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Oriental Odd-tooth Snake
Colubridae

Oriental Odd-tooth Snake

Lycodon orientalis (Hilgendorf, 1880)

Lycodon orientalis is a 30–70 cm striped forest snake that preys on smaller reptiles and amphibians.

Red-banded Snake
Colubridae

Red-banded Snake

Lycodon rufozonatus Cantor, 1842

This is a description of the non-venomous East Asian colubrid snake Lycodon rufozonatus, covering its morphology, range, ecology, and health risks.

Loo-Choo Big-tooth Snake
Colubridae

Loo-Choo Big-tooth Snake

Lycodon semicarinatus (Cope, 1860)

Lycodon semicarinatus is a non-venomous colubrid snake found in Japan's Ryukyu Islands.

Dark Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Dark Wolf Snake

Lycodon albofuscus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Lycodon albofuscus, the dark wolf snake, is a colubrid snake found in Asia that is thought to eat frogs.

Blanford's Bridle Snake
Colubridae

Blanford's Bridle Snake

Lycodon davisonii (Blanford, 1878)

Blanford's bridle snake is a harmless, endemic Asian colubrid snake found across several Southeast Asian countries.

Malayan Bridal Snake
Colubridae

Malayan Bridal Snake

Lycodon subannulatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Lycodon subannulatus is a colubrid snake species found across multiple Southeast Asian countries.

Russell's Wolf Snake
Colubridae

Russell's Wolf Snake

Lycodon fasciolatus Shaw, 1802,2021

Lycodon fasciolatus is a snake species found across South Asia, with distinct scalation and banded dorsal patterning that may fade in adults.

Giant Parrot Snake
Colubridae

Giant Parrot Snake

Leptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leptophis ahaetulla is a mildly venomous slender colubrid snake found across much of Central and South America.

Oliver's Parrot Snake
Colubridae

Oliver's Parrot Snake

Leptophis nebulosus Oliver, 1942

Leptophis nebulosus (Oliver's parrot snake) is a diurnal oviparous arboreal colubrid snake found in Central American forests.

Mexican Parrot Snake
Colubridae

Mexican Parrot Snake

Leptophis mexicanus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Leptophis mexicanus, the Mexican parrot snake, is a medium slender colubrid snake endemic to the Americas from southern Mexico to Costa Rica.

Pacific Coast Parrot Snake
Colubridae

Pacific Coast Parrot Snake

Leptophis diplotropis (Günther, 1872)

Leptophis diplotropis is an oviparous, adaptable snake species found in a range of forest habitats across Mexico.

Cope's Parrot Snake
Colubridae

Cope's Parrot Snake

Leptophis depressirostris (Cope, 1861)

Cope's parrot snake (Leptophis depressirostris) is a nonvenomous colubrid found in Central and South America.

Oliver's Parrot Snake
Colubridae

Oliver's Parrot Snake

Leptophis coeruleodorsus Oliver, 1942

Leptophis coeruleodorsus is a nonvenomous colubrid snake found in Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.

Striped Lowland Snake
Colubridae

Striped Lowland Snake

Leptodrymus pulcherrimus (Cope, 1874)

Leptodrymus pulcherrimus is the only species in the colubrid genus Leptodrymus, found across Central America.

Scarlet Kingsnake
Colubridae

Scarlet Kingsnake

Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook, 1838)

Lampropeltis elapsoides, the scarlet kingsnake, is a non-venomous North American snake that mimics venomous coral snakes.

Gray-banded Kingsnake
Colubridae

Gray-banded Kingsnake

Lampropeltis alterna (Brown, 1901)

Lampropeltis alterna, the gray-banded kingsnake, is a moderately sized oviparous snake native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Eastern Kingsnake
Colubridae

Eastern Kingsnake

Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lampropeltis getula, the common kingsnake, is a nonvenomous North American colubrid with distinct geographic pattern variation and oviparous reproduction.

Speckled Kingsnake
Colubridae

Speckled Kingsnake

Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger, 1902

Lampropeltis holbrooki, the speckled kingsnake, is a patterned nonvenomous snake found across central and southern United States.

Prairie Kingsnake
Colubridae

Prairie Kingsnake

Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827)

This is a description of the prairie kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster, covering its appearance, taxonomy, range, habitat, and reproduction.

Black Kingsnake
Colubridae

Black Kingsnake

Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow, 1882)

Lampropeltis nigra, the black kingsnake, is a medium-large ophiophagous constrictor found in the southeastern United States.

Desert Kingsnake
Colubridae

Desert Kingsnake

Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Lampropeltis splendida, the non-venomous desert kingsnake, is a docile colubrid native to the southwestern United States.

California King Snake
Colubridae

California King Snake

Lampropeltis californiae (Blainville, 1835)

Lampropeltis californiae, the California kingsnake, is a common North American snake with banded patterning and oviparous reproduction.

Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake
Colubridae

Chihuahuan Mountain Kingsnake

Lampropeltis knoblochi Taylor, 1940

Lampropeltis knoblochi is a colubrid coral snake mimic endemic to mountainous Sonoran Desert regions of Sonora, Mexico.

Arizona Mountain Kingsnake
Colubridae

Arizona Mountain Kingsnake

Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope, 1866)

Lampropeltis pyromelana, the Sonoran/Arizona mountain kingsnake, is a southwestern US snake that grows up to 36 inches long.

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