Herpetology Snakes quiz

Family Typhlopidae

cosmopolitan blind snakes

Family Leptotyphlopidae

Thread snakes, slender blind snakes

Family Tropidophiidae

dwarf boas

Family Pythonidae

Pythons

Family Xenopeltidae

Sunbeam snakes

Family Uropeltidae

Shield tail snakes, pipe snakes, dwarf pipe snakes

Family Boidae

boas

Family Bolyeriidae

Mascarene or split jaw snakes

hinged maxilla

Family Acrochordidae

Wart snakes or file snakes

baggy skin

Agkistrodon contortrix

Copperhead

Crotalus horridus
Timber rattlesnake

Sistrurus catenatus:
Massasauga

Nerodia sipedon
Northern water snake

Regina septemvittata
Queen snake

Storeria dekayi

“brown snake”
De Kay’s snake

Storeria occipitomaculata:
Red-bellied snake

Thamnophis brachystoma:
Short-headed garter snake

Thamnophis sauritus
Eastern ribbon snake

Thamnophis sirtalis:
Common garter snake

Liochlorophis (Opheodrys) vernalis:
Smooth green snake

Carphophis amoenus:
Eastern worm snake

Coluber constrictor
Eastern racer

white chin dark belly

Diadophis punctatus:
Ring-necked snake

Elaphe (Pantherophis) alleghaniensis:
Eastern rat snake

Heterodon platirhinos
Eastern hognose snake

Lampropeltis triangulum:
Milk snake