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Category: Colubrids
Corn Snake
A popular, docile rat snake of the southeastern US, orange-red with saddle patterns, bred in many morphs.
California Kingsnake
A glossy black-and-white banded snake, immune to venom, an excellent constrictor and pet.
Milk Snake
A colorful colubrid with red, black and white banding, mimicking coral snakes, found from Canada to South Amer…
Bullsnake
A large yellow-brown snake with dark blotches, a powerful constrictor of prairies, hisses loudly.
Eastern Rat Snake
A large black glossy snake of eastern North America, excellent climber, hunts rodents.
Yellow-bellied Water Snake
A semi-aquatic snake of the US south with a pale belly, found near water.
Banded Water Snake
A heavy-bodied water snake with dark crossbands, common along southern US rivers.
Common Garter Snake
A slender, striped snake found across North America, live-bearing, harmless and abundant.
Red-sided Garter Snake
A garter snake with bright red side stripes, famous for huge mating balls in Canada.
Grass Snake
A common harmless snake of Europe with a yellow collar behind the head, often near water.
Smooth Snake
A rare harmless European snake with smooth scales, found in heathlands.
Chinese Water Snake
A semi-aquatic harmless snake of East Asia, common in paddy fields and ponds.
Asian Green Snake
A bright green harmless tree snake of Asia, arboreal and fast.
Brown Tree Snake
A slender rear-fanged snake, mildly venomous, famous as an invasive species on Guam.
Tiger Keelback
A rear-fanged snake of East Asia with tiger-like banding, mildly venomous, feigning death when threatened.
Red-banded Snake
A common East Asian snake with reddish crossbands, harmless but can have a mild venom effect.
Beauty Snake
A large elegant Asian snake with a dark stripe behind the eyes, excellent climber.
Chinese Rat Snake
A large black or olive rat snake of East Asia, harmless, known in traditional Chinese medicine.
Blue Racer
A fast, uniformly colored colubrid of the American Midwest, quick and secretive.
