Shortcuts to Genus |
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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Original Description |
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Alternate Name |
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Order Squamata |
Scaled Reptiles (Snakes) |
Oppel, 1811 |
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Acrochordus |
File Snakes |
Hornstedt, 1787 |
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Acrochordus arafurae
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Arafura File Snake |
McDowell, 1979 |
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Elephant Trunk Snake, Wrinkle File Snake
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Agkistrodon |
American Moccasins |
Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 |
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Agkistrodon contortrix |
Eastern Copperhead |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
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Southern Copperhead - Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix |
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Agkistrodon laticinctus |
Broad-banded Copperhead |
Gloyd and Conant, 1934 |
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Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus |
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Agkistrodon laticinctus x
Agkistrodon contortrix |
Eastern Copperhead x
Broad-banded Copperhead
Hybrids |
Gloyd, 1969 |
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Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster - Osage Copperhead |
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Agkistrodon piscivorus |
Cottonmouth |
(Lacépède, 1789) |
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Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti |
Florida Cottonmouth |
Gloyd, 1969 |
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Agkistrodon conanti |
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Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma |
Western Cottonmouth |
(Troost, 1836) |
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Northern Cottonmouth -
Agkistrodon piscivorus |
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Anilios |
Blind Snakes |
Gray, 1845 |
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Anilios grypus
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Long-beaked Blind Snake |
(Waite, 1918) |
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Ramphotyphlops grypus
Ramphotyphlops nigroterminatus |
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Antaresia |
Children’s Pythons |
Wells & Wellington, 1984 |
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Antaresia stimsoni |
Stimson's Python |
(Smith, 1985) |
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Large-blotched Python
Liasis stimsoni |
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Arizona |
Glossy Snakes |
Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 |
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Arizona elegans |
Glossy Snake |
Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 |
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Arizona elegans candida |
Mohave Glossy Snake |
Klauber, 1946 |
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Arizona elegans eburnata (CA) + (BC) |
Desert Glossy Snake |
Klauber, 1946 |
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Arizona elegans elegans |
Kansas Glossy Snake |
Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 |
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Arizona elegans occidentalis |
California Glossy Snake |
Blanchard, 1924 |
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Arizona elegans philipi |
Painted Desert Glossy Snake |
Klauber, 1946 |
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B |
Boiga |
Cat-Eyed Snakes |
Fitzinger, 1826 |
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Cat Snakes |
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Boiga irregularis
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Brown Tree Snake |
(Merrem, 1802) |
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Night tiger
Doll's eye snake
Boiga fusca |
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Bogertophis |
Desert Ratsnakes |
Dowling and Price, 1988 |
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Bogertophis rosaliae (CA) + (BC) |
Baja California Ratsnake |
(Mocquard, 1899) |
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Bogertophis subocularis |
Trans-Pecos Ratsnake |
(Brown, 1901) |
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Bogertophis subocularis subocularis |
Northern Trans-Pecos Ratsnake |
(Brown, 1901) |
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Brachyurophis |
Shovel-nosed Snakes |
Günther, 1863 |
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Brachyurophis fasciolatus
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Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake |
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Simoselaps fasciolatus |
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Brachyurophis incinctus |
Unbanded Shovel-nosed Snake |
(Storr, 1968) |
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Cacophis |
Crowned Snakes |
Gunther, 1863 |
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Cacophis squamulosus |
Golden-crowned Snake |
(Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) |
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Carphophis |
North American Wormsnakes |
Gervais, 1843 |
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Carphophis amoenus |
Eastern Wormsnake |
(Say, 1825) |
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Carphophis amoenus amoenus |
Eastern Wormsnake |
(Say, 1825) |
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Charina
| Rubber Boas |
(Gray 1849) |
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Charina bottae (NW)
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(Blainville, 1835) |
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Charina bottae (CA) |
Northern Rubber Boa |
(Blainville, 1835) |
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Charina umbratica |
Southern Rubber Boa |
Klauber, 1943 |
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Chilomeniscus |
Sandsnakes |
Cope, 1860 |
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Sonora |
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Chilomeniscus stramineus (CA) + BAJA |
Variable Sandsnake |
Cope, 1860 |
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Sonora cincta |
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Chionactis |
Shovel-nosed Snakes |
Cope, 1860 |
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Sonora |
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Chionactis annulata |
Resplendent Desert Shovel-nosed Snake |
(Baird, 1859 “1858”) |
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Formerly Chionactis occipitalis |
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Chionactis annulata annulata (CA) + (BC) |
Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snake |
(Baird, 1859 “1858”) |
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Sonora occipitalis
Formerly Chonactis occiptalis annulata - Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snake |
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Chionactis annulata klauberi |
Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake |
(Stickel, 1941) |
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Sonora annulata
Formerly Chionactis occipitalis klauberi (Stickel, 1941) - Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake |
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Chionactis occipitalis |
Mohave Shovel-nosed Snake |
(Hallowell, 1854) |
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Sonora occipitalis
Formerly Chionactis occipitalis occipitalis
(Hallowell, 1854) - Mohave Shovel-nosed Snake and Chionactis occipitalis talpina Klauber, 1951 Nevada Shovel-nosed Snake
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Coluber |
North American Racers,
Coachwhips and Whipsnakes |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Masticophis |
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Coluber constrictor |
North American Racer |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Coluber constrictor constrictor |
Northern Black Racer |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Coluber constrictor flaviventris |
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer |
Say, 1823 |
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Coluber constrictor helvigularis |
Brown-chinned Racer |
Auffenberg, 1955 |
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Coluber constrictor mormon (CA) + (NW) |
Western Yellow-bellied Racer |
Baird and Girard, 1852 |
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Coluber mormon |
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Coluber constrictor oaxaca |
Mexican Racer |
(Jan, 1863) |
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Coluber constrictor paludicola |
Everglades Racer |
Auffenberg and Babbitt, 1953 |
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Coluber constrictor priapus |
Southern Black Racer |
Dunn and Wood, 1939 |
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Contia |
Sharp-tailed Snakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Contia longicauda |
Forest Sharp-tailed Snake |
Feldman and Hoyer, 2010 |
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Contia tenuis(CA) + (NW) |
Common Sharp-tailed Snake |
(Baird and Girard, 1852) |
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Crotalus |
Rattlesnakes |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Crotalus angelensis |
Isla Angel de la Guarda Rattlesnake |
Klauber, 1963 |
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Crotalus atrox (CA) + (TX) + (SW) |
Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Sounds |
Crotalus catalinensis |
Isla Santa Catalina Rattlesnake |
Cliff, 1954 |
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Crotalus cerastes |
Sidewinder |
Hallowell, 1854 |
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Crotalus cerastes cerastes |
Mohave Desert Sidewinder |
Hallowell, 1854 |
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Sounds |
Crotalus cerastes cercobombus |
Sonoran Sidewinder |
Savage and Cliff, 1953 |
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Sounds |
Crotalus cerastes laterorepens
(CA) + (BC) |
Colorado Desert Sidewinder |
Klauber, 1944 |
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Crotalus cerberus |
Arizona Black Rattlesnake |
(Coues, 1875) |
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Crotalus oreganus cerberus |
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Crotalus enyo |
Baja California Rattlesnake |
Cope, 1861 |
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Crotalus lepidus |
Rock Rattlesnake |
(Kennicott, 1861) |
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Crotalus lepidus klauberi |
Banded Rock Rattlesnake |
Gloyd, 1936 |
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Sounds |
Crotalus lepidus lepidus |
Mottled Rock Rattlesnake |
(Kennicott, 1861) |
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Crotalus mitchellii |
Speckled Rattlesnake |
(Cope, 1861) |
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Crotalus mitchellii mitchellii |
San Lucan Speckled Rattlesnake |
(Cope, 1861) |
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Crotalus molossus |
Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Sounds |
Crotalus ornatus |
Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnake |
Hallowell, 1854 |
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Crotalus oreganus |
Western Rattlesnake |
Holbrook, 1840 |
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Crotalus oreganus abyssus |
Grand Canyon Rattlesnake |
Klauber, 1930 |
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Crotalus abyssus |
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Crotalus oreganus helleri (CA) + (BC) |
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake |
Meek, 1905 |
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Crotalus helleri |
Sounds |
Crotalus oreganus lutosus (CA) + (SW)
+ (NW) |
Great Basin Rattlesnake |
Klauber, 1930 |
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Crotalus lutosus |
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Crotalus oreganus oreganus (CA) + (NW) |
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake |
Holbrook, 1840 |
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Crotalus oreganus |
Sounds |
Crotalus pricei |
Twin-spotted Rattlesnake |
Van Denburgh, 1895 |
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Crotalus pricei pricei |
Western Twin-spotted Rattlesnake |
Van Denburgh, 1895 |
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Crotalus pyrrhus (CA) + (SW) + (BC) |
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake |
(Cope, 1867 “1866”) |
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Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus |
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Crotalus ruber (CA) + (BC) |
Red Diamond Rattlesnake |
Cope, 1892 |
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Crotalus scutulatus |
Mohave Rattlesnake |
(Kennicott, 1861) |
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Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus (CA) + (SW) |
Northern Mohave Rattlesnake |
(Kennicott, 1861) |
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Sounds |
Crotalus stephensi |
Panamint Rattlesnake |
Klauber, 1930 |
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Crotalus tigris |
Tiger Rattlesnake |
Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 |
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Sounds |
Crotalus viridis |
Prairie Rattlesnake |
(Rafinesque, 1818) |
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Crotalus viridis viridis |
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Crotalus viridus nuntius |
Hopi Rattlesnake |
Klauber, 1935 |
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Crotalus viridis (subspecies not recognized by some.) |
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Crotalus willardi |
Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake |
Meek, 1905 |
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Crotalus willardi obscurus |
New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake |
Harris and Simmons, 1976 |
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Crotalus willardi willardi |
Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake |
Meek, 1905 |
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Sounds |
Cryptophis |
Small-eyed Snakes |
Worrell, 1961 |
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Rhinoplocephalus |
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Cryptophis nigrescens |
Eastern Small-eyed Snake
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(Gunther, 1862) |
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Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens
Denisonia nigrescens |
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Demansia |
Whipsnakes |
Gunther, 1858 |
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Demansia psammophis |
Yellow-Faced Whipsnake |
(Schlegel, 1837) |
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Diadophis |
Ring-necked Snakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Diadophis punctatus |
Ring-necked Snake |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
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Diadophis punctatus amabilis |
Pacific Ring-necked Snake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Diadophis punctatus arnyi |
Prairie Ring-necked Snake |
Kennicott, 1859 |
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Diadophis punctatus edwardsii |
Northern Ring-necked Snake |
(Merrem, 1820) |
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Diadophis punctatus modestus |
San Bernardino Ring-necked Snake |
Bocourt, 1886 |
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Diadophis punctatus occidentalis (CA) + (NW) |
Northwestern Ring-necked Snake |
Blanchard, 1923 |
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Diadophis punctatus pulchellus |
Coral-bellied Ring-necked Snake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Diadophis punctatus regalis |
Regal Ring-necked Snake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Diadophis punctatus similis |
San Diego Ring-necked Snake |
Blanchard, 1923 |
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Diadophis punctatus vandenburgii |
Monterey Ring-necked Snake |
Blanchard, 1923 |
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Drymarchon |
Indigo Snakes |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Drymarchon melanurus |
Central American Indigo Snake |
(Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854) |
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Drymarchon melanurus erebennus |
Texas Indigo Snake |
(Cope, 1860) |
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Epicrates |
Rainbow Boas |
Wagler, 1830 |
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Epicrates cenchria |
Rainbow Boa |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Epicrates cenchria cenchria |
Brazilian Rainbow Boa |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Furina |
Naped Snakes |
A.M.C. Duméril, 1853 |
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Furina ornata
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Orange-naped Snake |
(Gray, 1842) |
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Moon Snake |
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Gyalopian |
Western Hook-nosed Snakes |
Cope, 1861 |
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Gyalopion canum |
Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake |
Cope, 1861 “1860” |
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Gyalopion quadrangulare |
Thornscrub Hook-nosed Snake |
(Günther, 1893 in Salvin and Godman, 1885-1902) |
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Heterodon |
North American Hog-nosed Snakes |
Latreille, 1801 |
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Heterodon kennerlyi |
Mexican Hog-nosed Snake |
Kennicott, 1860 |
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Heterodon kennerlyi |
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Hydrophis |
Seasnakes |
Daudin, 1803 |
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Hydrophis platurus |
Yellow-bellied Seasnake |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
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Pelamis platurus |
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Hypsiglena |
North American Nightsnakes |
Cope, 1860 |
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Hypsiglena chlorophaea |
Desert Nightsnake |
Cope, 1860 |
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Hypsiglena chlorophaea chlorophaea |
Sonoran Nightsnake |
Cope, 1860 |
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Hypsiglena torquata |
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Hypsiglena chlorophaea deserticola |
Northern Desert Nightsnake |
(Tanner, 1944) |
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Hypsiglena torquata |
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Hypsiglena chlorophaea loreala |
Mesa Verde Night Snake |
(Tanner, 1944) |
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Hypsiglena torquata |
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Hypsiglena jani |
Chihuahuan Nightsnake |
(Duges, 1866) |
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Hypsiglena jani texana |
Texas Nightsnake |
(Stejneger, 1893) |
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Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha |
Coast Nightsnake |
Cope, 1860 |
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Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha klauberi (CA) + (BC) |
San Diego Nightsnake |
Tanner, 1944 |
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Hypsiglena torquata |
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Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha nuchalata |
California Nightsnake |
(Tanner, 1943) |
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Hypsiglena torquata |
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Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha ochrorhyncha |
Cape Nightsnake |
Cope, 1860 |
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Hypsiglena slevini |
Baja California Nightsnake |
Tanner, 1943 |
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Eridiphas slevini |
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Indotyphlops |
South Asian Blindsnakes |
Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin, and Vidal, 2014 |
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Indotyphlops braminus |
Brahminy Blind Snake |
(Daudin, 1803) |
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Ramphotyphlops braminus,
Island Blind Snake
Hawaiian Blind Snake
Flowerpot Snake |
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Lampropeltis |
Kingsnakes |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Lampropeltis alterna |
Gray-banded Kingsnake |
(Brown, 1901) |
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Lampropeltis californiae (CA) + (BC) + (SW) |
California Kingsnake |
(Blainville, 1835) |
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Lampropeltis getula californiae |
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Lampropeltis gentilis (Misc) (SW) (TX) |
Western Milksnake |
Baird and Girard 1853 |
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Lampropeltis knoblochi |
Knobloch's Mountain Kingsnake |
Taylor, 1940 |
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Lampropeltis pyromelana pyromelana - Arizona Mountain Kingsnake |
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Lampropeltis multifasciata (CA) + (BC) |
Coast Mountain Kingsnake |
Bocourt (1882) |
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Lampropeltis zonata multimasciata |
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Lampropeltis pyromelana |
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake |
(Cope, 1867) |
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Lampropeltis pyromelana pyromelana |
Arizona Mountain Kingsnake |
(Cope, 1867) |
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Lampropeltis splendida (SW) + (TX) |
Desert Kingsnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Lampropeltis getula splendida |
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Lampropeltis zonata (CA) + (NW) |
California Mountain Kingsnake |
(Lockington ex Blainville, 1876) |
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Lampropeltis zonata multicincta
Lampropeltis zonata zonata |
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Lichanura |
Rosy Boas |
Cope, 1861 |
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Lichanura orcutti (CA) + (SW) + (BC) |
Rosy Boa |
(Stejneger 1889) |
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Northern Three-lined Boa
Lichanura trivirgata gracia - Desert Rosy Boa
Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca - Coastal Rosy Boa
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Lichanura trivirgata (BC) + (SW) |
Three-lined Boa |
(Cope, 1861) |
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Rosy Boa
Lichanura trivirgata saslowi - Baja Rosy Boa
Lichanura trivirgata trivirgata - Mexican Rosy Boa |
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Micruroides |
Sonoran Coral Snakes |
Schmidt, 1928 |
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Micruroides euryxanthus |
Sonoran Coral Snake |
(Kennicott, 1860) |
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Micruroides euryxanthus euryxanthus |
Arizona Coralsnake |
(Kennicott, 1860) |
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Masticophis |
Coachwhips / Whipsnakes |
Baird & Girard, 1853 |
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Coluber |
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Masticophis bilineatis
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Sonoran Whipsnake |
Jan, 1863 |
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Coluber bilineatis |
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Masticophis flagellum |
Coachwhip |
Shaw, 1802 |
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Coluber flagellum |
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Masticophis flagellum cingulum |
Sonoran Coachwhip |
Lowe & Woodin, 1954 |
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Masticophis flagellum flagellum
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Eastern Coachwhip |
Shaw, 1802 |
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Coluber flagellum flagellum |
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Masticophis flagellum lineatulus |
Lined Coachwhip |
H. M. Smith, 1941 |
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Masticophis flagellum piceus (CA) + (BC)
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Red Coachwhip |
(Cope, 1892) |
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Coluber flagellum piceus
Red Racer |
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Masticophis flagellum ruddocki
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San Joaquin Coachwhip |
(Brattstrom and Warren, 1953) |
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Coluber flagellum ruddocki |
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Masticphis flagellum testaceus
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Western Coachwhip |
Say, 1823 |
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Coluber flagellum testaceus |
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Masticophis fuliginosus (CA) + (BC)
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Baja California Coachwhip |
(Cope, 1895) |
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Coluber fuliginosus |
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Masticophis lateralis |
Striped Racer
California Whipsnake |
(Hallowell, 1853) |
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Coluber lateralis |
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Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus
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Alameda Striped Racer |
(Riemer, 1954) |
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Coluber lateralis euryxanthus |
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Masticophis lateralis lateralis (CA) + (BC)
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California Striped Racer |
(Hallowell, 1853) |
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Coluber lateralis lateralis |
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Masticphis taeniatus |
Striped Whipsnake |
(Hallowell, 1852) |
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Coluber taeniatus |
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Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus |
Desert Striped Whipsnake |
(Hallowell, 1852) |
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Coluber taeniatus taeniatus |
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Morelia |
Carpet Pythons & Relatives |
Gray, 1842 |
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Morelia kinghorni |
Scrub Python |
(Stull, 1933) |
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Amethystine Python
Amethyst Python
Liasis amethistina kinghorni
Morelia amethistina |
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Morelia spilota |
Carpet Python |
(Lacepede, 1804) |
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Carpet Snake
Bredl’s Python
Inland Rivers Carpet Python
Python spilotes |
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Nerodia |
North American Watersnakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Nerodia erythrogaster (TX) + (MISC) |
Plain-bellied Watersnake |
(Forster, 1771) |
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(former ssp. erythrogaster)
Blotched Watersnake |
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Nerodia fasciata (CA alien) |
Southern Watersnake |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
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Nerodia fasciata pictiventris (CA alien) + (MISC) |
Florida Watersnake |
(Cope, 1895) |
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Nerodia rhombifer |
Diamond-backed Watersnake |
(Hallowell, 1852) |
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Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer |
Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake |
(Hallowell, 1852) |
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Nerodia sipedon (CA alien) + (MISC) |
Northern Watersnake |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Nerodia taxispilota |
Brown Watersnake |
(Holbrook, 1838) |
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Opheodrys |
Greensnakes |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Opheodrys vernalis |
Smooth Greensnake |
(Harlan, 1827) |
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Liochlorophis vernalis |
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Oxybelis |
American Vinesnakes |
Wagler, 1830 |
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Oxybelis aeneus |
Brown Vinesnake |
(Wagler, 1824) |
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P |
Pantherophis |
North American Ratsnakes |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Elaphe |
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Pantherophis alleghaniensis |
Eastern Ratsnake |
(Holbrook, 1836) |
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Yellow Ratsnake |
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Pantherophis bairdi |
Baird's Ratsnake |
(Yarrow, in Cope, 1880) |
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Pantherophis emoryi
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Great Plains Ratsnake
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(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Elaphe emoryi emoryi & Elaphe emoryi meahllmorum -
Northern Plains Ratsnake & Southern Plains Ratsnake or Southwestern Ratsnake)
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Pantherophis guttatus |
Red Cornsnake |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
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Pantherophis obsoletus (TX) + (MISC)
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Western Ratsnake |
(Say, 1823) |
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Texas Ratsnake
Elaphe obsoleta lindenheimeri |
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Pantherophis spiloides |
Gray Ratsnake |
(Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854) |
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Parasuta |
Hooded Snakes |
Orrell, 1961 |
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Parasuta monachus
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Monk Snake |
(Storr, 1964) |
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Hooded Snake
Suta monachus |
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Phyllorynchus |
Leaf-nosed Snakes |
Stejneger, 1890 |
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Phyllorynchus browni |
Saddled Leaf-nosed Snake |
Stejneger, 1890 |
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Phyllorhynchus decurtatus (CA) + (BC) |
Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake |
(Cope, 1868) |
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Pituophis |
Bullsnakes, Pinesnakes,
and Gophersnakes |
Holbrook, 1842 |
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Pituophis catenifer |
Gophersnake |
(Blainville, 1835) |
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Pituophis catenifer affinis (CA) + (TX) + (SW) |
Sonoran Gophersnake |
(Hallowell, 1852) |
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Pituophis catenifer annectens (CA) + (BC) |
San Diego Gophersnake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Pituophis catenifer catenifer (CA) + (NW) |
Pacific Gophersnake |
(Blainville, 1835) |
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Sounds |
Pituophis catenifer deserticola (CA) + (NW) + (SW) |
Great Basin Gophersnake |
Stejneger, 1893 |
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Pituophis catenifer pumilus |
Santa Cruz Island GophersSnake |
Klauber, 1946 |
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Pituophis catenifer sayi |
Bullsnake |
(Schlegel, 1837) |
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Pituophis vertebralis |
Baja California Gophersnake |
(Blainville, 1835) |
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Pituophis vertebralis bimaris |
Baja California Gophersnake |
(Klauber, 1946) |
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Mid Baja California Gophersnake
Pituophis catenifer bimaris |
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Pituophis vertebralis vertebralis |
Cape Gophersnake |
Hirschkorn & Skubowius, 2011 |
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Baja California Gophersnake
Pituophis catenifer vertebralis |
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Pseudechis |
Black Snakes |
Wagler, 1830 |
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Pseudechis australis |
Mulga Snake |
(Gray, 1842) |
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King Brown Snake
Naja australis |
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Pseudechis weigeli
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Pygmy Mulga Snake |
(Wells & Wellington, 1987) |
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Weigel’s Black Snake |
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Pseudonaja
|
Brown Snakes |
Gunther, 1858 |
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Pseudonaja mengdeni
|
Western Brown Snake |
Wells & Wellington, 1985 |
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Mengden’s Brown Snake
Gwardar |
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Pseudonaja modesta |
Ringed Brown Snake |
(Gunther, 1872) |
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Python |
Pythons |
Daudin, 1803 |
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Python molurus |
Indian Python |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Q |
R |
Rena |
Threadsnakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Blindsnakes |
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Rena boettgeri |
(Cape) Threadsnake |
(Werner 1899) |
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(Common name unknown) |
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Rena dissectus |
New Mexico Threadsnake |
(Cope, 1896) |
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New Mexico Blindsnake |
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Rena dulcis |
Texas Threadsnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Rena dulcis dulcis |
Plains Threadsnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Plains Blindsnake |
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Rena humilis |
Western Threadsnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Rena humilis cahuilae (CA) + (Baja) |
Desert Threadsnake |
Klauber, 1931 |
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Leptotyphlops humilis cahuilae
Desert Blind Snake |
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Rena humilis humilis |
Southwestern Threadsnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Leptotyphlops humilis humilis
Southwestern Blind Snake |
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Rhinocheilus |
Long-nosed Snakes |
Baird and Girard, 185 |
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Rhinocheilus lecontei (CA) + (SW) + (TX) |
Long-nosed Snake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei - Western Long-nosed Snake |
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S |
Salvadora |
Patch-nosed Snakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Salvadora grahamiae |
Eastern Patch-nosed Snake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae |
Mountain Patch-nosed Snake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Salvadora grahamiaelineata |
Texas Patch-nosed Snake |
Schmidt, 1940 |
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Salvadora hexalepis |
Western Patch-nosed Snake |
(Cope, 1866) |
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Salvadora hexalepis deserticola |
Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake |
Schmidt, 1940 |
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Salvadora deserticola |
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Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis (CA) + (SW) |
Desert Patch-nosed Snake |
(Cope, 1866) |
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Salvadora hexalepis klauberi (BC) |
Baja California Patch-nosed Snake |
Bogert, 1945 |
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Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis |
Mohave Patch-nosed Snake |
Bogert, 1945 |
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Salvadora hexalepis virgultea |
Coast Patch-nosed Snake |
Bogert, 1935 |
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Senticolis |
Green Ratsnakes |
Dowling and Fries, 1987 |
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Senticolis triaspis |
Green Ratsnake |
(Cope, 1866) |
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Senticolis triaspis intermedia |
Northern Green Ratsnake |
(Boettger, 1883) |
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Simoselaps |
Burrowing Banded Snakes |
Jan, 1859 |
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Simoselaps anomalus |
Desert Banded Snake |
(Sternfeld, 1919) |
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Sistrurus |
Massasauga & Pygmy Rattlesnakes |
Garman, 1883 |
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Sistrurus catenatus |
Massasauga |
(Rafinesque, 1818) |
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Sistrurus tergeminus edwardsii
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Desert Massasauga |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii |
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Sonora |
North American Groundsnakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Sonora semiannulata |
Western Groundsnake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Sonora semiannulata (TX)
(includes Sonora episcopa) |
Western Groundsnake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Sonora semiannulata semiannulata (CA) + (BC) |
Variable Groundsnake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Spalerosophis |
|
Jan, 1865 |
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Spalerosophis diadema |
Royal Diadem Ratsnake
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(SCHLEGEL 1837) |
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Black-headed Royal Snake |
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Stegonotus
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Slaty Snakes |
Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854 |
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Stegonotus cucullatus |
Slaty-grey Snake |
(Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) |
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Storeria |
North American Brownsnakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Storeria dekayi |
Dekay's Brownsnake |
(Holbrook, 1836) |
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Storeria dekayi texana |
Texas Brownsnake |
Trapido, 1944 |
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T |
Tantilla |
Black-headed, Crowned,
and Flat-headed Snakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Tantilla gracilis |
Flat-headed Snake |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Tantilla hobartsmithi (CA) + (SW) |
Smith's Black-headed Snake |
Taylor, 1937 |
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Tantilla nigriceps |
Plains Black-headed Snake |
Kennicott, 1860 |
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Tantilla planiceps |
Western Black-headed Snake |
(Blainville, 1835) |
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California Black-headed Snake |
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Tantilla wilcoxi |
Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake |
Stejneger, 1903 |
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Thamnophis |
North American Gartersnakes |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Thamnophis atratus |
Aquatic Gartersnake |
(Kennicott, 1860) |
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Thamnophis atratus atratus |
Santa Cruz Gartersnake |
(Kennicott, 1860) |
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Thamnophis atratus hydrophilus (CA) + (NW) |
Oregon Gartersnake |
Fitch, 1936 |
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Thamnophis atratus zaxanthus |
Diablo Range Gartersnake |
Boundy, 1999 |
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Thamnophis couchii |
Sierra Gartersnake |
(Kennicott, 1859) |
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Thamnophis cyrtopsis |
Black-necked Gartersnake |
(Kennicott, 1860) |
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Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis |
Western Black-necked Gartersnake |
(Kennicott, 1860) |
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Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus |
Eastern Black-necked Gartersnake |
(Cope, 1880) |
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Thamnophis elegans |
Western Terrestrial Gartersnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Thamnophis elegans elegans |
Mountain Gartersnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Thamnophis elegans terrestris |
Coast Gartersnake |
Fox, 1951 |
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Thamnophis elegans vagrans (CA) + (NW) + (SW) |
Wandering Gartersnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Thamnophis gigas |
Giant Gartersnake |
Fitch, 1940 |
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Thamnophis hammondii (CA) + (BC) |
Two-striped Gartersnake |
(Kennicott, 1860 ) |
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Thamnophis marcianus |
Checkered Gartersnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Thamnophis marcianus marcianus (CA) + (TX) +
(BC) |
Marcy's Checkered Gartersnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Thamnophis ordinoides (CA) + (NW) |
Northwestern Gartersnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1852) |
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Thamnophis proximus |
Western Ribbonsnake |
(Say, 1823) |
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Thamnophis proximus orarius |
Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake |
Rossman, 1963 |
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Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus |
Red-striped Ribbon Snake |
Rossman, 1963 |
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Thamnophis rufipunctatus |
Narrow-headed Gartersnake |
(Cope, 1875) |
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Thamnophis sauritus |
Eastern Ribbonsnake |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
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Thamnophis sauritus sackenii |
Peninsula Ribbonsnake |
(Kennicott, 1859) |
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Thamnophis sirtalis |
Common Gartersnake |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus |
Red-spotted Gartersnake |
(Hallowell, 1852) |
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Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (CA) + (NW) |
Valley Gartersnake |
Fox, 1951 |
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Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis |
California Red-sided Gartersnake |
(Blainville, 1835) |
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South Coast Gartersnake -
Thamnophis ssp |
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Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis |
Red-sided Gartersnake |
(Say, 1823) |
|
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Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii |
Puget Sound Gartersnake |
(Baird and Girard, 1853) |
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Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis |
Eastern Gartersnake |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia |
San Francisco Gartersnake |
(Cope, 1875) |
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Thamnophis valida |
West Coast Gartersnake |
(Kennicott, 1860) |
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Thamnophis valida celaeno |
West Coast Gartersnake |
(Cope, 1860) |
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Cape Gartersnake |
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Trimorphodon |
Lyresnakes |
Cope, 1861 |
|
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Trimorphodon lambda (CA) + (SW) |
Sonoran Lyresnake |
Cope, 1886 |
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Trimorphodon lyrophanes (CA) + (BC) |
California Lyresnake |
(Cope, 1860) |
|
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Tropidonophis
|
Keelback |
Jan, 1863 |
|
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Tropidonophis mairii |
Keelback |
(Gray, 1841) |
|
Freshwater Snake
Natrix mairii
Aphibiesma mairii
Styporhynchus mairii |
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U |
V |
Virginia |
North American Earthsnakes |
Baird and Girard, 1853 |
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Virginia striatula |
Rough Earth Snake |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
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W |
X |
Y |
Z |
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CA = California page
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NW = Northwest page
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