List of snakes of Oklahoma explained
This is a list of snakes found in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Snakes of Oklahoma
Non-venomous snakes
- Arizona elegans—glossy snake
- Carphophis amaenus—worm snake
- Cemophora coccinea—scarlet snake
- Coluber constrictor—Southern Black Racer
- Diadophis punctatus—ring-neck snake
- Elaphe guttata—great plains rat snake
- E. obsoleta—black rat snake
- Farancia abacura—mud snake
- Heterodon nasicus—western hognose snake
- H. platyrhinos—eastern hognose snake
- Hypsiglena torquata—Texas night snake
- Lampropeltis calligaster—prairie kingsnake
- L. getulus—speckled and desert kingsnakes
- L. triangulum—milk snake
- Leptotyphlops dulcis—blind snake
- Liodytes rigida — glossy water snake
- Masticophis flagellum—coachwhip snake
- Nerodia erythrogaster—yellow-bellied and blotched water snake
- N. fasciata—broad-banded water snake
- N. rhombifera—diamond-back water snake[1]
- N. sipedon—northern and midland water snake
- Opheodrys aestivus—keeled green or rough green snake
- Pituophis catenifer sayi—bullsnake
- Regina grahami—Graham's water snake
- Rhinocheilus lecontei—long-nosed snake
- Sonora semiannulata—great plains ground snake
- Storeria dekayi—brown snake
- S. d. texana-Texas brown snake
- S. occipitomaculata—red bellied snake
- Tantilla gracilis—flat-headed snake [2]
- T. nigriceps—black-headed snake
- Thamnophis cyrtopsis—black-necked garter snake
- T. elegans—wandering garter snake
- T. marcianus—checkered garter snake
- T. proximus—western ribbon snake
- T. radix—plains garter snake
- T. sirtalis—red-sided and Texas garter snakes
- Tropidoclonion lineatum—lined snake
- Virginia striatula—rough earth snake
- V. valeriae—smooth earth snake
Venomous snakes
- Agkistrodon contortrix—copperhead
- A. piscivorus—cottonmouth or water moccasin
- Crotalus atrox—western diamond-back rattlesnake
- C. horridus—timber rattlesnake
- C. viridis—prairie rattlesnake
- Sistrurus catenatus—western massasauga rattlesnake
- S. miliarius—western pygmy rattlesnake
Notes and References
- Tu . Ming-Chung . Hutchison . Victor H. . Thermoregulatory Behavior Is Not Influenced by Sex or Ecdysis in the Diamondback Water Snake, Nerodia rhombifera . Journal of Herpetology . 1995 . 29 . 1 . 146–148 . 10.2307/1565104 . 0022-1511.
- McAllister . Chris T. . Roehrs . Zachary P. . Seville . R. Scott . A New Species of Caryospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Flathead Snake, Tantilla gracilis (Ophidia: Colubridae), In Southeastern Oklahoma . Journal of Parasitology . American Society of Parasitologists . 98 . 3 . 2012 . 0022-3395 . 10.1645/ge-2975.1 . free . 640–642. 3523668 .
