On this page, you can find an overview of all snakes in the United States. If you are looking for snakes in a specific state of the United States, just navigate to our Homepage and click on your state. To learn more about the snake species, just click on the images or the link below the image.
Venomous Snakes in the United States
There are 21 venomous snake species in the United States. 16 of the genus Crotalus and Sistrurus, commonly called rattlesnakes, 2 species of coral snakes, 2 species of copperhead snakes and one species of cottonmouth snakes.
These are all venomous snakes that can be found in the United States. Click on the images or links to learn more about them and in what States they can be found.
Common Non-Venomous Snakes in the USA
The following images show various other common snake species that can be found in the United States.
If you happen to find a snake species that you cannot identify or that is missing on our list, upload a description and a photo on our snake identification page and we are happy to identify the snake for you.
The worm snake, Carphophis amoenus, is a small nonvenomous snake species that can be found throughout the Eastern United States ...
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The worm snake, Carphophis amoenus, is a small nonvenomous snake species that can be found throughout the Eastern United States ...
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The scarlet snake is a colorful nonvenomous snake that can be found in the Southeastern and the Eastern United States ...
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Charina bottae, the rubber boa, is the smaller of the two species of boas native to the United States. It ...
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Charina trivirgata, the rosy boa, is a small type of boa native to California, Arizona as well as Northern Mexico ...
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The Kirtland's snake is a small non-venomous snake found in the Northern United States. The snake is grey or brown ...
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Coluber constrictor, commonly called the eastern racer is a nonvenomous snake species. The species contains eleven subspecies that can be ...
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The sharp-tailed snake, Contia tenuis, is a small, almost worm-like snake found in the Western United States. The brown, orange ...
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The ring-necked snake, Diadophis punctatus, is a harmless small snake that can be found throughout most of the United States ...
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The rough earth snake is a 7-10 inch long nonvenomous snake that lives mostly underground. It is native to the ...
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The western hognose snake, Heterodon nascius, is a harmless snake that can be found throughout the Central United States as ...
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The eastern hognose snake is a harmless medium-sized snake found in the Central and Eastern United States. The snake has ...
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The night snake is a small, mostly nocturnal snake found in the Western United States and in Mexico. Its body ...
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Indotyphlops Braminus, the Brahminy blind snake is a nonvenomous blind snake found throughout the world. The small, worm-like snake originates ...
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The California kingsnake is a nonvenomous snake found in the Western United States, in Northwestern Mexico and as an invasive ...
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The scarlet kingsnake is a nonvenomous snake that can be found throughout the Southeastern United States. It is often confused ...
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The common kingsnake, also called the eastern kingnsnake, is a nonvenomous snake found in the Southeastern United States. The snake ...
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The speckled kingsnake is a nonvenomous snake found in the Southern and Central United States. This large snake is most ...
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The black kingsnake is a large, mostly black snake with a yellow and black belly. It can be found in ...
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The desert kingsnake is a large black snake with yellow crossbands or spreckles. It occurs in the Southern United States ...
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The milk snake is a nonvenomous snake that can be found in the Eastern and Central United States, in Canada ...
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The california mountain kingsnake, is a nonvenomous snake with red, black and white/yellow crossbands mimicking the appearance of venomous coral ...
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The striped whipsnake is a nonvenomous snake found in the Western and Southern United States and in Northwestern Mexico. It ...
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The plain-bellied watersnake is a nonvenomous snake most commonly found in or near water in the Southeastern United States. It ...
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The common watersnake is a nonvenomous snake that is often seen throughout the Eastern United States as well as Southeastern ...
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The rough green snake is a medium-sized green nonvenomous snake found in the Southeastern United States and in Mexico. It ...
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The smooth green snake is a relatively small nonvenomous snake found throughout the Northeastern and Central United States. Its body ...
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Pantherophis alleghaniensis, commonly called the eastern rat snake or the black rat snake is a large nonvenomous snake found in ...
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The corn snake, Pantherophis guttatus, is a non-venomous snake found throughout the Southeastern United States. Due to its poweful orange ...
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Pantherophis obsoletus, commonly called the western rat snake or the black rat snake is a large nonvenomous snake species. It ...
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Pantherophis ramspotti, the western fox snake is a nonvenomous snake species found in the Central United States, west of the ...
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Pantherophis spiloides, commonly called the grey rat snake or the pilot snake, central ratsnake, midland ratsnake or chicken snake is ...
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Pantherophis vulpinus, the eastern fox snake is a nonvenomous snake species found in the Central United States, east of the ...
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The Pacific gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer, is a nonvenomous snake found in the Western United States, Canada and Mexico. It ...
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The queen snake is a non-venomous snake that can be found in or around water and feeds almost exclusively on ...
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Rena dulcis, the Texas blind snake, is a small snake endemic to the Southern United States and Northern Mexico. Blind ...
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Rena humilis, the western blind snake, is a small and primitive earthworm-like snake native to the Southwestern United States. As ...
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The long-nosed snake is a nonvenomous snake found in arid habitats in the Western United States. It has alternating black ...
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Sonora semiannulata, the western ground snake is a small nonvenomous snake found in the Western United States and in Mexico ...
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Storeris dekayi, commonly called the (American) brown snake or Dekay's snake is a small non-venomous snake that can be found ...
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Storeria occipitomaculata, the redbelly snake is a small, dark brown , grey or black snake with a red, orange or ...
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The aquatic garter snake, Thamnophis atratus, is a harmless snake species found in California and Oregon. The appearance of the ...
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Butler's garter snake (Thamnophis butleri) is one of the smallest representatives of the genus garter snake (Thamnophis). This nonvenomous dark-brown ...
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The western terrestrial garter snake is a harmless snake species that can be found throughout the Western United States. Its ...
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The northwestern garter snake is one of the smaller species of the harmless garter snakes. It is found in the ...
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The western ribbon snake, thamnophis proximus, is a nonvenomous colubrid snake found in the Central United States, Mexico and parts ...
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The plains garter snake is a harmless snake species that is found throughout the Central United States and Canada. The ...
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The ribbon snake, Thamnophis sauritus, is a common non-venomous garter snake species found in the Eastern United States. The snake ...
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The common garter snake is the best-known and most widespread species among the garter snakes. It can be found throughout ...
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The lined snake is a small nonvenomous snake found in the Central United States. The mostly dark snake usually comes ...
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The smooth earth snake, Virginia valeriae, is a small nonvenomous snake species that can be found throughout the southern and ...
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