List of Florida Snakes

Two alphabetical lists of Florida snakes are presented below. The first list (left) is sorted by scientific name and the second list (right) is sorted by common name. For both scientific and common names we mostly follow: The Center for North American Herpetology (CNAH). We also include many historical and local names to the common names list.

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Alphabetical by Scientific Name

Alphabetical by Common Name

Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (LINNAEUS 1766), Southern Copperhead Agkistrodon piscivorus (LACÉPÈDE 1789), Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti GLOYD 1969, Florida Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus (LACÉPÈDE 1789), Eastern Cottonmouth Boa constrictor LINNAEUS 1758, Boa Constrictor Cemophora coccinea (BLUMENBACH 1788), Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea coccinea (BLUMENBACH 1788), Florida Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea copei JAN 1863, Northern Scarlet Snake Coluber constrictor LINNAEUS 1758, Eastern Racer Coluber constrictor helvigularis AUFFENBERG 1955, Brownchin Racer Coluber constrictor paludicola AUFFENBERG & BABBITT 1955, Everglades Racer Coluber constrictor priapus DUNN & WOOD 1939, Southern Black Racer Crotalus adamanteus PALISOT DE BEAUVOIS 1799, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus LINNAEUS 1758, Timber Rattlesnake Diadophis punctatus LINNAEUS 1766, Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus acricus PAULSON 1968, Key Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus punctatus LINNAEUS 1766, Southern Ringneck Snake Drymarchon couperi (HOLBROOK 1842), Eastern Indigo Snake Farancia abacura (HOLBROOK 1836), Mud Snake Farancia abacura abacura (HOLBROOK 1836), Eastern Mud Snake Farancia abacura reinwardtii (SCHLEGEL 1837), Western Mud Snake Farancia erytrogramma (PALISOT DE BEAUVOIS in SONNINI & LATREILLE 1801), Rainbow Snake Farancia erytrogramma erytrogamma (PALISOT DE BEAUVOIS in SONNINI & LATREILLE 1801), Rainbow Snake Farancia erytrogramma seminola NEILL 1964, Southern Florida Rainbow Snake Heterodon platirhinos LATREILLE 1801, Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon simus (LINNAEUS 1766), Southern Hognose Snake Lampropeltis calligaster (HARLAN 1827), Mole Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata PRICE 1987, Southern Florida Mole Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata (HOLBROOK 1840), Mole Kingsnake Lampropeltis elapsoides (HOLBROOK 1838), Scarlet Kingsnake Lampropeltis extenuata (BROWN 1890), Short-tailed Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula (LINNAEUS 1766), Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula floridana (BLANCHARD 1919), Florida Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula getula (LINNAEUS 1766), Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula meansi KRYSKO & JUDD 2006, Eastern Apalachicola Lowlands Kingsnake Masticophis flagellum flagellum SHAW 1802, Eastern Coachwhip Micrurus fulvius (LINNAEUS 1766), Eastern Coral Snake Nerodia clarkii (BAIRD & GIRARD 1853), Salt Marsh Snake Nerodia clarkii clarkii (BAIRD & GIRARD 1853), Gulf Salt Marsh Snake Nerodia clarkii compressicauda KENNICOTT 1860, Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake Nerodia clarkii taeniata (COPE 1895), Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake Nerodia cyclopion (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854), Mississippi Green Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster (FORSTER 1771), Plainbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster (FORSTER 1771), Redbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster (CONANT 1949), Yellowbelly Water Snake Nerodia fasciata (LINNAEUS 1766), Southern Water Snake Nerodia fasciata fasciata (LINNAEUS 1766), Banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata pictiventris (COPE 1895), Florida Water Snake Nerodia floridana (GOFF 1936), Florida Green Water Snake Nerodia sipedon pleuralis (COPE 1892), Midland Water Snake Nerodia taxispilota (HOLBROOK 1838), Brown Water Snake Opheodrys aestivus (LINNAEUS 1766), Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus aestivus (LINNAEUS 1766), Northern Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus carinatus GROBMAN 1984, Florida Rough Green Snake Pantherophis alleghaniensis (HOLBROOK 1836), Eastern Rat Snake Pantherophis guttatus (LINNAEUS 1766), Eastern Corn Snake Pantherophis spiloides (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854), Gray Rat Snake Pituophis melanoleucus (DAUDIN 1803), Pine Snake Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi BLANCHARD 1924, Black Pine Snake Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus BARBOUR 1921, Florida Pine Snake Python bivittatus KUHL 1820, Burmese Python Python sebae (GMELIN 1789), Northern African Python Ramphotyphlops braminus (DAUDIN 1803), Brahminy Blind Snake Regina alleni (GARMAN 1874), Striped Crayfish Snake Regina rigida (SAY 1825), Glossy Crayfish snake Regina rigida rigida (SAY 1825), Glossy Crayfish Snake Regina rigida sinicola (HUHEEY 1959), Gulf Crayfish Snake Regina septemvittata (SAY 1825), Queen Snake Rhadinaea flavilata (COPE 1871), Pine Woods Snake Seminatrix pygaea (COPE 1871), Swamp Snake Seminatrix pygaea cyclas DOWLING 1950, Southern Florida Swamp Snake Seminatrix pygaea pygaea (COPE 1871), Northern Florida Swamp Snake Sistrurus miliarius barbouri GLOYD 1935, Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake Storeria dekayi (HOLBROOK 1836), Brown Snake Storeria dekayi limnetes ANDERSON 1961, Marsh Brown Snake Storeria dekayi wrightorum TRAPIDO 1944, Midland Brown Snake Storeria occipitomaculata (STORER 1839), Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata obscura TRAPIDO 1944, Florida Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata (STORER 1839), Northern Redbelly Snake Storeria victa HAY 1892, Florida Brown Snake Tantilla coronata BAIRD & GIRARD 1853, Southeastern Crowned Snake Tantilla oolitica TELFORD 1966, Rim Rock Crowned Snake Tantilla relicta TELFORD 1966, Florida Crowned Snake Tantilla relicta neilli TELFORD 1966, Central Florida Crowned Snake Tantilla relicta relicta TELFORD 1966, Peninsula Crowned Snake Tantilla relicta pamlica TELFORD 1966, Coastal Dunes Crowned Snake Thamnophis sauritus (LINNAEUS 1766), Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus nitae ROSSMAN 1963, Bluestripe Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus sauritus (LINNAEUS 1766), Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus sackenii (KENNICOTT 1859), Peninsula Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sirtalis (LINNAEUS 1758), Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (LINNAEUS 1758), Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis similis ROSSMAN 1965, Bluestripe Garter Snake Virginia striatula (LINNAEUS 1766), Rough Earth Snake Virginia valeriae valeriae BAIRD & GIRARD 1853, Eastern Smooth Earth Snake

African Rock Python; see Northern African Python Apalachicola Lowlands Kingsnake – see Common Kingsnake Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake – see Salt Marsh Snake Banded Water Snake – see Southern Water Snake Black Pine Snake – see Pine Snake Black Racer – see Eastern Racer Black Snake – see Black Swamp Snake, Eastern Hognose Snake, Eastern Indigo Snake, Eastern Racer, Pine Snake, Salt Marsh Snake Black Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea (COPE 1871) Northern Florida Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea pygaea (COPE 1871) Southern Florida Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea cyclas DOWLING 1950 Blind Snake – see Brahminy Blind Snake Bluestripe Garter Snake – see Common Garter Snake Bluestripe Ribbon Snake – see Eastern Ribbon Snake Boa Constrictor, Boa constrictor LINNAEUS 1758 Brahminy Blind Snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus (DAUDIN 1803) Brownchin Racer – see Eastern Racer Brown Snake – see Dekay's Brown Snake, Florida Brown Snake, Marsh Brown Snake, Midland Brown Snake Brown Water Snake, Nerodia taxispilota (HOLBROOK 1838) Burmese Python, Python bivitattus KUHL 1820 Canebrake Rattlesnake – see Timber Rattlesnake Central Florida Crowned Snake – see Florida Crowned Snake Chicken Snake – see Eastern Corn Snake, Eastern Rat Snake, Gray Rat Snake Coachwhip – see Eastern Coachwhip Coastal Dunes Crowned Snake – see Florida Crowned Snake Common Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis (LINNAEUS 1758) Bluestripe Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis similis ROSSMAN 1965 Eastern Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (LINNAEUS 1758) Common Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula (LINNAEUS 1766) Eastern Apalachicola Lowlands Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula meansi KRYSKO & JUDD 2006 Eastern Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula getula (LINNAEUS 1766) Florida Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula floridana BLANCHARD 1919 Eastern Ribbon Snake – see Eastern Ribbon Snake Copperhead – see Southern Copperhead Coralsnake – see Eastern Coral Snake Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus (LACÉPÈDE 1789) Florida Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti GLOYD 1969 Eastern Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus (LACÉPÈDE 1789) Crayfish Snake – see Glossy Crayfish Snake, Striped Crayfish Snake Crowned Snake – see Florida Crowned Snake, Rim Rock Crowned Snake, Southeastern Crowned Snake Dekay's Brown Snake, Storeria dekayi (HOLBROOK 1836) Marsh Brown Snake, Storeria dekayi limnetes ANDERSON 1961 Midland Brown Snake, Storeria dekayi wrightorum TRAPIDO 1944 Diamondback Rattlesnake – see Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius barbouri GLOYD 1935 Earth Snake – see Rough Earth Snake, Eastern Smooth Earth Snake Eastern Apalachicola Lowlands Kingsnake – see Common Kingsnake Eastern Coachwhip, Masticophis flagellum flagellum SHAW 1802 Eastern Cottonmouth – see Cottonmouth Eastern Coral Snake, Micrurus fulvius (LINNAEUS 1766) Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus PALISOT DE BEAUVOIS 1799 Eastern Garter Snake – see Common Garter Snake Eastern Hognose Snake, Heterodon platirhinos LATREILLE 1801 Eastern Indigo Snake, Drymarchon couperi (HOLBROOK 1842) Eastern Mud Snake – see Redbelly Mud Snake Eastern Kingsnake – see Common Kingsnake Eastern Racer, Coluber constrictor LINNAEUS 1758 Brownchin Racer, Coluber constrictor helvigularis AUFFENBERG 1955 Everglades Racer, Coluber constrictor paludicola AUFFENBERG & BABBITT 1953 Southern Black Racer, Coluber constrictor priapus DUNN & WOOD 1939 Eastern Rat Snake, Pantherophis alleghaniensis (HOLBROOK 1836) Eastern Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus (LINNAEUS 1766) Bluestripe Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus nitae ROSSMAN 1963 Eastern Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus sauritus (LINNAEUS 1766) Peninsula Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus sackenii (KENNICOTT 1859) Eastern Smooth Earth Snake, Virginia valeriae valeriae BAIRD & GIRARD 1853 Everglades Racer – see Eastern Racer Everglades Rat Snake – see Rat Snake Florida Brown Snake, Storeria victa HAY 1892 Florida Cottonmouth – see Cottonmouth Florida Crowned Snake, Tantilla relicta TELFORD 1966 Central Florida Crowned Snake, Tantilla relicta neilli TELFORD 1966 Coastal Dunes Crowned Snake, Tantilla relicta pamlica TELFORD 1966 Peninsula Crowned Snake, Tantilla relicta relicta TELFORD 1966 Florida Green Water Snake, Nerodia floridana (GOFF 1936) Florida Kingsnake – see Common Kingsnake Florida Pine Snake – see Pine Snake Florida Redbelly Snake – see Redbelly Snake Florida Rough Green Snake – see Rough Green Snake Florida Scarlet Snake – see Scarlet Snake Florida Water Snake – see Southern Water Snake Garter Snake – see Common Garter Snake Glossy Crayfish Snake, Regina rigida (SAY 1825) Glossy Crayfish Snake, Regina rigida rigida (SAY 1825) Gulf Crayfish Snake, Regina rigida sinicola (HUHEEY 1959) Gray Rat Snake, Pantherophis spiloides (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854) Green Snake – see Rough Green Snake Green Water Snake – see Florida Green Water Snake, Mississippi Green Water Snake Gulf Crayfish Snake – see Glossy Crayfish Snake Gulf Salt Marsh Snake – see Salt Marsh Snake Hognose Snake – see Eastern Hognose Snake, Southern Hognose Snake Indigo Snake – see Eastern Indigo Snake Key Ringneck Snake; see Ringneck Snake Kingsnake – see Common Kingsnake, Scarlet Kingsnake, Short-tailed Kingsnake Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake – see Salt Marsh Snake Midland Water Snake, Nerodia sipedon pleuralis (COPE 1892) Mississippi Green Water Snake, Nerodia cyclopion (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854) Moccasin – see Cottonmouth Mole Kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster (HARLAN 1827) Southern Florida Mole Kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster occipitolineata PRICE 1987 Mole Kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata (HOLBROOK 1840) Mud Snake, Farancia abacura (HOLBROOK 1836) Eastern Mud Snake, Farancia abacura abacura (HOLBROOK 1836) Western Mud Snake, Farancia abacura reinwardtii (SCHLEGEL 1837) Northern African Python, Python sebae (GMELIN 1789) Northern Florida Swamp Snake – see Black Swamp Snake Northern Redbelly Snake – see Redbelly Snake Northern Rough Green Snake – see Rough Green Snake Northern Scarlet Snake – see Scarlet Snake Peninsula Crowned Snake – see Florida Crowned Snake Peninsula Ribbon Snake – see Eastern Ribbon Snake Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus (DAUDIN 1803) Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi BLANCHARD 1924 Florida Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus BARBOUR 1921 Pine Woods Snake, Rhadinaea flavilata (COPE 1871) Plainbelly Water Snake, Nerodia erythrogaster (FORSTER 1771) Redbelly Water Snake, Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster (FORSTER 1771) Yellowbelly Water Snake, Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster (CONANT 1949) Pigmy Rattlesnake – see Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake Python – see Burmese Python or Northern African Python Queen Snake, Regina septemvittata (SAY 1825) Racer - see Eastern Racer Rainbow Snake, Farancia erytrogramma (PALISOT DE BEAUVOIS in SONNINI & LATREILLE 1801) Rainbow Snake, Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma (PALISOT DE BEAUVOIS in SONNINI & LATREILLE 1801) Southern Florida Rainbow Snake, Farancia erytrogramma seminola NEILL 1964 Rat Snake – see Eastern Corn Snake, Eastern Rat Snake, Gray Rat Snake Rattlesnake – see Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake, Timber Rattlesnake Redbelly Snake, Storeria occipitomaculata (STORER 1839) Florida Redbelly Snake, Storeria occipitomaculata obscura TRAPIDO 1944 Northern Redbelly Snake, Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata (STORER 1839) Redbelly Water Snake – see Plainbelly Water Snake Eastern Corn Snake, Pantherophis guttatus (LINNAEUS 1766) Red Rat Snake – see Eastern Corn Snake Ribbon Snake – see Eastern Ribbon Snake Rim Rock Crowned Snake, Tantilla oolitica TELFORD 1966 Ringneck Snake, Diadophis punctatus LINNAEUS 1766 Key Ring–necked Snake, Diadophis punctatus acricus PAULSON 1968 Southern Ring–necked Snake, Diadophis punctatus punctatus LINNAEUS 1766 Rough Earth Snake, Virginia striatula (LINNAEUS 1766) Rough Green Snake, Opheodrys aestivus (LINNAEUS 1766) Florida Rough Green Snake, Opheodrys aestivus carinatus GROBMAN 1984 Northern Rough Green Snake, Opheodrys aestivus aestivus (LINNAEUS 1766) Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii (BAIRD & GIRARD 1853) Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii taeniata (COPE 1895) Gulf Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii clarkii (BAIRD & GIRARD 1853) Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia clarkii compressicauda KENNICOTT 1860 Scarlet Kingsnake, Lampropeltis elapsoides (HOLBROOK 1838) Scarlet Snake, Cemophora coccinea (BLUMENBACH 1788) Florida Scarlet Snake, Cemophora coccinea coccinea (BLUMENBACH 1788) Northern Scarlet Snake, Cemophora coccinea copei JAN 1863 Short-tailed Kingsnake, Lampropeltis extenuata (BROWN 1890) Southeastern Crowned Snake, Tantilla coronata BAIRD & GIRARD 1853 Southern Black Racer – see Eastern Racer Southern Copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (LINNAEUS 1766) Southern Florida Mole Kingsnake – see Mole Kingsnake Southern Florida Rainbow Snake – see Rainbow Snake Southern Florida Swamp Snake – see Black Swamp Snake Southern Hognose Snake, Heterodon simus (LINNAEUS 1766) Southern Ringneck Snake; see Ringneck Snake Southern Water Snake, Nerodia fasciata (LINNAEUS 1766) Banded Water Snake, Nerodia fasciata fasciata (LINNAEUS 1766) Florida Water Snake, Nerodia fasciata pictiventris (COPE 1895) Striped Crayfish Snake, Regina alleni (GARMAN 1874) Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus LINNAEUS 1758 Water Moccasin – see Cottonmouth Water Snake – see Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake, Banded Water Snake, Black Swamp Snake Brown Water Snake, Florida Green Water Snake, Florida Water Snake, Glossy Crayfish Snake, Gulf Salt Marsh Snake, Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake, Midland Water Snake, Mississippi Green Water Snake, Northern Florida Swamp Snake, Plainbelly Water Snake, Queen Snake, Redbelly Water Snake, Salt Marsh Snake, Southern Florida Swamp Snake, Southern Water Snake, Striped Crayfish Snake, Swamp Snake, Yellowbelly Water Snake Western Mud Snake – see Mud Snake Yellow Rat Snake – see Eastern Rat Snake Yellowbelly Water Snake – see Plainbelly Water Snake

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