List of snakes of Arkansas

This is a list of the known varieties of snakes in Arkansas[1]

Non-venomous

Image Binomial Name Name
Nerodia sipedon Northern water snake
Cemophora coccinea copei Northern scarlet snake
Coluber constrictor Eastern racer
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster Prairie kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki Speckled kingsnake
Lampropeltis triangulum Milk snake
Masticophis flagellum flagellum Eastern coachwhip
Opheodrys aestivus Rough green snake
Pantherophis emoryi Great plains ratsnake
Pantherophis obsoletus Western ratsnake
Pantherophis slowinskii Slowinski's corn snake
Sonora episcopa Great Plains ground snake
Tantilla gracilis Flathead snake
Carphophis amoenus helenae Midwestern worm snake
Carphophis vermis Western worm snake
Clonophis kirtlandii Kirtland's snake
Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked snake
Liodytes rigida Glossy swamp snake
Nerodia cyclopion Mississippi green watersnake
Nerodia erythrogaster Plainbelly water snake
Nerodia fasciata confluens Broad-banded water snake
Nerodia rhombifer Diamondback water snake
Nerodia sipedon pleuralis Midland water snake
Regina grahamii Graham's crayfish snake
Regina septemvittata Queen snake
Storeria dekayi wrightorum Midland brown snake
Storeria occipitomaculata Redbelly snake
Thamnophis proximus Western ribbon snake
Thamnophis sirtalis Common garter snake
Virginia striatula Rough earth snake
Virginia valeriae Smooth earth snake
Farancia abacura reinwardtii Western mud snake
Heterodon platirhinos Eastern hognose snake
Tropidoclonion lineatum Lined snake

Venomous

Image Binomial Name Name
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix Southern copperhead
Agkistrodon piscivorus Northern Cottonmouth
Crotalus atrox Western diamondback rattlesnake
Crotalus horridus Timber rattlesnake
Sistrurus miliarius streckeri Western pigmy rattlesnake
Micrurus tener tener Texas coral snake

See also

  • List of snakes by state (U.S.)

References

  1. ^ "Snakes | Herps of Arkansas". January 23, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
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