The following is my lifelist of Snakes, the names that are linked (underlined) have pictures from the field associated with them.  Simply click on one of the links below to see field photos of a species. - last updated 10-03-2008.                                               

                                         

SNAKES

 

FAMILY BOIDEA                                              

    Subfamily Boinae (Boas)

                                   

            Boa Constrictor  - Boa constrictor

            Rainbow Boa - Epicrates cenchria

 

    Subfamily Erycinae (Sand Boas)

           

            Northern Rubber Boa - Charina bottae

Desert Rosy Boa - Charina trivirgata gracia

Coastal Rosy Boa  - Charina trivirgata roseofusca

   

    Subfamily Pythoninae (Pythons)         

 

Water Python - Liasis fuscus

Olive Python  - Liasis olivaceus  - NEW!

Jungle Carpet Python  - Morelia spilota mcdowelli

 

FAMILY COLUBRIDAE                                     

    Subfamily Colubrine                          


Desert Glossy Snake  - Arizona occidentalis eburnata

California Glossy Snake  - Arizona occidentalis occidentalis

Arizona Glossy Snake  - Arizona occidentalis noctivaga - NEW!

Brown Tree Snake  - Boiga irregularis

Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snake  - Chionactis occipitalis annulata

Wetern (Yellow-bellied) Racer  -   Coluber mormon

(Eastern) Yellow-bellied Racer  -   Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Everglades Racer  - Coluber constrictor paludicola

Common Tree Snake  - Dendrelaphis punctulata

South American Forest Racer - Dendrophidion percarinatus

Texas Rat Snake  - Elaphe obsoleta lindheimerii  

Blunt-headed Tree Snake  - Imantodes cenchoa

California Kingsnake  - Lampropeltis getula californiae  - NEW Pix!

Speckled Kingsnake  - Lampropeltis getula holbrooki

Northern Cat-eyed Snake  - Leptodeira septentrionalis

Parrot Snake  - Leptophis ahaetulla

Red Coachwhip (Racer) - Masticophis flagellum piceus

Western Coachwhip  - Masticophis flagellum testaceus

California Striped Racer  - Masticophis lateralis lateralis

Striped Whipsnake - Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus

Sonoran Whipsnake  - Masticophis bilineatus 

Mississippi Green Water Snake - Nerodia cyclopion

Blotched Water Snake  - Nerodia erythrogaster transversa

Broad-banded Water Snake  - Nerodia fasciata confluens  

Diamondback Water Snake - Nerodia rhombifer

Northern Water Snake  - Nerodia sipedon 

Florida Green Water Snake  - Nerodia floridana 

Brown Water Snake  - Nerodia taxispilota 

Rough Green Snake  - Opheodrys aestivus 

Mexican Vine Snake  - Oxybelis aeneus - NEW!

Spotted Leafnose Snake  - Phyllorhynchus decurtatus 

Sonoran Gopher Snake - Pituophis catenifer affinis

San Diego Gopher Snake  - Pituophis catenifer annectens

Pacific Gopher Snake  - Pituophis catenifer catenifer

Great Basin Gopher Snake - Pituophis catenifer deserticola

Central Baja California Gopher Snake  - Pituophis vertebralis bimars

Western Longnose Snake  - Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei 

Desert Patch-nosed Snake - Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis

Baja California Patch-nosed Snake - Salvadora hexalepis klauberi

Coast Patch-nosed Snake - Salvadora hexalepis virgulea

Cloudy Snail-eating Snake  - Sibon nubulata

Ground Snake - Sonora semiannulata

Texas Brown Snake  - Storeria dekayi texana

Mexican Black-headed Snake - Tantilla atriceps

Flathead Snake - Tantilla gracilis

Western Black-headed Snake - Tantilla planiceps

Sierra Garter Snake (Western Aquatic) - Thamnophis couchii couchii

Western Black-necked Gartersnake - Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis

Mountain Gartersnake - Thamnophis elegans elegans

Coast Gartersnake  - Thamnophis elegans terrestris

Two-striped Gartersnake  - Thamnophis hammondii

Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis proximus orarius

Western (red-striped) Ribbon Snake  - Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus

Valley Gartersnake - Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi

California Red-sided Gartersnake - Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis

Black-necked Garter Snake  – Thamnophis cyrtopsis - NEW!

Eastern Garter Snake  - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Eastern Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sauritus

California Lyre Snake  - Trimorphodon biscutatus lyrophanes 

Sonoran Lyre Snake  - Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda 

Keelback Water Snake  - Tropidonophis mairii

 

    Subfamily Dipsadinae                        

 

San Bernardino Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus modestus

San Diego Ringneck Snake  - Diadophis punctatus similis

Regal Ringneck Snake  - Diadophis punctatus regalis - NEW!

Sonoran Night Snake  - Hypsiglena torquata chlorophaea

San Diego Night Snake  - Hypsiglena torquata ochrorhyncha

 

FAMILY TYPHLOPIDAE                                               

    Subfamily Ramphotyphlops (Common Blind Snakes)

 

Brahminy Blind Snake  - Rhamphotyphlops braminus 

 

FAMILY ELAPIDAE                                          

    Subfamily Hydrophiinae

                                   

            Red-bellied Black Snake  - Pseudechis porphyricacus  

Desert Banded Sand Snake - Simoselaps bertholdi

Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake  - Simoselaps fasciolatus    - NEW!  

 

    Subfamily Elapinae               

           

Common or Eastern Brown Snake  - Pseudonaja textilis    

 

FAMILY VIPERIDAE                                         

    Subfamily Crotalinae (Pit Vipers)        

 

Southern Copperhead  - Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

Broad-banded Copperhead  - Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus

Western Cottonmouth  - Agkistrodon piscivorus

Florida Cottonmouth  - Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti 

Terciopolo (Fer-de-lance)  - Bothrops asper

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake  - Crotalus atrox

Mojave Desert Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes cerastes

Sonoran Sidewinder  - Crotalus cerastes cercobombus

Colorado Desert Sidewinder  - Crotalus cerastes laterorepens

Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake  - Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus

Black-Tailed Rattlesnake  - Crotalus molossus molossus  - NEW!

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake  - Crotalus oreganus helleri 

Red Diamond Rattlesnake  - Crotalus ruber ruber

Lucan Red Diamond Rattlesnake  - Crotalus ruber lucasensis

Mojave Rattlesnake - Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus

Tiger Rattlesnake  - Crotalus tigris  - NEW!         

                                                           

    Subfamily Sistrurus (Pygmy Rattlesnakes and Massasaugas)

 

Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake  - Sistrurus miliarius barbouri    

 



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