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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 Colorado

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There are 32 species/subspecies, representing 19 genus, found in Colorado, all are native species.



Kansas Glossy Snake
(Arizona elegans elegans)

Eastern Yellow-Bellied Racer
(Coluber constrictor flaviventris)

Western Yellow-Bellied Racer
(Coluber constrictor mormon)

Midget Faded Rattlesnake
(Crotalus oreganus concolor)

Prairie Rattlesnake
(Crotalus viridis)

Prairie Ringneck Snake
(Diadophis punctatus arnyi)

Plains Hognose Snake
(Heterodon nasicus)

Eastern Hognose Snake
(Heterodon platirhinos)

Desert Night Snake
(Hypsiglena chlorophaea)

Texas Night Snake
(Hypsiglena jani texana)

California Kingsnake
(Lampropeltis californiae)

Western Milk Snake
(Lampropeltis gentilis)

Speckled Kingsnake
(Lampropeltis holbrooki)

Eastern Milk Snake
(Lampropeltis triangulum)

Red Coachwhip
(Masticophis flagellum piceus)

Western Coachwhip
(Masticophis flagellum testaceus)

Striped Whipsnake
(Masticophis taeniatus)

Northern Water Snakes
(Nerodia sipedon sipedon)

Smooth Green Snake
(Ospheodrys vernalis)

Great Plains Rat Snake
(Pantherophis emoryi)

Great Basin Gopher Snake
(Pituophis cantenifer deserticola)

Bull Snake
(Pituophis cantenifer sayi)
(**)

New Mexico Blind Snake
(Rena dulcis)

Long-Nosed Snake
(Rhinocheilus lecontei)

Western Massasauga
(Sistrurus tergeminus)

Variable Ground Snake
(Sonora semiannulata semiannulata)

Plains Black-Headed Snake
(Tantilla nigriceps)

Western Black-Necked Garter Snake
(Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis)

Wandering Garter Snake
(Thamnophis elegans vagrans)

Plains Garter Snake
(Thamnophis radix)
 

 

 

 

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