title: List of snakes of Missouri
text: # List of snakes of Missouri
  
  This is a list of known snakes in Missouri, United States.
  
  ## Non-venomous snakes
  
  Western Worm Snake Carphophis vermis
  
  Northern Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea copei
  
  Eastern Yellowbelly Racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris
  
  Prairie Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus arnyi
  
  Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe guttata
  
  Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta
  
  Western Fox Snake Elaphe vulpina
  
  Western Mud Snake Farancia abacura reinwardtii
  
  Plains Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon nasicus nasicus
  
  Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos
  
  Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster
  
  Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
  
  Red Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum syspila
  
  Eastern Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum flagellum
  
  Mississippi Green Water Snake Nerodia cyclopion
  
  Yellow-bellied Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster
  
  Broad-banded Water Snake Nerodia fasciata confluens
  
  Diamond-backed Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer
  
  Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon sipedon
  
  Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus aestivus
  
  Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys (Liochlorophis) vernalis
  
  Bullsnake Pituophis catenifer sayi
  
  Graham's Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii
  
  Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata
  
  Midland Brown Snake Storeria dekayi wrightorum
  
  Northern Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata
  
  Flat-headed Snake Tantilla gracilus
  
  Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus proximus
  
  Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix
  
  Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
  
  Lined Snake Tropidoclonian lineatum
  
  Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula
  
  Western Earth Snake Virginia valeriae elegans
  
  ## Venomous snakes
  
  Eastern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix
  
  Northern Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus
  
  Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
  
  Western Pygmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius streckeri
  
  Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus catenatus
  
  