Oklahoma Herpetofaunal Atlas

SQUAMATA (PART-SNAKES) — Snakes

ESTABLISHED TAXA

COLUBRIDAE — Harmless Egg-laying Snakes

Glossy Snake Arizona elegans Kennicott (in Baird), 1859: 18

Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea (Blumenbach (1788)

North American Racer Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758

Red-bellied Mudsnake Farancia abacura (Holbrook 1836)

Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan 1827)

Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis holbrooki (Stejneger 1903)

Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum (Shaw 1802)

Rough Greensnake Opheodrys aestivus (Linnaeus 1766)

Great Plains Ratsnake Pantherophis emoryi (Baird & Girard 1853)

Western Ratsnake Pantherophis obsoletus (Say 1823)

Gophersnake Pituophis catenifer (Blainville 1835)

Long-nosed Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird & Girard 1853

Great Plains Groundsnake Sonora episcopa (Kennicott, in Baird 1859)

Flat-headed Snake Tantilla gracilis Baird & Girard 1853

Plains Black-headed Snake Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott 1860

CROTALIDAE — Pit Vipers

Northern Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacepede 1789)

Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox Baird & Girard 1853

Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758

Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis (Rafinesque 1818)

Pygmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius (Linnaeus 1766)

Western Massasauga Sistrurus tergeminus (Say 1823)

DIPSADIDAE — Harmless Rear-Fanged Snakes

Western Wormsnake Carphophis vermis (Kennicott, 1859)

Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus 1766)

Plains Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard 1852

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos Latreille (in Sonnini and Latreille) 1801

Chihuahuan Nightsnake Hypsiglena jani (Dugès 1865)

LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE — Threadsnakes

Texas Threadsnake Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853

Texas Threadsnake Rena dulcis (Cope 1896)

NATRICIDAE — Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes

Rough Earthsnake Haldea striatula (Linnaeus 1766)

Glossy Swampsnake Liodytes rigida (Say, 1825)

Plain-bellied Watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster 1771)

Southern Watersnake Nerodia fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Diamond-backed Watersnake Nerodia rhombifer (Hallowell 1852)

Common Watersnake Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)

Graham's Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii Baird & Girard 1853

Queen Snake Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825)

Dekay's Brownsnake Storeria dekayi (Holbrook 1836)

Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer 1839)

Black-necked Gartersnake Thamnophis cyrtopsis (Kennicott 1860)

Terrestrial Gartersnake Thamnophis elegans (Baird & Girard 1853)

Checkered Gartersnake Thamnophis marcianus (Baird & Girard 1853)

Western Ribbonsnake Thamnophis proximus (Say 1823)

Plains Gartersnake Thamnophis radix (Baird & Girard 1853)

Common Gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus 1758)

Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell 1856)

Smooth Earthsnake Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard 1853

NOT YET ESTABLISHED TAXA OF INTEREST

EXTINCT TAXA (in prep)