Lab 3: All Snakes

Blotchy Colubrid Snakes and their commonalities

Line through eye and blotches in 3 rows

Glossy Snake

Prairie Kingsnake

Great Plains Ratsnake

Western Ratsnake

Gophersnake

Glossy Snake scientific name

Arizona elegans

Prairie Kingsnake scientific name

Lampropeltis calligaster

Great Plains Ratsnake scientific name

Pantherophis emoryi

Western Ratsnake scientific name

Pantherophis obsoletus

Gophersnake scientific name

Pituophis catenifer

Skinny, smooth, big eyed Colubrid snakes

North American Racer

Coachwhip

North American Racer scientific name

Coluber constrictor

Coachwhip scientific name

Masticophis flagellum

Green Colubrid Snakes

Rough Greensnake

Smooth Greensnake

Rough Greensnake scientific name

Opheodrys aestivus

Smooth Greensnake scientific name

Opheodrys vernalis

Tantilla Colubrid snakes that eat centipedes

Flat-headed Snake

Plains Black-headed Snake

Flat-headed Snake scientific name

Tantilla gracilis

Plains Black-headed Snake scientific name

Tantilla nigriceps

Other Colubrid Snakes

Western Milksnake

Speckled Kingsnake

Long-nosed Snake

Great Plains Groundsnake

Western Milksnake scientific name

Lampropeltis gentilis

Speckled Kingsnake scientific name

Lampropeltis holbrooki

Long-nosed Snake scientific name

Rhinocheilus lecontei

Great Plains Groundsnake scientific name

Sonora episcopa

Dipsadidae traits and species

harmless rear-fanged snakes that lay eggs

Western Wormsnake

Ring-necked Snake

Plains Hog-nosed Snake

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Chihuahuan Nightsnake

Western Wormsnake scientific name

Carphophis vermis

Ring-necked Snake scientific name

Diadophis punctatus

Plains Hog-nosed Snake scientific name

Heterodon nasicus

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake scientific name

Heterodon platirhinos

Chihuahuan Nightsnake scientific name

Hypsiglena jani

Leptotyphlopidae traits and species

fossorial snakes with reduced eyes and eat termites and ants that lay eggs

New Mexico Threadsnake

New Mexico Threadsnake scientific name

Rena dissecta

Crotalidae traits

Venomous, loreal pits, live birth, ritualistic male combat

Crotalidae species

Eastern/Broad-banded Copperhead

Northern Cottonmouth

Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake

Timber Rattlesnake

Prairie Rattlesnake

Western Massasauga

Eastern/Broad-banded Copperhead scientific name

Agkistrodon contortrix/laticinuctus

Northern Cottonmouth scientific name

Agkistrodon piscivorous

Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake scientific name

Crotalus atrox

Timber Rattlesnake scientific name

Crotalus horridus

Prairie Rattlesnake scientific name

Crotalus viridis

Western Massasauga scientific name

Sistrurus tergeminus

Haldea & Virginia traits and species

semi-fossorial worm eaters

Rough Earthsnake

Smooth Earthsnake

Rough Earthsnake scientific name

Haldea striatula

Smooth Earthsnake scientific name

Virginia valeriae

Nerodia traits and species

stinky

Plain-bellied Watersnake

Diamond-backed Watersnake

Common Watersnake

Plain-bellied Watersnake scientific name

Nerodia erythrogaster

Diamond-backed Watersnake scientific name

Nerodia rhombifer

Common Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon

Regina traits and species

goggle eyes and eats crayfish

Graham’s Crayfish Snake

Graham’s Crayfish Snake scientific name

Regina grahamii

Storeria traits and species

little gray/brown snakes with flare

Dekay’s Brownsnake

Red-bellied Snake

Dekay’s Brownsnake scientific name

Storeria dekayi

Red-bellied Snake scientific name

Storeria occipitomaculata

Thamnophis traits and species

garter and ribbon snakes

Checkered Gartersnake

Western Ribbonsnake

Plains Gartersnake

Common Gartersnake

Checkered Gartersnake scientific name

Thamnophis marcianus

Western Ribbonsnake scientific name

Thamnophis proximus

Plains Gartersnake scientific name

Thamnophis radix

Common Gartersnake scientific name

Thamnophis sirtalis

Tropidoclonion trait and species

3 lined snake

Lined Snake

Lined Snake scientific name

Tropidoclonion lineatum

Arizona genera

glossy snakes

Coluber genera

racers

Lampropeltis genera

kingsnakes

Masticophis genera

coachwhips

Opheodrys genera

greensnakes

Pantherophis genera

ratsnakes

Pituophis genera

gophersnakes

Rhinocheilus genera

long-nosed snakes

Sonora genera

groundsnakes

Tantilla genera

centipede, blackhead, flathead, and crowned snakes

Haldea genera

earthsnakes

Nerodia genera

watersnakes

Regina genera

crayfish snakes

Storeria genera

brownsnakes and red-bellied snakes

Thamnophis genera

gartersnakes and ribbonsnakes

Tropidoclonion genera

lined snakes

Virginia genera

earthsnakes

Carphophis genera

wormsnakes

Diadophis genera

ring-necked snakes

Heterdon genera

hog-nosed snakes

Hypsiglena genera

nightsnakes

Rena genera

threadsnakes

Agkistrodon genera

copperheads and cottonmouths

Crotalus genera

rattlesnakes

Sistrurus genera

massasaugas