MatBio: REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS -Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

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Florida Scarlet Snake ¹
Cemophora coccinea coccinea

Southern Black Racer ²
Coluber constrictor priapus

Southern Ringneck Snake ³
Diadophis punctatus punctatus

Eastern Indigo Snake ⁴
Drymarchon couperi

Yellow Rat Snake ⁵
Pantherophis alleghaniensis

Corn Snake ⁶
Pantherophis guttatus

Eastern Mud Snake ⁷
Farancia abacura abacura

Eastern King Snake ⁸
Lampropeltis getula getula

Scarlet Kingsnake ⁹
Lampropeltis elapsoides

Eastern Coachwhip ¹⁰
Coluber flagellum

Florida Watersnake ¹¹
Nerodia fasciata pictiventris

Rough Green Snake ¹²
Opheodrys aestivus

Pine Woods Littersnake ⁹
Rhadinaea flavilata

Peninsula Ribbon Snake ¹³
Thamnophis sauritus nitae

Eastern Garter Snake ¹⁴
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

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MatBio: REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS -Matanzas Biodiversity

Florida Scarlet Snake 1 Cemophora coccinea coccinea

Southern Black Racer 2 Coluber constrictor priapus

Southern Ringneck Snake 3 Diadophis punctatus punctatus

Eastern Indigo Snake 4 Drymarchon couperi

Yellow Rat Snake 5 Pantherophis alleghaniensis

Corn Snake 6 Pantherophis guttatus

Eastern Mud Snake 7 Farancia abacura abacura

Eastern King Snake 8 Lampropeltis getula getula

Scarlet Kingsnake 9 Lampropeltis elapsoides

Eastern Coachwhip 10 Coluber flagellum

Florida Watersnake 11 Nerodia fasciata pictiventris

Rough Green Snake 12 Opheodrys aestivus

Pine Woods Littersnake 9 Rhadinaea flavilata

Peninsula Ribbon Snake 13 Thamnophis sauritus nitae

Eastern Garter Snake 14 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis