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Abbreviation Legend

  • (CE) - Criticially Endangered
  • (CI) - Critically Imperiled
  • (E) - Endangered
  • (I) - Introduced
  • (IM) - Imperiled
  • (NT) - Near Threatened
  • (T) - Threatened
  • (V) - Vulnerable
  • (**) - Recent Classification Change
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Snakes of Arizona

Snakes of Arizona Page 1 of 3


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There are 76 species/subspecies of snakes found in Arizona, with only 1 species being Introduced.



Desert Glossy Snake
(Arizona elegans eburnata)

Kansas Glossy Snake
(Arizona elegans elgans)

Arizona Glossy Snake
(Arizona elegans noctivaga)

Painted Desert Glossy Snake
(Arizona elegans philipi)

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
(Crotalus atrox)

Mojave Desert Sidewinder
(Crotalus cerastes cerastes)

Sonoran Desert Sidewinder
(Crotalus cerastes cercobombus)

Colorado Desert Sidewinder
(Crotalus cerastes laterorepens)

Arizona Black Rattlesnake
(Crotalus cerberus)

Banded Rock Rattlesnake
(Crotalus lepidus klauberi)

Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
(Crotalus lepidus lepidus)

Speckled Rattlesnake
(Crotalus mitchellii)

Northern Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
(Crotalus molossus molossus)

Great Basin Rattlesnake
(Crotalus oreganus lutosus)

Western Twin Spotted Rattlesnake
(Crotalus pricei pricei)

Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
(Crotalus pyrrhus)

Mojave Rattlesnake
(Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus)

Tiger Rattlesnake
(Crotalus tigris)

Prairie Rattlesnake
(Crotalus viridis)

New Mexico Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake
(Crotalus willardi obscurus)

Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake
(Crotalus willardi willardi)

Prairie Ringneck Snake
(Diadophis punctatus arnyi)

Regal Ringneck Snake
(Diadophis punctatus regalis)

Western (or Chihuahuan) Hook-Nose Snake
(Gyalopion canum)

Desert (or Thornscrub) Hook-Nose Snake
(Gyalopion quadrangulare)

Mexican Hognose Snake
(Heterodon kennerlyi)

Plains Hognose Snake
(Heterodon nasicus)

Sonoran Night Snake
(Hypsiglena chlorophaea chlorophaea)

Northern Desert Night Snake
(Hypsiglena chlorophaea deserticola)

Texas Night Snake
(Hypsiglena jani texana)
 

 

 

 

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