This is the start of the ID page for snakes of east Texas.  We will be adding photos and more information soon.   

PICTURE

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

INFORMATION  
 

 Texas Blind Snake

Leptotyphlops dulcis

   
 

 Mississippi Green Water Snake

Nerodia cyclopion

   
 

 Diamondback Water Snake

Nerodia r. rhombifer

   
 

Yellow-bellied Water Snake

Nerodia erythrogaster transversa

   
 

 Broad-banded Water Snake

Nerodia fasciata confluens

   
 

 Scarlet Snake

Cemophora coccinea

   
 

 Eastern Yellowbelly Racer

Coluber constrictor flaviventris

   
 

 Buttermilk Racer

Coluber constrictor anthicus

   
 

 Southern Ringneck Snake

Diadophis punctatus

   
 

 Great Plains Rat Snake

Elaphe guttata emoryi

   
 

 Texas Rat Snake

Elaphe obseleta

   
 

 Eastern Hognose Snake

Heterodon platyrhinos

   
 

 Speckled Kingsnake

Lampropeltis getula hollbrooki

   
 

 Prairie Kingsnake

Lampropeltis c. calligaster

   
 

 Louisiana Milk Snake

Lampropeltis triangulum amaura

   
 

 Rough Green Snake

Opheodrys aestivus

   
 

 Smooth Green Snake

Opheodrys vernalis

   
 

 Graham's Crayfish Snake

Regina grahamii

   
 

 Texas Brown Snake

Storeia dekayi texana

   
 

 Ground Snake

Sonora semiannulata

   
 

 Checkered Garter Snake

Thamnophis m. marcianus

   
 

 Western Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis p. proximus

   
 

 Lined Snake

Tropidoclonion lineatum

   
 

 Rough Earth Snake

Virginia striatula

   
 

 Texas Coral Snake

Micrurus fulvius tener

   
 

 Southern Copperhead

Agkistrodon c. contortrix

   
 

 Broad-banded Copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus

   
 

 Western Cottonmouth

Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostma

   
 

 Pygmy Rattlesnake

Sistrurus miliarius

   
 

 Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus