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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 Texas

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There are 106 species/subspecies representing 38 genus found in Texas with 2 species being Introduced.



Eastern Copperhead
(Askistrodon contortrix)

Broad-Banded Copperhead
(Agkistrodon laticinictus)

Texas Glossy Snake
(Arizona elegans arenicola)

Kansas Glossy Snake
(Arizona elegans elegans)

Painted Desert Glossy Snake
(Arizona elegans philipi)

Trans Pecos Rat Snake
(Bogertophis subocularis subocularis)

Western Worm Snake
(Carphophis vermis)

Northern Scarlet Snake
(Cemophora coccinea copei)

Texas Scarlet Snake
(Cemophora lineri)

Buttermilk Racer
(Coluber constrictor anthicus)

Tan Racer
(Coluber constrictor etheridgei)

Eastern Yellow-Bellied Racer
(Coluber constrictor flaviventris)

Mexican Racer
(Coluber constrictor oaxaca)

Southern Black Racer
(Coluber constrictor priapus)

Tamaupilan Black-Striped Snake
(Coniophanes imperialis imperialis)

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
(Crotalus atrox)

Timber Rattlesnake
(Crotalus horridus)

Banded Rock Rattlesnake
(Crotalus lepidus klauberi)

Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
(Crotalus lepidus lepidus)

Eastern Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
(Crotalus ornatus)

Mojave Rattlesnake
(Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus)

Prairie Rattlesnake
(Crotalus viridis)

Prairie Ringneck Snake
(Diadophis punctatus arnyi)

Regal Ringneck Snake
(Diadophis punctatus regalis)

Mississippi Ringneck Snake
(Diadophis punctatus stictogenys)

Texas Indigo Snake
(Drymarchon melanurus erebennus)

Northern Speckled Racer
(Drymobius margaritiferus)

Western Mud Snake
(Farancia abacura reinwardtii)

Mexican Hook-Nose Snake
(Ficimia streckeri)

Western Hook-Nose Snake
(Gyalopion canum)
 

 

 

 

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