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Ringed Water Snake
Colubridae

Ringed Water Snake

Trimerodytes annularis (Hallowell, 1856)

Trimerodytes annularis, the red-bellied annulate keelback, is a colubrid snake found in Taiwan and eastern China.

Asiatic Water Snake
Colubridae

Asiatic Water Snake

Trimerodytes aequifasciatus (Barbour, 1908)

Trimerodytes aequifasciatus, the Asiatic annulate keelback, is a colubrid snake found in parts of East and Southeast Asia.

False Habu
Colubridae

False Habu

Pseudagkistrodon rudis (Boulenger, 1906)

Pseudagkistrodon rudis is a viper-mimicking snake that reaches 120cm long and lives in elevated habitats across a wide altitudinal range.

Ring-necked Snake
Colubridae

Ring-necked Snake

Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

This is a full description of Diadophis punctatus (ring-necked snake), covering morphology, distribution, habitat, and reproduction.

Common Sharp-tailed Snake
Colubridae

Common Sharp-tailed Snake

Contia tenuis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Contia tenuis, the sharp-tailed snake, is a small non-venomous North American snake with a distinctive sharp tail spine.

Forest Sharp-tailed Snake
Colubridae

Forest Sharp-tailed Snake

Contia longicaudae Feldman & Hoyer, 2010

Contia longicaudae, the forest sharp-tailed snake, is a small snake found in shaded wet forests of the US Pacific Northwest.

Road Guarder
Colubridae

Road Guarder

Conophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Conophis lineatus is an oviparous striped snake that favors forest and savanna habitats.

Striped Road Guarder
Colubridae

Striped Road Guarder

Conophis vittatus Peters, 1860

Conophis vittatus is an oviparous species of snake with seven upper labials and a white chin that lives in multiple habitat types up to 1000 m elevation.

Faded Black-striped Snake
Colubridae

Faded Black-striped Snake

Coniophanes schmidti Bailey, 1937

The faded black-striped snake (Coniophanes schmidti) is a colubrid snake native to Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.

Peninsula Stripeless Snake
Colubridae

Peninsula Stripeless Snake

Coniophanes meridanus Schmidt & Andrews, 1936

The peninsula stripeless snake (Coniophanes meridanus) is a colubrid species native to Mexico.

Black-striped Snake
Colubridae

Black-striped Snake

Coniophanes imperialis (Baird & Girard, 1859)

Coniophanes imperialis, the black-striped snake, is a colubrid snake native to parts of Central America and North America.

Brown Spotbelly Snake
Colubridae

Brown Spotbelly Snake

Coniophanes fissidens (Günther, 1858)

Coniophanes fissidens, the yellowbelly snake, is a colubrid snake native to Central and South America.

Peters' Running Snake
Colubridae

Peters' Running Snake

Coniophanes dromiciformis (Peters, 1863)

Peters's running snake (Coniophanes dromiciformis) is a colubrid snake native to Ecuador and Peru.

Sooty Black-striped Snake
Colubridae

Sooty Black-striped Snake

Coniophanes piceivittis Cope, 1870

Coniophanes piceivittis, Cope's black-striped snake, is a small oviparous colubrid endemic to Mexico and Central America.

Equatorial Mussurana
Colubridae

Equatorial Mussurana

Clelia equatoriana (Amaral, 1924)

Clelia equatoriana is a snake species with 17 midbody dorsal scale rows found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Common Mussurana
Colubridae

Common Mussurana

Clelia clelia (Daudin, 1803)

Clelia clelia is a large oviparous snake found across parts of the Americas and the Lesser Antilles, living primarily in forest habitats.

Western Worm Snake
Colubridae

Western Worm Snake

Carphophis vermis (Kennicott, 1859)

Carphophis vermis, the western worm snake, is a small US snake with little known of its early spring breeding habits.

Common Wormsnake
Colubridae

Common Wormsnake

Carphophis amoenus (Say, 1825)

Carphophis amoenus (the worm snake) is a small harmless fossorial snake native to the eastern United States.

Middle American Burrowing Snake
Colubridae

Middle American Burrowing Snake

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum is a small striped oviparous snake found in forests across Mexico and Central America.

Three-lined Ground Snake
Colubridae

Three-lined Ground Snake

Atractus trilineatus Wagler, 1828

Atractus trilineatus is a small striped snake found in northern South America and Trinidad that is oviparous.

St. Marta's Ground Snake
Colubridae

St. Marta's Ground Snake

Atractus sanctaemartae Dunn, 1946

St. Marta's ground snake (Atractus sanctaemartae) is a colubrid snake species found in Colombia.

Big Ground Snake
Colubridae

Big Ground Snake

Atractus major Boulenger, 1894

Atractus major (brown/big ground snake) is a colubrid snake found in five northern and central South American countries.

Lasalle's Ground Snake
Colubridae

Lasalle's Ground Snake

Atractus lasallei Amaral, 1931

Lasalle's ground snake (Atractus lasallei) is an oviparous colubrid snake endemic to northwestern Colombia.

Thickhead Ground Snake
Colubridae

Thickhead Ground Snake

Atractus crassicaudatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Atractus crassicaudatus, the thickhead ground snake, is an endemic colubrid snake found only in central Colombian highlands.

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