List of snakes of Arkansas


This is a list of the known varieties of snakes in Arkansas

Non-venomous

ImageBinomial NameName
Nerodia sipedonNorthern water snake
Cemophora coccinea copeiNorthern scarlet snake
Coluber constrictorEastern racer
Lampropeltis calligaster calligasterPrairie kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula holbrookiSpeckled kingsnake
Lampropeltis triangulumMilk snake
Masticophis flagellum flagellumEastern coachwhip
Opheodrys aestivusRough green snake
Pantherophis emoryiGreat plains ratsnake
Pantherophis obsoletusWestern ratsnake
Pantherophis slowinskiiSlowinski's corn snake
Sonora episcopaGreat Plains ground snake
Tantilla gracilisFlathead snake
Carphophis amoenus helenaeMidwestern worm snake
Carphophis vermisWestern worm snake
Clonophis kirtlandiiKirtland's snake
Diadophis punctatusRing-necked snake
Liodytes rigidaGlossy swamp snake
Nerodia cyclopionMississippi green watersnake
Nerodia erythrogasterPlainbelly water snake
Nerodia fasciata confluensBroad-banded water snake
Nerodia rhombiferDiamondback water snake
Nerodia sipedon pleuralisMidland water snake
Regina grahamiiGraham's crayfish snake
Regina septemvittataQueen snake
Storeria dekayi wrightorumMidland brown snake
Storeria occipitomaculataRedbelly snake
Thamnophis proximusWestern ribbon snake
Thamnophis sirtalisCommon garter snake
Virginia striatulaRough earth snake
Virginia valeriaeSmooth earth snake
Farancia abacura reinwardtiiWestern mud snake
Heterodon platirhinosEastern hognose snake
Tropidoclonion lineatumLined snake