Colubridae
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Advanced Snakes
Species I've seen:
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18030242PD.jpg)
Ahaetulla fasciolata
Speckle-headed Whip Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19081813PD.jpeg)
Ahaetulla nasuta
Green Vine Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17012919PD_snake.jpg)
Ahaetulla prasina
Oriental Whip Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19082204PD.jpeg)
Amphiesma stolatum
Buff Striped Keelback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/09050613PD_glossy_snake.jpg)
Arizona elegans
Glossy Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19080910PD.jpeg)
Aspidura desilvai
De Silva’s Rough-sided Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19082003PD.jpeg)
Aspidura guentheri
Guenther’s Rough-sided Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19081032PD.jpeg)
Aspidura trachyprocta
Common Rough-sided Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19082055PD.jpeg)
Boiga barnesii
Barnes’s Cat Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19082209PD.jpeg)
Boiga ceylonensis
Sri Lanka Cat Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18022586PD.jpg)
Boiga dendrophila
Yellow-ringed Cat Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18022627PD.jpg)
Boiga drapiezii
Pale-spotted Cat Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19081411PD.jpeg)
Boiga forsteni
Forsten’s Cat Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/09111736PD_snake.jpg)
Boiga irregularis
Eastern Brown Tree Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19081920PD.jpeg)
Boiga ranawanei
Ranawana’s Cat Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19081422PD.jpeg)
Boiga trigonota
Gamma Cat Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18030505PD.jpg)
Calamaria schmidti
Schmidt’s Reed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13031211PD_scarlet_snake.jpg)
Cemophora coccinea
Scarletsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13012303PD.jpg)
Chironius exoletus
Common Whipsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/14011952PD.jpg)
Chironius fuscus
Olive Whipsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19081128PD.jpeg)
Chrysopelea taprobanica
Sri Lankan Flying Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/22012214L.jpeg)
Clelia clelia
Black Mussurana
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19081123PD.jpeg)
Coelognathus helena
Trinket Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/04030137PD_racer.jpg)
Coluber constrictor
North American Racer
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18081118PD.jpg)
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
White-lipped Herald Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17012910PD_Dendrelaphis.jpg)
Dendrelaphis caudolineatus
Gray Bronzeback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19082062PD.jpeg)
Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus
Striped Bronzeback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/170116069PD_Dendrelaphis.jpg)
Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
Blue Bronzeback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/004123_snake.jpg)
Dendrelaphis pictus
Gmelin’s Bronzeback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/022051_green_tree_snake.jpg)
Dendrelaphis punctulatus
Green Tree Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19082021PD.jpeg)
Dendrelaphis schokari
Schokar’s Bronzeback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/no_photos.png)
Dendrelaphis tristis
Common Bronzeback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/14011679PD.jpg)
Dendrophidion dendrophis
Tawny Forest Racer
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/006952_green_tree_snake.jpg)
Dipsadoboa unicolor
Günther’s Green Tree Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/010143_boomslang.jpg)
Dispholidus typus
Boomslang
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/16020618PD_snake.jpg)
Drymarchon corais
Yellow-tailed Indigo Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/170821036PD.jpg)
Drymarchon melanurus
Central American Indigo Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13011380PD.jpg)
Drymoluber dichrous
Common Glossy Racer
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/220123003L.jpeg)
Erythrolamprus pygmaeus
Amazon Tropical Forest Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13011503PD.jpg)
Erythrolamprus typhlus
Velvety Swamp Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19081924PD.jpeg)
Fowlea asperrima
Boulenger’s Keelback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19080450PD.jpeg)
Fowlea unicolor
Tikiri Keelback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18030302PD.jpg)
Gonyosoma oxycephalum
Grey-tailed Racer
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17082323PD.jpg)
Gyalopion quadrangulare
Thornscrub Hook-nosed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13051567PD.jpg)
Lampropeltis californiae
California Kingsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17050730PD_snake.jpg)
Lampropeltis calligaster
Prairie Kingsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/210314087L.jpeg)
Lampropeltis elapsoides
Scarlet Kingsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/08052158PD_milk_snake.jpg)
Lampropeltis gentilis
Western Milksnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/08041122PD_king_snake.jpg)
Lampropeltis getula
Eastern Kingsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17050427PD_snake.jpg)
Lampropeltis holbrooki
Speckled Kingsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17082549PD.jpg)
Lampropeltis knoblochi
Madrean Mountain Kingsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/170821042PD.jpg)
Lampropeltis nigrita
Western Black Kingsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/09050938PD_kingsnake.jpg)
Lampropeltis splendida
Desert Kingsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17050499PD_snake.jpg)
Lampropeltis triangulum
Eastern Milksnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/no_photos.png)
Lampropeltis zonata
California Mountain Kingsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18022369PD.jpg)
Lycodon albofuscus
Slender Wolf Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/170119080PD_snake.jpg)
Lycodon butleri
Butler’s Wolf Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18022469PD.jpg)
Lycodon tristrigatus
Striped Dwarf Treesnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13081803PD.jpg)
Masticophis bilineatus
Sonoran Whipsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/002843_coachwhip.jpg)
Masticophis flagellum
Coachwhip
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/14050574PD.jpg)
Masticophis lateralis
Striped Racer
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17082236PD.jpg)
Masticophis mentovarius
Neotropical Whipsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/05041302PD_whipsnake.jpg)
Masticophis taeniatus
Striped Whipsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/14011592PD.jpg)
Mastigodryas boddaerti
Boddaert’s Tropical Racer
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/salmon-belly_head.jpg)
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Salmon-bellied Racer
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13060417PD.jpg)
Natrix tessellata
Dice Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13032329PD.jpg)
Nerodia clarkii
Saltmarsh Watersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/08042347PD_water_snake.jpg)
Nerodia erythrogaster
Plain-bellied Watersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/04041107PD_watersnake.jpg)
Nerodia fasciata
Southern Watersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13031214PD_watersnake.jpg)
Nerodia floridana
Florida Green Watersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/04051117PD_dback_watersnake.jpg)
Nerodia rhombifer
Diamond-backed Watersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/04050521PD_N_watersnake.jpg)
Nerodia sipedon
Northern Watersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13031205PD_watersnake.jpg)
Nerodia taxispilota
Brown Watersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18030237PD.jpg)
Oligodon everetti
Jeweled Kukri Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/no_photos.png)
Oligodon octolineatus
Striped Kukri Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19080506PD.jpeg)
Oligodon taeniolatus
Streaked Kukri Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/08041205PD_rough_green_snake.jpg)
Opheodrys aestivus
Rough Greensnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17082309PD.jpg)
Oxybelis aeneus
Brown Vinesnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/04020713PD_ratsnake.jpg)
Pantherophis alleghaniensis
Eastern Ratsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/08052404PD_rat_snake.jpg)
Pantherophis emoryi
Great Plains Ratsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/221219134L.jpeg)
Pantherophis guttatus
Corn Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17050412PD_snake.jpg)
Pantherophis obsoletus
Western Ratsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17050610PD_snake.jpg)
Pantherophis ramspotti
Western Foxsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/180813005PD.jpg)
Philothamnus carinatus
Thirteen-scaled Green Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/14011703CD.jpg)
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Common Bird Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17082509PD.jpg)
Phyllorhynchus browni
Saddled Leaf-nosed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/21053078L.jpeg)
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus
Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/gopher_snake_Carrizo.jpg)
Pituophis catenifer
Gopher Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/04041912PD_FL_pine_snake.jpg)
Pituophis melanoleucus
Pinesnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/16012735PD_snake.jpg)
Pliocercus euryzonus
Black Halloween Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17011830PD_snake.jpg)
Ptyas fusca
White-bellied Rat Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17050772PD_snake.jpg)
Regina grahamii
Graham’s Crawfish Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/19081516PD.jpeg)
Rhabdophis ceylonensis
Sri Lankan Keelback
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17082320PD.jpg)
Rhinocheilus antonii
Mexican Long-nosed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/09050619PD_long-nosed_snake.jpg)
Rhinocheilus lecontei
Long-nosed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/09050901PD_patchnosed_snake.jpg)
Salvadora deserticola
Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/05042306PD_patch-nosed_snak.jpg)
Salvadora hexalepis
Western Patch-nosed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/12062209PD_shovel_nosed_snake.jpg)
Sonora annulata
Resplendent Desert Shovel-nosed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/05041204PD_ground_snake.jpg)
Sonora semiannulata
Groundsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/006722_banded_sand_snake.jpg)
Sonora straminea
Variable Sandsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/tropical_rat_snake.jpg)
Spilotes pullatus
Tropical Rat Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17050702PD_snake.jpg)
Storeria dekayi
Dekay’s Brownsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/04022508PD_brown_snake.jpg)
Storeria victa
Florida Brownsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/10041802PD_snake.jpg)
Tantilla gracilis
Flat-headed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/05041106PD_Blackheaded_snak.jpg)
Tantilla hobartsmithi
Smith’s Black-headed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/09042216PD_black_headed_snake.jpg)
Tantilla planiceps
Western Black-headed Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/14050549PD.jpg)
Thamnophis atratus
Aquatic Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/022652_Sierra_garter.jpg)
Thamnophis couchii
Sierra Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/09080410PD_garter.jpg)
Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Black-necked Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/06081948PD_Coast_garter.jpg)
Thamnophis elegans
Terrestrial Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13062602I.jpg)
Thamnophis gigas
Giant Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/003741_two-striped_garter.jpg)
Thamnophis hammondii
Two-striped Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/09080122PD_garter.jpg)
Thamnophis marcianus
Checkered Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/08112416PD_gartersnake.jpg)
Thamnophis ordinoides
Northwestern Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/08042340PD_ribbon_snake.jpg)
Thamnophis proximus
Western Ribbonsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17050742PD_snake.jpg)
Thamnophis radix
Plains Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/04031328PD_ribbonsnake.jpg)
Thamnophis saurita
Eastern Ribbonsnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/06081925PD_SF_garter.jpg)
Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17082226PD.jpg)
Thamnophis validus
Mexican West Coast Gartersnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/14080327PD.jpg)
Trimorphodon lambda
Sonoran Lyresnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/13051305PD.jpg)
Trimorphodon lyrophanes
California Lyresnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17081907PD.jpg)
Trimorphodon tau
Mexican Lyresnake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18022443PD.jpg)
Xenochrophis maculatus
Large-eyed Water Snake
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/18030843PD.jpg)
Xenochrophis trianguligerus
Triangle Keelback