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Non-venomous


Black Racers ('' Coluber'')

* Southern Black Racer


Coachwhips (''

Masticophis ''Masticophis'' is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly referred to as whip snakes or coachwhips, which are endemic to the Americas. Conant R (1975). ''A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition ...
'')

* Eastern Coachwhip


''Red Belly Snakes'' ('' Storeria'')

* Florida Brown Snake * Florida redbelly snake


Crayfish Snakes ('' Liodytes'')

* Glossy Crayfish Snake * Striped Crayfish Snake


Crowned Snakes (''

Tantilla ''Tantilla'' is a large genus of harmless New World snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus includes 66 species, which are commonly known as centipede snakes, blackhead snakes, and flathead snakes.Wilson, Larry David. 1982. Tantilla. ...
)''

* Southeastern Crown Snake


Garter Snakes ( ''Thamnophis'')

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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 ...
* Southern Ribbon Snake * Bluestripe Garter Snake


Green Snakes ('' Opheodrys)''

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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 ...


Hognose Snakes ('' Heterodon)''

* Eastern Hognose Snake * Southern Hognose Snake


Indigo Snakes (''

Drymarchon ''Drymarchon'' is a genus of large nonvenomous colubrid snakes, commonly known as indigo snakes or cribos, found in the Southeastern United States, Central America, and South America. Reaching or more in length, they are among the world's larges ...
)''

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Eastern Indigo Snake The eastern indigo snake (''Drymarchon couperi'') is a species of large, non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. Native to the southeastern region of the United States, it is the longest native snake species in North America. Taxonomy an ...


Kingsnakes ('' Lampropeltis)''

* Florida Kingsnake * Mole Kingsnake *
Scarlet Kingsnake The scarlet kingsnake or scarlet milk snake (''Lampropeltis elapsoides'') is a species of kingsnake found in the southeastern and eastern portions of the United States. Like all kingsnakes, they are nonvenomous. They are found in pine flatwoods, ...
* Short-tailed Snake


Rainbow Snakes ('' Farancia)''

* Eastern
Mud Snake The mud snake (''Farancia abacura'') is a species of nonvenomous, semiaquatic, colubrid snake endemic to the southeastern United States. Description The mud snake usually grows to a total length (including tail) of 40 to 54 inches (1-1.4 m),M ...
* Rainbow Snake


Pine Snakes ('' Pituophis'')

* Black Pine Snake * Florida
Pine Snake Pine snake may refer to: * '' Pituophis melanoleucus'', a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America * '' Lampropeltis g. getula'', a.k.a. the eastern kingsnake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in the eastern United States * '' Pantherophis vulpinus' ...


Pine Woods Snake ('' Rhadinea'')

* Pine Woods Snake


Rat Snakes (''

Pantherophis ''Pantherophis'' is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes endemic to central and eastern regions of North America. It consists of the North American ratsnakes, the foxsnakes, and the cornsnakes. The genus, which contains 10 recognized spec ...
)''

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Gray Rat Snake The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake (''Pantherophis spiloides''), also commonly known as the central ratsnake, chicken snake, midland ratsnake, or pilot black snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the genus '' Pantherophis'' in the subfami ...
* Red Rat Snake (Corn Snake) * Eastern Rat Snake (Yellow Rat Snake)


Ring-necked Snakes ('' Diadophis)''

* Southern Ring-necked Snake


Scarlet Snakes (''

Cemophora ''Cemophora'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus contains two species, which are endemic to the United States. Species *''Cemophora coccinea ''Cemophora coccinea'', commonly known as the scarlet snake, is a species of non ...
)''

* Scarlet Snake


Water Snakes (''

Nerodia ''Nerodia'' is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes commonly referred to as water snakes due to their aquatic behavior. The genus includes nine species, all native to North America. Description ''Nerodia'' species vary greatly, but all are ...
)''

* Brown Watersnake * Florida Banded Watersnake * Red-Bellied Watersnake * Florida green water snake * Salt marsh snake * Mangrove salt marsh snake * Atlantic salt marsh snake


Venomous


Pit Vipers (

Crotalinae The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . crotaline snakes (from grc, κρόταλον ''krotalon'' castanet), or pit adders, are a subfa ...
)

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Florida Cottonmouth The Florida cottonmouth (''Agkistrodon conanti'') is a species of venomous snake, a pitviper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in southern Georgia and the Florida pe ...
* Southern
Copperhead Copperhead may refer to: Snakes * ''Agkistrodon contortrix'', or copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America * '' Austrelaps'', or Australian copperhead, a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Ta ...
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Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake The eastern diamondback rattlesnake (''Crotalus adamanteus'') is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the heaviest venomous snakes in the Americas and the largest r ...
*
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 ...
(Canebrake Rattlesnake) * Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake


Elapid (

Elapidae Elapidae (, commonly known as elapids ; grc, ἔλλοψ ''éllops'' "sea-fish") is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth. Most elapids are venomous, with the exception of the genus Emydoce ...
)

* Eastern
Coral Snake Coral snakes are a large group of elapid snakes that can be divided into two distinct groups, the Old World coral snakes and New World coral snakes. There are 16 species of Old World coral snakes, in three genera (''Calliophis'', '' Hemibungar ...


See also

*
List of amphibians of Florida This list of amphibians of Florida includes species native to or documented in the U.S. state of Florida. Amphibians Tongueless frogs (Pipidae) * African clawed frog - introduced Tree frogs (Hylidae) * Pine Barrens tree frog * American ...
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List of birds of Florida This list of birds of Florida includes species documented in the U.S. state of Florida and accepted by the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee (FOSRC). As of November 2022, there were 539 species included in the official list. Of ...
* List of mammals of Florida * List of reptiles of Florida * List of fishes of Florida * List of invasive species in Florida * List of invasive species in the Everglades * Fauna of Florida


References

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