The Yellow-spotted snake eel (Callechelys lutea, also known as the Freckled snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island, and the French Frigate Shoals, in the Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 4 to 24 metres (13 to 79 ft), and forms burrows in sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 104 centimetres (41 in).