddit for figuring out what kind of snake you've photographed. Make sure to put your general location [in square brackets] in the title of your post. If you're just showing off a pic, include your ID too! Run by Snake Evolution and Biogeography [SEB], a nonprofit focused on snake research and education. Our community is organized through our Discord server – the link located in the pinned post or at the top of the page. We hope you will join.
195k subscribers1,388 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)1,227 authors / mosince 2013
r/whatsthissnake has 195k members (+9.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,388 posts a month from 1,227 people. Top topics: Texas Snakes, Cottonmouths and Water Snakes and Rat Snakes.
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- Texas Snakes2.4%
- Cottonmouths and Water Snakes2.4%
- Rat Snakes2.2%
- Baby Snakes2.1%
- Snake Identification in India1.9%
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- Reptarium
- iNaturalist
- Dropbox
- Free Snake Relocation
- Doi
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