Reptiles > Snakes
The Banded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata), also widely known as the Southern Watersnake, is an abundant, heavy-bodied, non-venomous colubrid snake native to the freshwater wetlands, cypress swamps, and sluggish bayous of the southeastern United States Coastal Plain....
Reptiles > Snakes
The Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) is a large, powerful, non-venomous fossorial colubrid snake native to the sandy pine savannas, sandhills, and coastal barrens of the eastern and southern United States. Famous for its heavy-bodied build, striking black-and-white...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Gray Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides), formerly classified under the black ratsnake complex, is a large, powerful, non-venomous colubrid constrictor native to the hardwood forests and river valleys of the central and eastern United States. Renowned for its...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) is one of the longest, fastest, and most visually acute non-venomous colubrid snakes in North America. Ranging from the Atlantic coastal plains across the desert Southwest to the Pacific coast, this slender, whip-like serpent is...
Reptiles > Snakes
Dekay’s Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi), named in honor of pioneering nineteenth-century American zoologist James Ellsworth De Kay, is one of the most common, gentle, and ecologically successful small colubrid snakes in North America. Widely distributed across the...
