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| Common Name |
Species
Name |
Distribution Across Midwestern States |
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| Nerodia sipedon sipedon |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Lake Erie Water Snake |
Nerodia sipedon insularum |
XSE |
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Nerodia sipedon pleuralis |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Broadbanded Water Snake |
Nerodia fasciata confluens |
XSE |
X |
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Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta |
XSE |
XSE |
XSE |
X |
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Yellowbelly Water Snake |
Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster |
X |
XSE |
X |
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Blotched Water Snake |
Nerodia erythrogaster transversa |
X |
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| Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer |
X |
X |
XST |
X |
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Mississippi Green Water Snake |
Nerodia cyclopion |
XST |
XSE |
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Regina septemvittata |
X |
X |
X |
X |
XSE |
X |
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Graham’s Crayfish Snake |
Regina grahamii |
X |
X |
X |
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Clonophis kirtlandii |
XST |
XSE |
XSE |
XST |
X |
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Thamnophis butleri |
X |
X |
XSE |
XST |
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Eastern Garter Snake |
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Chicago Garter Snake |
Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus |
X |
X |
X |
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Eastern Plains Garter Snake |
Thamnophis radix radix |
XSE |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Western Plains Garter Snake |
Thamnophis radix haydenii |
X |
X |
X |
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Northern Ribbon Snake |
Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis |
X |
X |
X |
X |
XSE |
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| Thamnophis sauritus sauritus |
X |
X |
XSE |
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| Thamnophis proximus proximus |
XSC |
X |
XSE |
X |
X |
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Lined Snake |
Tropidoclonion lineatum |
X |
XSC |
X |
X |
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| Storeria dekayi dekayi |
X |
X |
X |
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Storeria dekayi wrightorum |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Storeria dekayi texana |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Black Hills Redbelly Snake |
Storeria occipitomaculata pahasapae |
X |
X |
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Rough Earth Snake |
Virginia striatula |
X |
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Eastern Smooth Earth Snake |
Virginia valeriae valeriae |
X |
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Western Smooth Earth Snake |
Virginia valeriae elegans |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| Diadophis punctatus edwardsii |
X |
X |
X |
X |
XSC |
X |
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Prairie Ringneck Snake |
Diadophis punctatus arnyi |
X |
XSC |
X |
X |
X |
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Heterodon platirhinos |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Plains Hognose Snake |
Heterodon nasicus nasicus |
XST |
XSC |
XSE |
XSX |
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Dusty Hognose Snake |
Heterodon nasicus gloydi |
X |
XSX |
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Cemophora coccinea copei |
XSE |
X |
XS2S3 |
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Eastern Worm Snake |
Carphophis amoenus amoenus |
X |
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Carphophis amoenus helenae |
X |
X |
X |
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Western Worm Snake |
Carphophis vermis |
X |
XSC |
XST |
X |
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Opheodrys vernalis |
X |
X |
XSE |
X |
X |
X |
XST |
X |
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Opheodrys aestivus |
XSI |
XSC |
X |
X |
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Western Mud Snake |
Farancia abacura reinwardtii |
XEX |
X |
XS2 |
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| Coluber constrictor constrictor |
X |
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Coluber constrictor priapus |
X |
X |
X |
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Coluber constrictor foxii |
X |
X |
X |
X |
XSC |
XSC |
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Coluber constrictor flaviventris |
X |
X |
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Eastern Coachwhip |
Masticophis flagellum flagellum |
XSE |
X |
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| Pituophis melanoleucus sayi |
X |
X |
XSC |
XSC |
X |
X |
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| Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta |
X |
XSC |
X |
X |
XSC |
XSC |
X |
X |
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Elaphe obsoleta spiloides |
X |
X |
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Elaphe guttata emoryi |
XST |
X |
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| Elaphe vulpina vulpina |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
XSE |
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Eastern Fox Snake |
Elaphe vulpina gloydi |
XSI |
XST |
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| Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Lampropeltis triangulum syspila |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Speckled Kingsnake |
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki |
X |
XSE |
X |
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Lampropeltis getula nigra |
XSI |
X |
X |
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Desert Kingsnake |
Lampropeltis getula splendida |
X |
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Ground Snake |
Sonora semiannulata |
X |
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Tantilla coronata |
XSE |
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Flathead Snake |
Tantilla gracilis |
XST |
X |
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Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma |
XSE |
X |
X |
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Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen |
X |
X |
X |
XSE |
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Osage Copperhead |
Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster |
X |
XSE |
X |
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Southern Copperhead |
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix |
X |
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| Sistrurus catenatus catenatus |
XSE |
XSC |
XSE |
XSE |
XSE |
XSE |
XSE |
XSE |
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| Western Massasauga Rattlesnake |
Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus |
X |
X |
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Western Pigmy Rattlesnake |
Sistrurus miliarius streckeri |
X |
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Crotalus horridus |
XSE |
XSE |
XST |
XSC |
XST |
X |
X |
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Prairie Rattlesnake |
Crotalus viridis viridis |
XSE |
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| ST - State Threatened | SE - State Endangered |
| SC - species of special concern/species of concern | SI - species of special interest |
| SX or EX - believed extirpated | |
| For MO only | S2 - imperiled |
| S3 - rare and uncommon | S4 - widespread and abundant but of long term concern |
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HOME : SPECIES ACCOUNTS : MIDWEST SNAKES
Bruce Kingsbury, Director
Center for Reptile and Amphibian Conservation and Management
Science Building
Indiana-Purdue University
2101 East Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499