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Snakes of the DFW Metroplex

A guide to all known wild snake species who make themselves home in the urban environment of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

Ringneck Snake 1
Diadophis punctatus
Racer 2
Coluber constrictor
Glossy Snake 3
Arizona elegans
Lined Snake 4
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Flat-headed Snake 5
Tantilla gracilis
DeKay's Brownsnake 6
Storeria dekayi
Western Groundsnake 7
Sonora semiannulata
Eastern Patch-nosed Snake 8
Salvadora grahamiae
Gopher Snake 8
Pituophis catenifer
Rough Greensnake 9
Opheodrys aestivus
Northern Watersnake 10
Nerodia sipedon
Diamondback Watersnake 10
Nerodia rhombifer
Brazos River Watersnake 5
Nerodia harteri
Banded Water Snake 11
Nerodia fasciata
Plain-bellied Water Snake 12
Nerodia erythrogaster
Speckled Kingsnake 13
Lampropeltis holbrooki
Yellow-bellied Kingsnake 14
Lampropeltis calligaster
Eastern Hognose Snake 15
Heterodon platirhinos
Texas Coralsnake
Micrurus tener
Cottonmouth 11
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Copperhead 16
Agkistrodon contortrix
Timber Rattlesnake 17
Crotalus horridus
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 16
Crotalus atrox
Texas Blind Snake
Rena dulcis
Western Ribbon Snake 1
Thamnophis proximus
Great Plains Ratsnake 11
Pantherophis emoryi
Western Rat Snake 6
Pantherophis obsoletus
Graham's Crayfish Snake 5
Regina grahamii
Coachwhip 3
Coluber flagellum
Western Milksnake 18
Lampropeltis gentilis
Western Massasauga 19
Sistrurus tergeminus
Rough Earthsnake 14
Haldea striatula
Checkered Garter Snake 16
Thamnophis marcianus
Western Patch-nosed Snake 7
Salvadora hexalepis
Long-nosed Snake 20
Rhinocheilus lecontei
Smooth Earth Snake
Virginia valeriae
Mud Snake 11
Farancia abacura
Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake 1
Gyalopion canum
Chihuahuan Nightsnake 21
Hypsiglena jani
Common Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula
Coachwhip 3
Coluber flagellum
Plains Black-headed Snake 16
Tantilla nigriceps
Pygmy Rattlesnake 11
Sistrurus miliarius
Leptotyphlops dulcis

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