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BIOL 4444 - Herpetology Guide

Serpentes

Rena dulcis

Texas Threadsnake

Family: Leptotyphlopidae - teeth present only on dentary

Rena dulcis

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Arizona elegans

Glossy Snake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Arizona elegans

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Cemophora coccinea copei

Northern Scarletsnake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Cemophora coccinea copei

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Coluber constrictor anthicus

Buttermilk Racer

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Coluber constrictor anthicus

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Masticophis flagellum flagellum

Eastern Coachwhip

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Coluber flagellum flagellum

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Drymarchon melanurus erebennus

Texas Indigo Snake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Drymarchon melanurus erebennus

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Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster

Prairie Kingsnake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster

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Lampropeltus getula holbrooki

Speckled Kingsnake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Lampropeltus holbrooki

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Lampropeltis triangulum amaura

Louisiana Milksnake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Lampropeltis triangulum amaura

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Opheodrys aestivus aestivus

Northern Rough Greensnake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Opheodrys aestivus aestivus

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Pantherophis slowinskii

Slowinski's Cornsnake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Pantherophis slowinskii

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Pituophis catenifer sayi

Bullsnake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Pituophis catenifer sayi

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Pituophis ruthveni

Louisiana Pinesnake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Pituophis ruthveni

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Salvadora grahamiae lineata

Texas Patch-nosed Snake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Salvadora grahamiae lineata

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Sonora semiannulata

Western Groundsnake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Sonora semiannulata

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Tantilla gracilis

Flat-headed Snake

Family: Colubridae
     Subfamily: Colubrinae

Tantilla gracilis

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Nerodia erythrogaster

Plain-bellied Watersnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Nerodia erythrogaster

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​Nerodia fasciata confluens

Broad-banded Watersnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Nerodia fasciata confluens

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Nerodia rhombifer

Diamond-backed Watersnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Nerodia rhombifer

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Regina grahamii

Graham's Crayfish Snake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Regina grahamii

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Regina rigida

Gulf Crayfish Snake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Regina rigida sinicola

Storeria dekayi texana

Texas Brownsnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Storeria dekayi texana

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Storeria occipitomaculata obscura

Florida Red-bellied Snake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Storeria occipitomaculata obscura

Thamnophis marcianus

Checkered Gartersnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Thamnophis marcianus

Thamnophis proximus proximus

Orange-striped Ribbonsnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Thamnophis proximus proximus

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Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Eastern Gartersnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Tropidoclonion lineatum

Lined Snake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Tropidoclonion lineatum

Virginia striatula

Rough Earthsnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Natricinae - often associated with water or moist-soil habitat

Virginia striatula

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Diadophis punctatus strictogenys

Mississippi Ring-necked Snake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Dipsadinae - oviparous

Diadophis punctatus strictogenys

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Farancia abacura reinwardtii

Western Mudsnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Dipsadinae - oviparous

Farancia abacura reinwardtii

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Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Dipsadinae - oviparous

Heterodon platirhinos

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Heterodon nasicus

Plains Hog-nosed Snake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Dipsadinae - oviparous

Heterodon nasicus

 

Hypsiglena jani texana

Texas Nightsnake

Family: Colubridae

Subfamily: Dipsadinae - oviparous

Hypsiglena jani texana

Micrurus tener

Texas Coralsnake

Family: Elapidae - proteroglyphous dentition on fixed maxilla (tooth always erect, fits into buccal socket of mandible when mouth closed), fang injects 1 degree neurotoxin such that prey has respiratory/cardiac arrest

Micrurus tener

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Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

Southern Copperhead

Family: Viperidae - solenoglyphous dentition on short movable (anterio-posteriorly) maxilla, fang injects 1 degree of hemotoxin such that prey is being digested prior before ingestion, vertical pupils

Subfamily: Crotalinae - loreal pits present; may have rattle & are lecithotrophic viviparous

Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

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Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Western Cottonmouth

Family: Viperidae - solenoglyphous dentition on short movable (anterio-posteriorly) maxilla, fang injects 1 degree of hemotoxin such that prey is being digested prior before ingestion, vertical pupils

Subfamily: Crotalinae - loreal pits present; may have rattle & are lecithotrophic viviparous

Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

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Crotalus atrox

Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake

Family: Viperidae - solenoglyphous dentition on short movable (anterio-posteriorly) maxilla, fang injects 1 degree of hemotoxin such that prey is being digested prior before ingestion, vertical pupils

Subfamily: Crotalinae - loreal pits present; may have rattle & are lecithotrophic viviparous

Crotalus atrox

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Crotalus horridus

Timber Rattlesnake

Family: Viperidae - solenoglyphous dentition on short movable (anterio-posteriorly) maxilla, fang injects 1 degree of hemotoxin such that prey is being digested prior before ingestion, vertical pupils

Subfamily: Crotalinae - loreal pits present; may have rattle & are lecithotrophic viviparous

Crotalus horridus

Sistrurus catenatus

Western Massasauga

Family: Viperidae - solenoglyphous dentition on short movable (anterio-posteriorly) maxilla, fang injects 1 degree of hemotoxin such that prey is being digested prior before ingestion, vertical pupils

Subfamily: Crotalinae - loreal pits present; may have rattle & are lecithotrophic viviparous

Sistrurus catenatus

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Sistrurus miliarius

Western Pigmy Rattlesnake

Family: Viperidae - solenoglyphous dentition on short movable (anterio-posteriorly) maxilla, fang injects 1 degree of hemotoxin such that prey is being digested prior before ingestion, vertical pupils

Subfamily: Crotalinae - loreal pits present; may have rattle & are lecithotrophic viviparous

Sistrurus miliarius streckeri

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Species List

Infraorder Scolecophidia
Leptotyphlopidae
     Rena dulcis
Typhlopidae
     Ramphotyphlops braminus

Infraorder Alethinophidia
Boidae
   Boinae
     Boa
Pythonidae
     Python

clade Caenophidia
Colubridae
   Colubrinae
     Arizona elegans
     Cemophora coccinea copei
     Coluber constrictor anthicus
     Coluber f. flagellum
     Drymarchon melanurus erebennus
     Lampropeltis c. calligaster
     Lampropeltis holbrooki
     Lampropeltis triangulum amaura
     Opheodrys a. aestivus
     Opheodrys vernalis
     Pantherophis slowinskii
     Pantherophis obsoletus
​     Pituophis ruthveni
     Salvadora grahamiae lineata
     Sonora semiannulata
     Tantilla gracilis

   Natricinae
     Nerodia erythrogaster
     Nerodia fasciata confluens
     Nerodia rhombifer
     Regina grahamii
     Regina rigida sinicola
     Storeria dekayi
     Storeria occipitomaculata obscura
     Thamnophis marcianus
     Thamnophis p. proximus
     Thamnophis s. sirtalis
     Tropidoclonion lineatum
     Virginia striatula
     Virginia valeriae elegans

   Dipsadinae
     Carphophis vermis
     Diadophis punctatus strictogenys 
(x arnyi)
     Farancia abacura reinwardtii
     Heterodon platirhinos
     Heterodon nasicus
     Hypsiglena jani texana
Elapidae
     Micrurus tener
Viperidae
   Crotalinae
     Agkistrodon c. contortrix (x laticinctus)
     Agkistrodon piscivorus
     Crotalus atrox
     Crotalus horridus
     Sistrurus catenatus
     Sistrurus miliarius streckeri