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Korean Ratsnake
Colubridae

Korean Ratsnake

Elaphe anomala (Boulenger, 1916)

Elaphe anomala is a non-venomous semi-arboreal colubrid snake species found in China and Korea.

Steppe Ratsnake
Colubridae

Steppe Ratsnake

Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773)

Elaphe dione, the steppe rat snake, is a colubrid snake native to Eastern Europe and Asia with no recognized valid subspecies.

East-Four-lined Ratsnake
Colubridae

East-Four-lined Ratsnake

Elaphe sauromates (Pallas, 1811)

Elaphe sauromates, the blotched snake, is a large colubrid snake found across a wide range from southeastern Europe to western Iran.

Japanese Ratsnake
Colubridae

Japanese Ratsnake

Elaphe climacophora (Boie, 1826)

Elaphe climacophora is Japan's largest non-Okinawan snake with an iconic protected revered albino population near Iwakuni.

Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake
Colubridae

Japanese Four-lined Ratsnake

Elaphe quadrivirgata (Boie, 1826)

Elaphe quadrivirgata is a striped Japanese snake with distinct juvenile and all-black variant forms.

Beauty Ratsnake
Colubridae

Beauty Ratsnake

Elaphe taeniura (Cope, 1861)

Elaphe taeniura is an Asian beauty rat snake that has an introduced feral population in Belgium.

Collared Dwarf Snake
Colubridae

Collared Dwarf Snake

Eirenis collaris (Ménétries, 1832)

Eirenis collaris, the collared dwarf racer, is a non-venomous colubrid snake found in parts of West Asia and southeastern Europe.

Ring-Headed Dwarf Snake
Colubridae

Ring-Headed Dwarf Snake

Eirenis modestus Martin, 1838

Eirenis modestus, the ring-headed dwarf snake, is a small slender snake found across parts of the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia.

Roth's Dwarf Snake
Colubridae

Roth's Dwarf Snake

Eirenis rothii Jan, 1863

Eirenis rothii is a small oviparous snake found in shrubland across parts of the Middle East and Turkey.

Eastern Indigo Snake
Colubridae

Eastern Indigo Snake

Drymarchon couperi (Holbrook, 1842)

Drymarchon couperi, the eastern indigo snake, is the longest native U.S. snake, found in the U.S. Southeast.

Yellow-tailed Indigo Snake
Colubridae

Yellow-tailed Indigo Snake

Drymarchon corais (Boie, 1827)

Drymarchon corais is a large nonvenomous colubrid snake found across much of South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

Central American Indigo Snake
Colubridae

Central American Indigo Snake

Drymarchon melanurus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Drymarchon melanurus is a large, distinctly marked snake found across the Americas from southern Texas to northern South America.

Boomslang
Colubridae

Boomslang

Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1828)

Dispholidus typus, the boomslang, is a venomous arboreal snake endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Baird's Ratsnake
Colubridae

Baird's Ratsnake

Pantherophis bairdi (Yarrow, 1880)

Pantherophis bairdi is a striped snake species found in southern US and northern Mexico that favors semi-arid rocky habitats.

Great Plains Ratsnake
Colubridae

Great Plains Ratsnake

Pantherophis emoryi (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Pantherophis emoryi, the Great Plains rat snake, is a nonvenomous North American constrictor snake with specific habits and physical traits.

Red Cornsnake
Colubridae

Red Cornsnake

Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Pantherophis guttatus, the corn snake, is a North American colubrid species widely kept in captivity and invasive in Australia.

Western Ratsnake
Colubridae

Western Ratsnake

Pantherophis obsoletus (Say, 1823)

Pantherophis obsoletus is a large North American rat snake with size, range, behavior and reproduction detailed here.

Western Foxsnake
Colubridae

Western Foxsnake

Pantherophis ramspotti Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham & Gardner, 2011

Pantherophis ramspotti, the western fox snake, is a nonvenomous colubrid rat snake native to the upper Midwestern US west of the Mississippi River.

Eastern Foxsnake
Colubridae

Eastern Foxsnake

Pantherophis vulpinus (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Pantherophis vulpinus, the eastern foxsnake, is a non-venomous North American snake named for its fox-like defensive musk.

Eastern Ratsnake
Colubridae

Eastern Ratsnake

Pantherophis alleghaniensis (Holbrook, 1836)

Pantherophis alleghaniensis (gray ratsnake) is a medium-large North American ratsnake native to central-eastern US and southern Ontario.

Gray Ratsnake
Colubridae

Gray Ratsnake

Pantherophis spiloides (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Pantherophis spiloides, the gray ratsnake, is a medium-large North American snake native to central-eastern US and southern Ontario.

Large Whip Snake
Colubridae

Large Whip Snake

Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dolichophis jugularis is an oviparous snake species with distinct juvenile patterning found across parts of Europe and Western Asia.

Red-Bellied Racer
Colubridae

Red-Bellied Racer

Dolichophis schmidti (Nikolsky, 1909)

Dolichophis schmidti, the red-bellied racer, is a colubrid snake endemic to Western Asia that lays 5–11 eggs per clutch.

Caspian Whipsnake
Colubridae

Caspian Whipsnake

Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789)

Dolichophis caspius, the Caspian whipsnake, is a large non-venomous European snake found across parts of Eastern Europe and Asia Minor.

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