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Black Ground Snake
Colubridae

Black Ground Snake

Atractus elaps (Günther, 1858)

Atractus elaps, the black ground snake, is a colubrid snake found across multiple countries in South America.

Wucherer's Ground Snake
Colubridae

Wucherer's Ground Snake

Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861)

Wucherer's ground snake (Xenopholis scalaris) is a colubrid snake species endemic to South America.

False Fer-de-lance
Colubridae

False Fer-de-lance

Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)

Xenodon rabdocephalus is a medium-sized oviparous brown snake found across Central and northern South America.

Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance
Colubridae

Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance

Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863

Neuwied's false fer-de-lance (Xenodon neuwiedii) is an oviparous colubrid snake native to eastern central South America.

South American Hognose Snake
Colubridae

South American Hognose Snake

Xenodon dorbignyi (Bibron, 1854)

Xenodon dorbignyi is a South American snake that resembles a sympatric venomous species and lives in sandy forest and grassland.

Wagler's Snake
Colubridae

Wagler's Snake

Xenodon merremii (Wagler, 1824)

Xenodon merremii is a variable-patterned South American snake that reaches up to 1 m in length and is oviparous.

Ribboned Brittle-Snake
Colubridae

Ribboned Brittle-Snake

Urotheca lateristriga (Berthold, 1859)

Urotheca lateristriga is a Colubridae snake species found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Catesby's Pointed Snake
Colubridae

Catesby's Pointed Snake

Uromacer catesbyi (Schlegel, 1837)

Uromacer catesbyi is an oviparous colubrid snake species endemic to Hispaniola.

Orangebelly Swamp Snake
Colubridae

Orangebelly Swamp Snake

Tretanorhinus nigroluteus Cope, 1861

Tretanorhinus nigroluteus, the orange-bellied swamp snake, is a colubrid species found across seven Central American countries.

Pampas Snake
Colubridae

Pampas Snake

Tomodon dorsatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Tomodon is a monotypic South American endemic colubrid snake genus holding only Tomodon dorsatus, the pampas snake.

Amazon Coastal House Snake
Colubridae

Amazon Coastal House Snake

Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thamnodynastes pallidus, the Amazon coastal house snake, is a colubrid snake endemic to South America.

Short-nosed Groundsnake
Colubridae

Short-nosed Groundsnake

Taeniophallus brevirostris (Peters, 1863)

Taeniophallus brevirostris, the short-nosed ground snake, is a colubrid snake found across northern South America.

Peru Slender Snake
Colubridae

Peru Slender Snake

Tachymenis peruviana Wiegmann, 1834

Tachymenis peruviana, the Peru slender snake, is a colubrid snake found in four South American countries.

Panama Spotted Night Snake
Colubridae

Panama Spotted Night Snake

Siphlophis cervinus (Laurenti, 1768)

Siphlophis cervinus, the Panamanian spotted night snake, is a snake found in Amazonian South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

Tropical Flat Snake
Colubridae

Tropical Flat Snake

Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)

Siphlophis compressus, the tropical flat snake, is a Central and South American snake with a varied diet.

Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Colubridae

Cloudy Snail-eating Snake

Sibon nebulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sibon nebulatus is a snake with distinct patterning that is often confused with Dipsas elegans in northwestern Ecuadorian cloud forests.

Stejneger's Snail Sucker
Colubridae

Stejneger's Snail Sucker

Sibon longifrenis (Stejneger, 1909)

Sibon longifrenis is a colubrid snake found in Central America that primarily feeds on amphibian eggs.

Slender Snail Sucker
Colubridae

Slender Snail Sucker

Sibon dimidiatus (Günther, 1872)

The slender snail sucker (Sibon dimidiatus) is a colubrid snake species found in Central America.

Cope's Snail Sucker
Colubridae

Cope's Snail Sucker

Sibon anthracops (Cope, 1868)

Cope's snail sucker (Sibon anthracops) is a colubrid snake found across five Central American countries.

Ringed Snail Sucker
Colubridae

Ringed Snail Sucker

Sibon annulatus (Günther, 1872)

Sibon annulatus, the ringed snail sucker, is a colubrid snake found across parts of Central and South America.

Pine-Oak Snake
Colubridae

Pine-Oak Snake

Rhadinaea taeniata (Peters, 1863)

Rhadinaea taeniata, the pine-oak snake, is a colubrid snake species found in Mexico.

Crowned Graceful Brown Snake
Colubridae

Crowned Graceful Brown Snake

Rhadinaea laureata (Günther, 1868)

Rhadinaea laureata, the crowned graceful brown snake, is a colubrid snake species found in Mexico.

Western Graceful Brown Snake
Colubridae

Western Graceful Brown Snake

Rhadinaea hesperia Bailey, 1940

The western graceful brown snake (Rhadinaea hesperia) is a colubrid snake species found in Mexico.

Pine Woods Littersnake
Colubridae

Pine Woods Littersnake

Rhadinaea flavilata (Cope, 1871)

Rhadinaea flavilata, the pine woods or yellow-lipped snake, is a small North American snake that lays eggs.

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