title: List of snakes of Arkansas
text: # List of snakes of Arkansas
  
  This is a list of the known varieties of snakes in Arkansas
  
  ## Non-venomous
  
  | Binomial Name | Name |
  | - | - |
  | Nerodia | Northern water snake |
  | Cemophora coccinea copei | Northern scarlet snake |
  | Coluber constrictor ssp | Eastern racer |
  | Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster | Prairie kingsnake |
  | Lampropeltis getula holbrooki | Speckled kingsnake |
  | Lampropeltis triangulum | Milk snake |
  | Masticophis flagellum flagellum | Eastern coachwhip |
  | Opheodrys aestivus | Rough green snake |
  | Pantherophis emoryi | Great plains ratsnake |
  | Pantherophis obsoletus | Western ratsnake |
  | Pantherophis slowinskii | Slowinski's corn snake |
  | Sonora semiannulata | Ground snake |
  | Tantilla gracilis | Flathead snake |
  | Carphophis amoenus helenae | Midwestern worm snake |
  | Carphophis vermis | Western worm snake |
  | Diadophis punctatus ssp. | Ring-necked snake |
  | Nerodia cyclopion | Mississippi green watersnake |
  | Nerodia erythrogaster ssp. | Plainbelly water snake |
  | Nerodia fasciata confluens | Broad-banded water snake |
  | Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer | Diamondback water snake |
  | Nerodia sipedon pleuralis | Midland water snake |
  | Regina grahamii | Graham's crayfish snake |
  | Regina rigida sinicola | Gulf crayfish snake |
  | Regina septemvittata | Queen snake |
  | Storeria dekayi wrightorum | Midland brown snake |
  | Storeria occipitomaculata ssp | Redbelly snake |
  | Thamnophis proximus proximus | Western ribbon snake |
  | Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. | Common garter snake |
  | Virginia striatula | Rough earth snake |
  | Virginia valeriae elegans | Western earth snake |
  | Farancia abacura reinwardtii | Western mud snake |
  | Heterodon platirhinos | Eastern hognose snake |
  | Pantherophis spiloides | Gray ratsnake |
  | Pituophis catenifer sayi | Bullsnake |
  | Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus | Northern pine snake |
  | Tropidoclonion lineatum | Lined snake |
  
  ## Venomous
  
  | Binomial Name | Name |
  | - | - |
  | Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix | Southern copperhead |
  | Agkistrodon piscivorus | Northern Cottonmouth |
  | Crotalus atrox | Western diamondback rattlesnake |
  | Crotalus horridus | Timber rattlesnake |
  | Sistrurus miliarius streckeri | Western pigmy rattlesnake |
  | Micrurus tener tener | Texas coral snake |
  