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Western Worm Snake ''Carphophis vermis'' (common name western worm snake) is a species of small, nonvenomous colubrid snake native to the United States. Etymology The specific name, ''vermis'', is Latin for "worm". Physical description Western worm snakes have ...

''Carphophis vermis'' Northern Scarlet Snake ''Cemophora coccinea copei'' Eastern Yellowbelly Racer ''Coluber constrictor flaviventris'' Prairie Ring-necked Snake ''Diadophis punctatus arnyi'' Great Plains Rat Snake ''Elaphe guttata''

Black Rat Snake Black rat snake may refer to: *'' Pantherophis alleghaniensis'', the eastern ratsnake * '' Pantherophis spiloides'', the central ratsnake *''Pantherophis obsoletus ''Pantherophis obsoletus'', also known commonly as the western rat snake, black ...

''Elaphe obsoleta'' Western Fox Snake ''Elaphe vulpina'' Western Mud Snake ''Farancia abacura reinwardtii'' Plains Hog-nosed Snake ''Heterodon nasicus nasicus'' Eastern Hog-nosed Snake ''Heterodon platirhinos'' Prairie Kingsnake ''Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster''

Speckled Kingsnake The speckled kingsnake (''Lampropeltis holbrooki'') is a nonvenomous species of kingsnake endemic to the United States. Description The speckled kingsnake usually grows up to in total length (including tail), but the record total length is . ...

''Lampropeltis getula holbrooki''

Red Milk Snake ''Lampropeltis triangulum syspila'', commonly known as the red milk snake or red milksnake, is a subspecies of the milk snake ''(Lampropeltis triangulum)''. The nonvenomous, colubrid snake is indigenous to the central United States. Geographi ...

''Lampropeltis triangulum syspila'' Eastern Coachwhip ''Masticophis flagellum flagellum'' Mississippi Green Water Snake ''Nerodia cyclopion'' Yellow-bellied Water Snake ''Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster'' Broad-banded Water Snake ''Nerodia fasciata confluens'' Diamond-backed Water Snake ''Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer''

Northern Water Snake The common watersnake (''Nerodia sipedon'') is a species of large, nonvenomous, common snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America. It is frequently mistaken for the venomous cottonmouth (''Agkistrodon piscivorus''). ...

''Nerodia sipedon sipedon''

Rough Green Snake ''Opheodrys aestivus'', commonly known as the rough green snake, is a nonvenomous North American colubrid. It is sometimes called grass snake or green grass snake, but these names are more commonly applied to the smooth green snake (''Opheodrys ...

''Opheodrys aestivus aestivus''

Smooth Green Snake The smooth green snake (''Opheodrys vernalis'') is a species of North American nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is also referred to as the grass snake. It is a slender, "small medium" snake that measures as an adult. It g ...

''Opheodrys (Liochlorophis) vernalis''

Bullsnake The bullsnake (''Pituophis catenifer sayi)'' is a large, nonvenomous, colubrid snake. It is a subspecies of the gopher snake (''Pituophis catenifer''). The bullsnake is one of the largest/longest snakes of North America and the United States, re ...

''Pituophis catenifer sayi'' Graham's Crayfish Snake ''Regina grahamii'' Ground Snake ''Sonora semiannulata'' Midland Brown Snake ''Storeria dekayi wrightorum'' Northern Red-bellied Snake ''Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata'' Flat-headed Snake ''Tantilla gracilus'' Western Ribbon Snake ''Thamnophis proximus proximus''

Plains Garter Snake The plains garter snake (''Thamnophis radix'') is a species of garter snake native to most of the central United States as far north as Canada and as far south as Texas. It has a distinctive orange or yellow stripe from its head to tail, and the ...

''Thamnophis radix''

Eastern Garter Snake The eastern garter snake (''Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis'') is a medium-sized snake indigenous to North America. Taxonomy and etymology The scientific name ''Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis'' is a combination of Ancient Greek and New Latin that mea ...

''Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis'' Lined Snake ''Tropidoclonian lineatum'' Rough Earth Snake ''Virginia striatula'' Western Earth Snake ''Virginia valeriae elegans''

Venomous snakes

Eastern Copperhead The eastern copperhead (''Agkistrodon contortrix''), also known as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae. The eastern ...

''Agkistrodon contortrix'' Northern

Cottonmouth ''Agkistrodon piscivorus'' is a species of pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. It is one of the world's few semiaquatic vipers (along with the Florida cottonmouth), and is native to the southeastern United States. As ...

'' Agkistrodon piscivorus''

Timber Rattlesnake The timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, or banded rattlesnake (''Crotalus horridus'') Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). ''Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada''. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of ...

''Crotalus horridus''
Western Pygmy Rattlesnake ''Sistrurus miliarius streckeri'' Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake ''Sistrurus catenatus catenatus'' {{SnakesByState

Snakes Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joi ...

Non-venomous Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a sti ... snakes

Venomous snakes

Non-
venomous Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a sti ...
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