List of snakes of Oklahoma

This is a list of snakes found in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

Snakes of Oklahoma

Non-venomous snakes

• Arizona elegans—glossy snake
• Carphophis vermis—western worm snake
• Cemophora coccinea—scarlet snake
• Coluber constrictor—racer
• Diadophis punctatus—ring-neck snake
• Farancia abacura—mud snake
• Heterodon nasicus—western hognose snake
• H. platyrhinos—eastern hognose snake
• Hypsiglena jani—Texas night snake
• Lampropeltis calligaster—prairie kingsnake
• L. gentilis—western milk snake
• L. holbrooki—speckled kingsnake
• Liodytes rigida — glossy crayfish snake
• Masticophis flagellum—coachwhip snake
• Nerodia erythrogaster—plain-bellied water snake
• N. fasciata—banded water snake
• N. rhombifera—diamond-back water snake
• N. sipedon—northern and midland water snake
• Opheodrys aestivus—keeled green or rough green snake
• Pantherophis emoryi—great plains rat snake
• P. obsoletus—western rat snake
• Pituophis catenifer—bullsnake
• Regina grahami—Graham's crayfish snake
• Rena dulcis—Texas blind snake
• Rhinocheilus lecontei—long-nosed snake
• Sonora episcopa—Great Plains ground snake
• Storeria dekayi—Dekay's brown snake
• S. occipitomaculata—red bellied snake
• Tantilla gracilis—flat-headed snake
• T. nigriceps—black-headed snake
• Thamnophis cyrtopsis—black-necked garter snake
• T. elegans—wandering garter snake
• T. marcianus—checkered garter snake
• T. proximus—western ribbon snake
• T. radix—plains garter snake
• T. sirtalis—common garter snake
• Tropidoclonion lineatum—lined snake
• Virginia striatula—rough earth snake
• V. valeriae—smooth earth snake

Venomous snakes

• Agkistrodon contortrix—eastern copperhead
• A. laticinctus—broad-banded copperhead
• A. piscivorus—cottonmouth or water moccasin
• Crotalus atrox—western diamond-back rattlesnake
• C. horridus—timber rattlesnake
• C. viridis—prairie rattlesnake
• Sistrurus tergeminus—western massasauga rattlesnake
• S. miliarius—western pygmy rattlesnake

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