Kansas Snake Identification Guide (With Pictures & Charts)

Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)

Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)

Eastern Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans)

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)

Western Worm Snake (Carphophis vermis)

Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)

Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)

Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)

Eastern Racer (Coluber constrictor)

Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)

Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus)

Great Plains Rat Snake (Pantherophis emoryi)

New Mexico Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops dissectus)

Western Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus)

Eastern Hognosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)

Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata)

Redbelly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata)

Yellow-bellied Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)

Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)

Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum)

Texas Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis)

Coachwhip Snake (Masticophis flagellum)

Plain-bellied Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster)

Diamondback Water Snake (Nerodia rhombifer)

Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)

Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)

Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer)

Graham’s Crayfish Snake (Regina grahamii)

Long-nosed Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei)

Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus)

Ground Snake (Sonora semiannulata)

Dekay’s Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)

Flathead Snake (Tantilla gracilis)

Plains Black-headed Snake (Tantilla nigriceps)

Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus)

Western Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus)

Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix)

Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

Lined Snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum)

Rough Earth Snake (Virginia striatula)

Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae)