Thursday, March 19, 2009

List of snakes in Missouri



This is a list of known snakes in Missouri, United States.
Non-venomous snakes

Western Worm Snake 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 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 Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
Red Milk Snake 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 Nerodia sipedon sipedon
Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus aestivus
Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys (Liochlorophis) vernalis
Bullsnake 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 Thamnophis radix
Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Lined Snake Tropidoclonian lineatum
Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula
Western Earth Snake Virginia valeriae elegans
Venomous snakes

Osage Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster

Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma



Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

Western Pygmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius streckeri



Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus catenatus



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