colubrid snake

Synonyms:

colubrid

Types:

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hoop snake

any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop

Carphophis amoenus, thunder snake, worm snake

small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States

ring snake, ring-necked snake, ringneck snake

any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper

harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed

leaf-nosed snake

any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America

grass snake, green snake

either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color

green snake

any of numerous African colubrid snakes

racer

slender fast-moving North American snakes

whip snake, whip-snake, whipsnake

any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails

rat snake

any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia

Arizona elegans, glossy snake

nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales

bull snake, bull-snake

any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes

king snake, kingsnake

any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals

garter snake, grass snake

any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes

Tropidoclonion lineatum, lined snake

secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods; feeds on earthworms; of central United States

Sonora semiannulata, ground snake

small shy brightly-ringed terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America

Haldea striatula, Potamophis striatula, eastern ground snake

in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America

water snake

any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water

Storeria occipitamaculata, red-bellied snake

harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States

sand snake

small North American burrowing snake

black-headed snake

small secretive ground-living snake; found from central United States to Argentina

vine snake

slender arboreal snake found from southern Arizona to Bolivia

lyre snake

mildly venomous snake with a lyre-shaped mark on the head; found in rocky areas from southwestern United States to Central America

Hypsiglena torquata, night snake

nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico

Drymarchon corais, gopher snake, indigo snake

large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows; found in southern North America and Mexico

Opheodrys vernalis, smooth green snake

of western and central United States

Opheodrys aestivus, rough green snake

of southern and eastern United States

Coluber constrictor, black racer, blacksnake

blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet

Coluber hippocrepis, horseshoe whipsnake

slender fast-moving Eurasian snake

Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip, coachwhip snake

a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip

California whipsnake, Masticophis lateralis, striped racer

a whipsnake of scrublands and rocky hillsides

Masticophis bilineatus, Sonoran whipsnake

both terrestrial and arboreal snake of United States southwest

Elaphe guttata, corn snake, red rat snake

large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms

Elaphe obsoleta, black rat snake, blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake

large harmless shiny black North American snake

chicken snake

large North American snake

Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus

enter buildings in pursuit of prey

Pituophis melanoleucus, gopher snake

bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows

pine snake

any of several bull snakes of eastern and southeastern United States found chiefly in pine woods; now threatened

Lampropeltis getulus, common kingsnake

widespread in United States except northern regions; black or brown with yellow bands

Lampropeltis triangulum, checkered adder, house snake, milk adder, milk snake

nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes

Thamnophis sirtalis, common garter snake

a garter snake that is widespread in North America

Thamnophis sauritus, ribbon snake

slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places

Thamnophis proximus, Western ribbon snake

yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics

Natrix sipedon, Nerodia sipedon, banded water snake, common water snake

in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water

water moccasin

any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters

Natrix natrix, grass snake, ring snake, ringed snake

harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England

Chilomeniscus cinctus, banded sand snake

a sand snake of southwestern United States; lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims'; banding resembles that of coral snakes

Sonoran lyre snake, Trimorphodon lambda

of desert regions of southwestern North America

Drymarchon corais couperi, eastern indigo snake

a variety of indigo snake

Type of:

ophidian, serpent, snake

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous