---
obsidianUIMode: preview
cssclasses: json5e-monster
tags:
- compendium/src/5e/mm
- monster/environment/coastal
- monster/environment/desert
- monster/environment/forest
- monster/environment/grassland
- monster/environment/hill
- monster/environment/swamp
- monster/size/tiny
- monster/type/beast
aliases: ["Poisonous Snake"]
---
# Poisonous Snake
*Source: SRD / Basic Rules*  

```ad-statblock
title: Poisonous Snake
![](compendium/bestiary/beast/token/poisonous-snake.png#token)
*Tiny beast, Unaligned*

- **Armor Class** 13 
- **Hit Points** 2 (`1d4`)
- **Speed** 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| 2 (-4)|16 (+3)|11 (+0)| 1 (-5)|10 (+0)| 3 (-4)|

- **Proficiency Bonus** +2
- **Saving Throws** ⏤
- **Skills** ⏤
- **Senses** blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 10

- **Languages** —
- **Challenge** 1/8

## Actions

***Bite.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 1 piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw, taking 5 (`2d4`) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
```
^statblock

## Environment

grassland, forest, swamp, hill, desert, coastal