To play, simply use the arrow keys (  ←   ↑    ↓   →  ) or WASD keys (  W  A  S  D  ) on your keyboard.
If you're on a mobile or touchscreen device, you can swipe in a direction to move the snake. If swiping is a little too unreliable, you can navigate to the game's settings, check the "Touch Controls" checkbox, and you'll have a nifty overlay that enables you to press directional buttons.

Running into walls and obstacles will end your game, as well as running into your own body, so let's not do that, aye?

There are two difficulties: Easy and Hard. Easy mode only has walls and yourself that you need to worry about, while Hard mode has obstacles as well. It is easier to die on Hard mode, but the critters you can eat will award you with more points to get those awesome decors.

All of the critters and eggs you see are edible and give you points except for the snail. Eating the snail will slow you down temporarily and not give you any points; however, no further critters and eggs will spawn until you eat the snail, so it is a necessary evil to overcome. Note that it is much easier to accidentally consume yourself by running into your own tail when you are slowed down.

When you are under the snail's effect, there will be a red bar at the top of the game's screen that shows you how much more "slow down time" you have left before your snake is back to its normal speed.

Like Serengeti Shuffle and Whack-A-Snake, you can only send your score once per day to receive a prize; however, you can send your score multiple times per day to gain points towards an unlockable skin and level.

The score you submit determines which prizes you have the chance to win. The higher your score, the larger the prize pool becomes. Keep in mind that the score you reach does not guarantee you will win the prize for that specific score.

For example: Earning 25 points in the Desert level means you can win a Rock, Herald Snake Carcass, or a Twig Snake Carcass. Earning 42 points on that same level means you can win any of those prizes in addition to Falling Petals - Soft Pink or Prickly Pear.

Reptile Report  

Underneath the Reptile Roundup play area and above the Leaderboards area, you will see a section called Reptile Report with a button to reveal your points for 50 SB. What's that all about?

For a fee of 50 SB, you can see how many points you've accrued in total whilst playing Reptile Roundup! Nifty, huh?

You might be wondering what this could be useful for. Well, if you want to unlock the Swamp level and the Rinkhals skin, you'll need to earn a total of 2000 points in Reptile Roundup. The Reptile Report serves no function other than to show you how close you are to unlocking that level and skin.

The Reptile Report costs 50 SB to show your score one time. If you wish to view your score again, you'll have to pay an additional 50 SB each time you wish to view it.

You can choose your playable snake's apeparance! This has no in-game effect other than changing what your snake looks like.

Default Skins  

African Rock Pytho	Ball Python	Black Mamba	Cape Cobra
Coral Snake	Gaboon Viper	Green Mamba	Horned Viper

Unlockable Skins  

Albino	Boomslang	Bush Viper	Chaos Snake
Gift 666 gifts in December	Score 4500 in one game of Liomemo	Participate in 200 total flirts in February	Defeat 100 Chthonic Snakes in June
Egg Eater	Mole	Rinkhals	Skeletal
Finish Wenet's quests in April	Gift 666 poops in December	Reach a cumulative sent score of 2000	Be infected 10 times with rabies in October

The score you submit determines which prizes you have the chance to win. The higher your score, the larger the prize pool becomes. Keep in mind that the score you reach does not guarantee you will win the prize for that specific score.

For example: Earning 25 points in the Desert level means you can win a Rock, Herald Snake Carcass, or a Twig Snake Carcass. Earning 42 points on that same level means you can win any of those prizes in addition to Falling Petals - Soft Pink or Prickly Pear.

Desert  

Rock	Herald Snake Carcass	Twig Snake Carcass	Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Prickly Pear
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Curious Horned Viper	Barrel Cactus	Desert Hyacinth	Snake Skin – Dark
46	50	55	70	70
Snake Scent	Arabian Desert
80	100

Fynbos  

Wattle [Easy]	Duiker Carcass	Fox Skull	Falling Petals - Indigo	Provoked Cape Cobra
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Candelabra Flowers	Wild Flowers	Snake Skin – Dark	Heath
46	50	55	70	70
Snake Scent	Namaqualand
80	100

Grassland  

Rock	Herald Snake Carcass	Twig Snake Carcass	Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Aardvark
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Ball Python	Termite Mound	Massive Termite Mounds	Snake Skin – Dark
46	50	55	70	70
Snake Scent	Termite Lands
80	100

Highlands  

Rock	Klipspringer Carcass	Nubian Ibex Carcass	Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Sleepy Black Mamba
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Thick-Billed Raven	Dried Scrub	Snake Skin - Dark	Rocky Slope
46	50	55	70	70
Snake Scent	Eritrean Highlands
80	100

Rocky Wetlands  

Rock	Gazelle Carcass	Serval Skin	Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Red Knot
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Feeding African Rock Python	Slippery Rocks	Snake Skin – Dark	Rustling Reeds
46	50	55	70	70
Snake Scent	Rocky Wetland
80	100

Savanna  

Rock	Herald Snake Carcass	Twig Snake Carcass	Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Murphy
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Snake Eggs	Prickly Acacia Tree	Snake Skin Bodywear [Green]	Snake Skin – Dark
46	50	55	70	70
Snake Scent	Vast Savanna
80	100

Underground Tunnels  

Rock	Fluffy Bunny Carcass	Hare Carcass	Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Wary Cape Coral Snake
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Meerkats	Rough Roots	Snake Skin - Dark	Withered Roots
46	50	55	70	70
Snake Scent	Burrows
80	100

Woodland  

Rock	Giant Forest Hog Carcass	Topi Carcass	Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Hungry Gaboon Viper
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Black-And-White-Casqued Hornbill	Heavy Canopy	Snake Skin – Dark	Heavy Branches
46	50	55	70	70
Snake Scent	Mabira Forest
80	100

The score you submit determines which prizes you have the chance to win. The higher your score, the larger the prize pool becomes. Keep in mind that the score you reach does not guarantee you will win the prize for that specific score.

For example: Earning 25 points in the Desert level means you can win a Rock, Herald Snake Carcass, or a Twig Snake Carcass. Earning 42 points on that same level means you can win any of those prizes in addition to Falling Petals - Soft Pink or Prickly Pear.

Flowering Fields  

This level is unlocked by finishing all ten of Wenet's storyline quests in the April event. See the Mysterious Wenet page for more information.

Rock [Easy]	Herald Snake Carcass [Easy]	Twig Snake Carcass [Easy]	Turtle Eggs [Hard]	Crocodile Eggs [Hard]
20	25	25	30	40
Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Hungry Egg Eater	Falling Petals - Rainbow	Large Bird Nest	Abyssinian Hare
38	42	46	50	55
Fluffy Chicks	Flowering Fields
70	100

Lovegrass  

This level is unlocked by participating in 200 total flirts in the February event. See the February event page for more information.

Rock	Herald Snake Carcass	Twig Snake Carcass	Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Affectionate African Bush Viper
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Falling Petals	Pink Hibiscus Lei	Snake Skin Bodywear [Pink]	Purple Lovegrass
46	50	55	70	100

Shrublands  

This level is unlocked by scoring 4500 in one game of Liomemo. See the Liomemo page for more information.

Rock [Easy]	Herald Snake Carcass	Twig Snake Carcass	Dried Ferns	Falling Petals - Soft Pink
20	25	25	30	38
Concealed Boomslang	Falling Petals - Rainbow	Dry Bush	Red Bishop	Shrub Formation [Dry]
42	46	50	55	70
Snake Scent	The Veld
80	100

Snuhlands  

This level is unlocked by gifting 666 total and combined gifts and/or poops during the December event. See the December event page for more information.

Lamb Carcass	Coal	Snake Eggs	Pastel Piebald Snake	Mole Snake
25	30	38	42	42
Peaceful Lamb	Cape Holly Branch	Falling Petals - White	Poinsettia	Snake Scent
50	55	60	70	80
Swartberg Mountains
100

Spooky Lands  

This level is unlocked by getting infected with rabies ten times in the October event. See the October event page for more information.

Fruit Bat Carcass	Human Bones	Snake Eggs	Spooky Skeletal Snake	Hanging Embers
25	30	38	42	50
Webbed Skeleton	Spooky Mask	Snake Scent	Night Embers
55	70	80	100

Swamp  

This level is unlocked by reaching a total of 2000 points in Reptile Roundup.
You can send your score multiple times per day in order to gain points towards unlocking this level. See the Reptile Report section of this page for more information.

Rock	Herald Snake Carcass	Twig Snake Carcass	Falling Petals - Soft Pink	Slithering Rinkhals
20	25	25	38	42
Falling Petals - Rainbow	Fiddler Crab	Mangrove Kingfisher	Red Mangrove Tree	Snake Skin – Dark
46	50	55	70	70
Snake Scent	Southern Wetlands
80	100

The Chasm  

This level is unlocked by defeating 100 Chthonic Snakes during the June event. See the June event page for more information.

Small Embers	Lava Burst	Molten Rocks	Snake Skin Bodywear [Chaos]	Lava Drip
25	38	42	50	55
Falling Petals - Black	Snake Skin - Dark	Molten Ground	Chaos Headdress	Molten Chasm
60	70	70	80	100
Apophis, the Serpent of Chaos [Hard]
300

There are two achievements that can be earned from Reptile Roundup.

Achievement Method  

The method to earning these achievements is to practice, practice, and practice some more. Playing on Hard Mode is the best way to earn these achievements quickly, as you earn more points while playing on Hard Mode compared to Easy Mode. However, it is much easier to die while on Hard Mode.