Snakes are scary, venomous slithers that are mostly found in Green, brown, and black colours, and purple isn’t a colour most people associate with these reptiles
Purple coloured skin on snakes feels invented or artificially created, like something out of a nature documentary that took creative liberties with the colour grading.
And yet, scattered across mangrove swamps, dry African bushveld, and coastal forests, there are snakes that genuinely flaunt this colour, not as a trick of the light, but as part of their actual skin tone.
Some have a deep, glossy iridescence across their entire body and glare like a prism splitting light. In others, the purple colour appears only be seen in patches, or in the bare skin between their scales, visible only when they move.
Here are 5 stunning purple snakes found across the world