List of snakes in Alabama
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Colubrids
- worm snakeWorm snakeWorm snake is the common name sometimes given to several of snakes. They share the characteristics of small size, primarily subterranean habitat, non-functioning or small eyes, and varying resemblance to earthworms. Many are also known as Blind snakes, the alternative common name. The worm snake...
, Carphophis amoenus ssp - eastern worm snakeEastern Worm SnakeThe Eastern worm snake is a nonvenomous colubrid found in the Eastern United States.Carphophis amoenus amoenus or the Eastern worm snake can be found east of the Mississippi, from Southwest Massachusetts down to Southern Alabama across to Louisiana and then up to Illinois...
, Carphophis amoenus amoenus - midwest worm snake, Carphophis amoenus helena
- scarlet snake, Cemophora coccinea
- black racerBlack RacerThe Black Racer is a fictional character, a deity and Avatar of Death in DC Comics universe. The character first appears in New Gods #3 and was created by Jack Kirby.-Fictional character biography:...
, Coluber Constrictor ssp - northern black racer, Coluber constrictor constrictor
- southern black racer, Coluber constrictor priapus
- ringneck snake, Diadophis punctatus ssp
- eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi
- corn snakeCorn SnakeThe Corn Snake , or Red Rat Snake, is a North American species of Rat Snake that subdues its small prey by constriction. The name "Corn Snake" is a holdover from the days when southern farmers stored harvested ears of corn in a wood frame or log building called a crib...
, Elaphe guttata guttata - gray rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta spiloides
- mud snake, Farancia abacura ssp
- eastern mud snake, Farancia abacura abacura
- western mud snake, Farancia abacura reinwardti
- rainbow snakeFarancia erytrogrammaFarancia erytrogramma is a large, nonvenomous, highly aquatic, colubrid snake found in coastal plains of the southeastern United States...
, Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma - eastern hognose snakeEastern Hognose SnakeThe Eastern Hognose Snake is a harmless colubrid species found in North America. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Geographic range:...
, Heterodon platirhinos - southern hognose snake, Heterodon simus
- mole kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster ssp
- prairie kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster
- mole kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata
- common kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula
- eastern kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula getula
- speckled kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
- black kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula niger
- milk snakeMilk SnakeThe milk snake or milksnake is a species of king snake. There are 25 subspecies among the milk snakes, including the commonly named scarlet kingsnake...
, Lampropeltis triangulum - scarlet kingsnakeScarlet KingsnakeThe Scarlet kingsnake is a species of kingsnake found in the southeastern and eastern portions of the United States. They are found in pine flatwoods hardwood hammocks, prairies, cultivated fields, and suburban areas...
, Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides - red milk snake, Lampropeltis triangulum syspila
- eastern milk snake, Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum
- eastern coachwhip, Masticophis flagellum flagellum
- Gulf Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii clarkii
- green water snakeGreen Water SnakeThe green water snake is a common species of nonvenomous snake found in the southeastern United States.-Description:This species differs from all other North American water snakes by having one or more small scales under the eye, giving the appearance of a ring of small plates around the eye....
, Nerodia cyclopion - Plainbelly Water Snake, Nerodia erythrogaster ssp.
- banded water snake, Nerodia fasciata fasciata
- Florida green water snake, Nerodia floridana
- diamondback water snake, Nerodia rhombifer
- Midland Water Snake, Nerodia sipedon
- brown water snakeBrown Water SnakeThe brown water snake is a large species of Natricine snake found in the southeast United States.Lycodonomorphus rufulus is sometimes also called the brown water snake, but L...
, Nerodia taxispilota - rough green snake, Opheodrys aestivus
- pine snakePine snakePine snake may refer to:* Pituophis melanoleucus, a harmless colubrid found in North America.* Lampropeltis g. getula, a.k.a. the eastern kingsnake, a harmless colubrid found in the eastern United States....
, Pituophis melanoleucus ssp - black pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi
- northern pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus
- Florida pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus
- glossy water snake, Regina rigida sinicola
- queen snakeQueen snakeThe queen snake is a nonvenomous member of the colubrid family of snakes. This species ranges through the temperate region of North America east of the Mississippi River from western New York state to Wisconsin and south to Alabama and northern Florida...
, Regina septemvittata - Pine Woods SnakePine Woods SnakeThe pine woods snake is a secretive colubrid found in scattered locations across the Southeastern United States.- Description :...
, Rhadinaea flavilata - north Florida swamp snake, Seminatrix pygaea pygaea
- midland brown snake, Storeria dekayi wrightorum
- northern red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata
- southeastern crowned snake, Tantilla coronata
- eastern ribbon snakeEastern Ribbon SnakeThe Eastern Ribbon Snake or Common Ribbon Snake is a subspecies of ribbon snake found in the northeastern United States....
, Thamnophis sauritus sauritus - eastern garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
- rough earth snake, Virginia striatula
- smooth earth snakeVirginia valeriaeThe smooth earth snake is a species of nonvenomous natricine colubrid snake native to the eastern half of the United States...
, Virginia valeriae ssp.
ViperViperidaeThe Viperidae are a family of venomous snakes found all over the world, except in Antarctica, Australia, Ireland, Madagascar, Hawaii, various other isolated islands, and above the Arctic Circle. All have relatively long, hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of venom. Four...
- copperheadCopperheadCopperhead may refer to:Snakes:* Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.* Agkistrodon piscivorus, a.k.a. the cottonmouth, another venomous pit viper species found in North America....
, Agkistrodon contortrix ssp--Venomous - southern copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix--Venomous
- northern copperheadNorthern copperheadNorthern copperhead may refer to:* Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix, a.k.a. the southern copperhead, a venomous pitviper subspecies found in the United States in the lower Mississippi Valley and the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, from eastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma to southern...
, Agkistrodon contortrix mokeson--Venomous - cottonmouthCottonmouthCottonmouth may refer to:Snakes* Agkistrodon piscivorus, a.k.a. the water moccasin, a venomous and semiaquatic pitviper found in the US* Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, a.k.a...
, Agkistrodon piscivorus ssp--Venomous - Florida cottonmouthFlorida CottonmouthAgkistrodon piscivorus conanti is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in the southeastern United States, and Florida in particular. Named in honor of the late American herpetologist, Roger Conant.-Description:...
, Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti--Venomous - western cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma--Venomous
- eastern cottonmouthAgkistrodon piscivorusAgkistrodon piscivorus is a venomous snake, a species of pit viper, found in the southeastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite. When antagonized they will stand their ground by coiling their bodies and displaying their fangs...
, Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus--Venomous - eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus--Venomous
- timber (canebrake) rattlesnakeCrotalus horridusCrotalus horridus, the timber rattlesnake, is a species of venomous pitviper found in the eastern United States. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States. No subspecies are currently recognized....
, Crotalus horridus--Venomous - pigmy rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius ssp--Venomous
- dusky pigmy rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius barbouri--Venomous
- Carolina pigmy rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius miliarius--Venomous
- western pigmy rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius streckeri--Venomous