List of fictional snakes

This list of fictional snakes is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and is a collection of various notable serpentine characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of snakes in literature, music, film, television, comics, animation and video games.

President Snakes from the 2015 nerd-folk album of the same name is five snakes running as one fictional politician.

Literature

Name	Work	Author	Notes
Asmodeus Poisonteeth	Redwall	Brian Jacques	A giant Adder who lived in an old sandstone quarry north-east of Redwall Abbey.
Anthony J. Crowley	Good Omens	Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman	Originally named Crawly. He is a main character as the snake-demon who tempted Eve, though he spends most of the novel in human form.
Kaa	The Jungle Book	Rudyard Kipling	An Indian Python.
Nag & Nagaina	Rikki Tikki Tavi	Rudyard Kipling	King Cobras.
Nagini	Harry Potter	J.K. Rowling	Voldemort's giant python-viper hybrid
Jörmungandr	Skaldic poem Húsdrápa		The midgard serpent that would kill Thor in Ragnarok.
Salmissra	The Belgariad and The Malloreon	David Eddings	Originally queen of Nyissa, Salmissra was turned into a giant serpent by Polgara the Sorceress
Violet	Mother's Day Surprise	Stephen Krensky	A snakelet who gives her mother an ingenious Mother's Day gift
Mrs. Plithiver	Legend of the Guardians	Kathryn Lasky	A nursemaid snake that looked after Soren, Kludd, and Eglentine as owlets

Music

Name	Song(s)	Musician	Notes
President Snakes	"President Snakes" songs from the 2015 nerd-folk album President Snakes	The Doubleclicks	President Snakes is a fictional politician made up of five snakes running for the United States presidential election. She ends up losing but winning the swing states.
Hissing Sid	"Captain Beaky", a single from the album Captain Beaky and His Band	Keith Michell	The single reached Number 5 in the UK singles charts in 1980. "Hissing Sid is Innocent" subsequently became a popular catchphrase.

Comics

Name	Work	Notes
Pyton	Pyton	A pantomime comic by Jan Romare about a man who has a python as a pet.
Snake	Snake Tales	A comic strip written by Australian cartoonist Allan Salisbury also known as Sols.
Snavely	Pogo	From Walt Kelly's Pogo, friend to Ol' Mouse.

Animation

Name	Film	Notes
Adder	The Animals of Farthing Wood
Ayame Sohma	Fruits Basket	The Snake of the Chinese zodiac, and Yuki's older brother.
Blue Racer	The Blue Racer	A blue snake.
Craig Slithers	Sanjay and Craig	Sanjay's anthropomorphic pet snake who he met in a pet store, but does not like to be called just a pet.
Cobra	Happy Tree Friends	A cobra that bit Toothy at his arm when he tried to make a tent in "Take a Hike".
Cy Sly	Ovide and the Gang	A small python who acts as the series' antagonist.
El Diablo	The Loud House	Lana Loud's pet snake, who is often seen with the rest of her personal pets.
Ju-Ju	The Princess and the Frog	The snake that belongs to Mama Odie.
Maddie	Back to the Outback	An Inland Taipan with a heart of gold who longs to return to the Australian Outback
Malcho	Aladdin	A giant flying serpent who is an enemy of Thundra and (later) Iago and Aladdin
Master Viper	Kung Fu Panda	A Green Tree Viper and member of the Furious Five
Mr. Snake	The Bad Guys	a sarcastic safe-cracking eastern brown snake and Mr. Wolf's second-in-command and best friend, the oldest of the gang.
Messina	Freddy as F.R.O.7	A sorceress and one of the two main antagonists (along with El Supremo) of Freddy the frog
Murgatroid	The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Rattlesnake Jake	Rango	A rattlesnake who was one of the antagonists in the film.
Karai	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)	Karai was originally Hamato Miwa until Shredder stole her and raised her to be a Foot ninja. Later, finding out Hamato Yoshi (Splinter) is her father, she joins the Turtles. During an episode, Shredder and Splinter duel until she is knocked into a mutagen container, and mutated into a serpent with snakes for hands.
Quique	Work It Out Wombats!	The single father of Sammy.
Sammy	Work It Out Wombats!	A 7-year-old Emerald tree boa who is best friends with Malik.
Sir Hiss	Robin Hood	Counsellor of King John in the 1973 Disney movie "Robin Hood".
Slips Python	My Gym Partner's a Monkey	An easy-going, street-talking green tree python.
SlobbySnake	HobbyKids Adventures	An anaconda who is a member of the SlobbyKids
Snake	Skunk Fu	A serpentine spy for Master Panda and the other animals in the Valley.
Striker	Helluva Boss
King Cobra	Little Singham	A military leader who want to destroy India and is the biggest enemy of Little Singham.

Television

Name	Show	Notes
Mara	Doctor Who	A being of pure hatred, anger and greed, and requires the fear of its victims to survive. It exists in the minds of its victims and can transmit itself telepathically, although it can also physically manifest as a giant snake.
Nigel	Vegetable Soup	A pet boa constrictor belonging to an African-American boy named Martin in a "Real People" serial from the series.
Sammy the Snake	Sesame Street	A Lavender-Green Anything Muppet who looks and sounds just like the letter S.
Sandy the Snake	Sesame Street	A rattlesnake.

Video games

Name	Game	Notes
Dendar the Night Serpent	Forgotten Realms	a Snake from the campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Coily	Q*bert	A purple snake character hatched from the purple ball once it reaches the bottom of Q*bert's pyramid; conquerable by Q*bert jumping on a disc, luring Coily the snake to jump off the pyramid to his doom.
Rattle Shake	Skylanders: Swap Force
Rattle and Roll	Snake Rattle 'n' Roll	Two snake characters, one is red and the other is blue, the player(s) need to control the snake(s) through 11 isometric levels. The object in each level is to eat enough Nibbley Pibbleys to gain enough weight to ring a bell on top of a weighing machine located at the end of the level.
Genghis and Atilla	Sneaky Snakes	Two snake characters that are on a journey to save Sonia Snake from the Nasty Nibbler. Game is a sequel to Snake Rattle 'n' Roll.
Rattly the Rattlesnake	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2	An animal buddy snake character that is rebelling against the Kremlings for ruining his home island, he went on the good side to help Diddy and Dixie to save Donkey Kong from Kaptain K. Rool.
Histup	Banjo-Kazooie	A snake character that is a pet to Rubee the snake charmer.
Trowzer	Yooka-Laylee	A snake character that going to support Yooka and Laylee by selling and teaching them new moves, for a fee of course.
Noodle	Snake Pass (video game)	A coral snake who is the protagonist of a puzzle/platforming game on multiple platforms. Has a hummingbird friend named Doodle that helps him along the way with advice.
Faust	The Arcana	A familiar to the character of Asra. Designed to resemble a ball python.
Mr Huggy	Broken Age	A constricting snake that fears loud noises. Its namesake originates from a stuffed snake that the character of Shay has previously owned.
Coily Rattler	Kirby Triple Deluxe	A large rattlesnake who appears as a 4th boss in Wild World.
Sssnacker	Kirby and the Forgotten Land	A large snake who is a member of the beast pack.

See also

• Legendary Serpents